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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Slam and Open Mic feat. Matt Loeb
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS\n\n\nCome join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring yourselves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \nThis event will include an open mic and slam\, as well as a feature set from poet Matt Loeb! \nA bit about our featured artist:  Currently located in Perth Western Australia Matt Loeb originally hails from Windsor\, Ontario and was a regular performer and host at the Vancouver Poetry Slam from 2013-2019. An energetic performer\, Matt’s spoken word blends humour and heartfelt optimism with a kinetic verbal delivery. His work varies between structured wordplay and free flowing satire. Matt Loeb published his first full length spoken word album “Enough Has Happened” in 2013. He was a finalist at the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam in 2014 and 2017 and coached the 2018 Vancouver Youth Poetry Slam Team. Matt is also one of only three Canadian poets to complete the “Century Challenge” of writing and performing 100 poems\, in competition\, without repeating. In 2015 he founded the Windsor Poetry Slam to connect his hometown with the wider Canadian Poetry Community. \n\nTickets are available online\, or at the door! \n\nSign up to read starts at 7:30 both in person and online. See you there! \nVenue Accessibility \nMasking Policy: Masks are encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless. \nVanSlam takes place on the Unceded\, stolen Lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and we wish to acknowledge & thank those people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial. Van Slam is committed to engaging in the internal and external work of reconciliation.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-slam-and-open-mic-feat-matt-loeb/
LOCATION:Community Taps & Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L 3X3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Open Mic feat. Magpie Ulysses
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\n\n\nCome join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring yourselves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \nThis event will include an open mic\, as well as a feature set from poet Magpie Ulysses! \nA bit about our featured artist: \nWriter\, Rabble Rouser\, fancy talker; Magpie began performing poems at the age of 17 to save her life. She has performed across North America and is a veteran of the national poetry slam community in Canada where she was a member of two national champion Vancouver poetry slam teams. She was named a Poet of Honour at the Canadian festival Of Spoken Word in the Fall of 2012. \nA bit of a witch\, a nature freak and an activist at heart\, Magpie is known for her visceral\, often surrealist writings that extend from the everyday human experience into the depths of natural and inanimate worlds. Magpie has spent much of the past decade heavily involved in the arts while living in and around rural BC\, Alberta & Southern Ontario. She has spent the past few years raising a new human and more than a decade caring for her grandmother through Alzheimer’s disease. Her latest work seeks questions surrounding genetic memory\, placemaking\, grief\, aging\, our place in the natural world\, survival\, and the imminent undoing of our species. \n\nTickets are available online\, or at the door! \n\nSign up to read starts at 7:30 both in person and online. See you there! \nVenue Accessibility \nMasking Policy: Masks are encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless. \nVanSlam takes place on the Unceded\, stolen Lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and we wish to acknowledge & thank those people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial. Van Slam is committed to engaging in the internal and external work of reconciliation.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-open-mic-feat-magpie-ulysses/
LOCATION:Community Taps & Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L 3X3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Slam and Open Mic feat. RC Weslowski
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS\n\n\nCome join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring yourselves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \nThis event will include an open mic and slam\, as well as a feature set from poet RC Weslowski! \nA bit about our feature artist: \nRC Weslowski is the 2021 Zaccheus Jackson Nyce Memorial Award Winner and the 2016 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award Winner and a 2 time World Cup of Poetry Slam Finalist. RC co-hosts the radio program Wax Poetic on Co Op Radio. His first collection of poetry “My Soft Response to the Wars” is available now from Write Bloody North Publishing www.writebloodynorth.ca \n\nTickets are available online\, or at the door! \n\nSign up to read starts at 7:30 both in person and online. See you there! \nVenue Accessibility \nMasking Policy: Masks are encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless. \nVanSlam takes place on the Unceded\, stolen Lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and we wish to acknowledge & thank those people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial. Van Slam is committed to engaging in the internal and external work of reconciliation.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-slam-and-open-mic-feat-rc-weslowski/
LOCATION:Community Taps & Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L 3X3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:2023 Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Vancouver Poetry House Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday\, August 12th at 3pm. The public is welcome to this meeting which will be hybrid. To attend online please register at\nhttps://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vancouver-poetry-house-annual-general-meeting-tickets-677587310887\n\nThe in-person event will be held at Grandview-Woodlands Community Place\, 1655 William Street \,Vancouver.\nVenue Access\n\nIf you would like to vote you must become a member of the society before July 22.\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnu_d2B79ADkQtTC0e0pNSDW6HnnpaqwloUFhtgsmYmwkxbw/viewform\n\n***Note the time has been changed to 3pm.***
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/2023-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:BC
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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Open Mic feat. Daniel Mark Patterson
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nCome join us for another night of poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring yourselves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \nThis event is an open mic with a feature set from Daniel Mark Patterson! \nA bit about them: Daniel Mark Patterson (DMP) had his life changed profoundly when he stumbled into Café Deux Soleils one Monday in the May of 2008. In the last 15 years he has performed on National and International stages\, done poetry tours\, published chapbooks\, done Fringe and Theatre shows\, been on poetry slam teams\, crafted cine-poems\, published poetry for notable literary journals and won awards. He is currently writing his first novel which he is hopeful to finish by the end of the year. He finds it a delicious irony that he has such difficulty with these bios when all of his writing is about identity in one form or another\, his adventures bumbling through life and figuring out exactly who he is along the way. He is grateful to be back featuring in Vancouver where this whole crazy journey began in the first place. \nSign up to read starts at 7:30 both in person and online. See you there! \nVenue Accessibility \nMasking Policy: Masks are encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless. \nVanSlam takes place on the Unceded\, stolen Lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and we wish to acknowledge & thank those people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial. Van Slam is committed to engaging in the internal and external work of reconciliation.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-open-mic-feat-daniel-mark-patterson/
