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  • Youth Anarchy Slam featuring Zaccheus Legacy Project

    Alessandra Naccarato

    Youth poets (aged 12–20) are asked to break one of the classic poetry slam rules. Wear a costume, use props, perform a cover poem, perform a group piece, play a musical instrument or combine all those together. Whatever you do though you must break one of the slam rules. Open sign-up. Be creative, have fun! In addition to the slam, this show will feature youth performing original work inspired by, in response to, and in honour of Zaccheus Jackson Nyce.

    $4 – $19

  • Van Slam Finals Night

    Wise Hall 1882 Adanac St, Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada

    The 19th annual Van Slam Finals Night features Vancouver’s top eight slam poets competing for a spot on this year’s Van Slam team. Poets have been gaining points by ranking in the top four at Van Slam throughout the year to qualify for this playoff event. The Van Slam team will represent Van Slam at major tournaments and festivals across North America.

    $12 – $15

  • Youth Anarchy Slam featuring Zaccheus Legacy Project

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Youth poets (aged 12–20) are asked to break one of the classic poetry slam rules. Includes a feature performance by youth presenting work inspired by Zaccheus Jackson.

    $4 – $19

  • Spoken Word Masterclass with Sister Outsider

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    This workshop will explore intersectionality and the realities we experience living multiple identities at the same time. Inspired by Gloria Anzaldua’s La Fronteras/Borderlands, we will discuss the relationships various races, genders, sexualities, and languages have with each other and how we find a space to define ourselves within a world that often asks us to choose.

    $40 – $50

  • Spoken Word Masterclass with Sister Outsider

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    This workshop will explore intersectionality and the realities we experience living multiple identities at the same time. Inspired by Gloria Anzaldua’s La Fronteras/Borderlands, we will discuss the relationships various races, genders, sexualities, and languages have with each other and how we find a space to define ourselves within a world … Continued

    $40 – $50

  • Word Circus

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    A whirlwind of words occurs as Robert Priest, Tanya Evanson, David McGimpsey, Barbara Adler, and Ian Ferrier blur the line between stage and page.

    $8 – $10

  • Word Circus

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    A whirlwind of words occurs as Robert Priest, Tanya Evanson, David McGimpsey, Barbara Adler, and Ian Ferrier blur the line between stage and page.

    $8 – $10

  • Thursdays Writing Collective

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    Thursdays Writing Collective is comprised of 150 activists, academics, slam poets, novelists and storytellers who explore issues of self-determination through creative writing. The Collective holds free, drop-in writing sessions in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside at Carnegie Community Centre. Founded in 2008 by Elee Kraljii Gardiner, the Collective has published six chapbooks.

    $5

  • Sounds Like Fire

    A journey through poetic language and experience, story and song, with a powerhouse line-up of all-star performers; including Kinnie Starr, Mutya Macatumpag, and Women of the World Poetry Slam champions, Denice Frohman and Dominique Christina.

    $12 – $15

  • CIPS Orientation

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    Poets participating in the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam are required to attend this orientation.

  • Hello My Name Is…

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    Poets participating in the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam perform in a sneak preview of what is to come in the following days.

    Free

  • Tomboy Survival Guide

    Annual General Meeting on May 25th

    Tomboy Survival Guide is part anthem, part campfire story, and part instructions for the dismantling of the gender stories we tell ourselves and each other. Writer and storyteller Ivan Coyote and an all-tomboy band perform with special guests.

    $20 – $25

  • Real Vancouver Writers’ Series

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    What Is Real Vancouver Writers' Series, Alex? Four fantastic poets reading new work. But after the poetry comes Jeopardy. CanLit Jeopardy, featuring silly and serious answers about our national literature, to be put into questions by these very same poets.

    $8 – $10
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    Talk the Talk: Community Organizing & Power Dynamics

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    This facilitator-guided conversation engages artists and community members in anti-oppression dialogue. Solutions will be crowd sourced. Come, be challenged, and share your experiences.

    Free

  • Bothism: Spoken Word Masterclass with Tanya Evanson

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    This workshop explores the importance of both silence and sound in the creation of spoken word – from meditation, to magical editing, to the many possibilities of the vocal body in performance.

    $40 – $50

  • Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Day One (Bouts #2 & #4)

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    More of Canada's best slam poets sling metaphors and match wits in four minute and one minute rounds. Tickets for these bouts include admission to Haiku Deathmatch.

    $10
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    Talk the Talk: Accessibility

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    This community-driven, facilitator-mediated conversation asks artists to participate in anti-oppression dialogue. Bring your ideas and your notepads!

    Free

  • Spoken Nerd

    Sheri-D

    Calling all poets of the nerd-like persuasion. This is your time to explain to the world your love of isotopes or Star Trek or comic books or grammar or anything you feel nerdy and obsessive about.

    Free

  • Live Performance Masterclass with Ivan Coyote

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    Ivan Coyote leads a workshop designed to help you transform your nervous energy into a memorable reading. Learn how to select material, prepare your work for performance, memorize it (or not), and make your body language work for you.

    $40 – $50

  • Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Day Two (Bouts #6 & #8)

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    Day two will see some poets flinging caution aside as they try to move up in the rankings, while other poets will be under pressure to maintain their position.

    $10

  • Take Back The Mic

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    Witness a spoken word offering by brilliant performers who have transformed trauma using the power of their art, with a hope of bringing us out whole on the other side. This show, featuring Sheri-D Wilson, Lishai Peel, and others, is a celebration of the strength and bravery within our community, and an honouring of performer and audience alike.

    $5

  • ASL Showcase

    Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada

    A multi-genre presentation in American Sign Language, showcasing performative verse through complex perspectives. This event will be hosted by Alex Lu and Maggie Harkins, and will feature the support of ASL/English language interpreters.

    $5

  • Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Final

    Annual General Meeting on May 25th

    The top 12 poets from prelims advance to this bout. Who will claim the title of 2015 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Champion?

    This closing gala includes a feature presentation by Vancouver Poet Laureate, Rachel Rose.

    In 2014, The Rio was completely sold out for this event. Buy your tickets early if you want to see this showcase of the very best poetry slammers from across Canada.

    $20 – $25

  • Chicken Sessions

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    Chicken Session: a house concert, poetry and story performance , potluck, party, and some Louisiana hospitality. Chicken Session #14 is a Sunday afternoon backyard brunch with poet Robert Lashley, and musicians Chicken-like Birds, as well as debut work by others in 12 open mic spots beforehand. Bring food to share!

    $5

  • Sara Brickman features at Van Slam

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    Sara is an author, performer, and activist from Ann Arbor, MI. A 2015 Lambda Literary Emerging Writer Fellow, and the 2014 Ken Warfel Fellow for Poetry in Community, , Sara has performed her work at venues across North America.

    $6

  • Sara Brickman features at Van Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Sara Brickman is an author, performer, and activist from Ann Arbor, MI. A 2015 Lambda Literary Emerging Writer Fellow, and the 2014 Ken Warfel Fellow for Poetry in Community, Sara has performed her work at venues across North America.

    $6

  • Greg Bee features at Van Slam

    Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Greg is a writer, actor and poet who lives in Seattle. He wants you to know that he was a fantasy nerd before it was trendy; that he remembers when kale was a for decoration, not for eating; and that riding a bright yellow Harley Davidson isn’t weird.

    $6

  • Greg Bee features at Van Slam

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    Greg is a writer, actor and poet who lives in Seattle. He wants you to know that he was a fantasy nerd before it was trendy; that he remembers when kale was a for decoration, not for eating; and that riding a bright yellow Harley Davidson isn’t weird.

    $6