LOCATION:Community Taps & Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L 3X3\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230731T220000
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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Open Mic Feat. Janice Jo Lee
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nCome join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring yourselves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \nA bit about our feature artist: Janice Jo Lee (she/they) is a contemporary folk musician\, spoken word poet\, bouffon-clown\, activist\, and educator living in Toronto\, Ontario. She performs with her guitar\, trumpet and loop pedal. She is a queer\, 2nd generation settler of Korean descent. Lee’s artwork explores gender empowerment\, workers rights\, antiracism\, climate change\, and community. This year she releases her long anticipated song cycle album titled Ancestor Song. Lee is the founding artistic director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Poetry Slam and has featured at slams across Canada. \nSign up to read starts at 7:30 both in person and online. See you there! \nVenue Accessibility \nMasking Policy: Masks are encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless. \nVanSlam takes place on the Unceded\, stolen Lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and we wish to acknowledge & thank those people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial. Van Slam is committed to engaging in the internal and external work of reconciliation.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-open-mic-feat-janice-jo-lee/
LOCATION:Community Taps & Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L 3X3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Van Slam
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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Feat. Braedon George Lowey and Slam
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nCome join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring yourselves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \nA bit about our feature artist: Braedon George Lowey was born in rural Saskatchewan\, which never made sense to him or anyone else. After growing up as a theatre kid\, he moved to Vancouver and began applying his love of performance to spoken word. During the pandemic he retreated to begin a Bachelor’s Degree in English at the University of Victoria\, and now practices and studies poetry with a growing understanding of what it can do. Through an earnest and vulnerable approach\, George writes about mental health\, psychology\, love\, grief\, and what it means to be on this earth\, in order to dissect his own patterns while synthesizing his unique experiences of the human condition with others. \nSign up to read starts at 7:30 both in person and online. See you there! \nVenue Accessibility \nMasking Policy: Masks are encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless. \nVanSlam takes place on the Unceded\, stolen Lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and we wish to acknowledge & thank those people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial. Van Slam is committed to engaging in the internal and external work of reconciliation.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-feat-braedon-george-lowey-and-slam/
LOCATION:Community Taps & Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L 3X3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Slam,Van Slam
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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Open Mic Featuring Tawahum
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nCome join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring yourselves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \nA bit about our feature artist: Tawahum Bige is a Łutselkʼe Dene\, Plains Cree spoken word poet and hip-hop artist from unceded Musqueam\, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territory (CKA Vancouver). A Two Spirit\, Nonbinary Scorpio-moon’s angst guides them to tell their most soul-rending truth to you\, to self and to power with an abundant love and reciprocity with the land. Their single\, Connect2Spirit\, charted #1 on Indigenous Music Countdown in June 2022. Having opened for Kimmortal and Vivek Shraya\, Tawahum’s also performed for Talking Stick Festival for several years. They have a book of poems called Cut to Fortress! Find them online @Tawahum on streaming platforms\, Instagram\, Twitter and more. His debut hip-hop album\, Bottled Lightning\, emerges May 5th\, so keep those ears keen! \nSign up to read starts at 7:30 both in person and online. See you there! \nVenue Accessibility \nMasking Policy: Masks are encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless. \nVanSlam takes place on the Unceded\, stolen Lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and we wish to acknowledge & thank those people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial. Van Slam is committed to engaging in the internal and external work of reconciliation.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-open-mic-featuring-tawahum/
LOCATION:Community Taps & Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L 3X3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Van Slam
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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Double Feat. and Slam Competition with Andre Prefontaine and Matthew Kee
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nCome join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring yourselves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \nA bit about our feature artists: \nAt the age of 32 Andre Prefontaine has never contributed to an RRSP\, maintains ten-years of sobriety\, studies astrology\, is becoming misanthropic\, and believes in ghosts because all the pieces of him that have died have got to go somewhere. Obtaining external forms of validation to remedy internal strife\, Andre Prefontaine succeeded in winning a total of seven Slam Poetry championship titles. Two-time C.F.S.W winner (once as team captain and once as a coach)\, two consecutive Underground championships win\, two Haiku Deathmatch titles\, and one C.I.P.S championship which allowed him the chance to represent Canada at the “Coupe Du Monde” world cup of Slam in Paris\, France where\, midway through the competition\, he realized he was a vampant\, empty shell seeking other people’s approval and thus losing the self-important drive which had seen him to that point. He did place fourth\, though.  \nMatthew Kee is a Toronto-born writer and poet who found his heart in Montreal and his voice in Vancouver. He moves cities every 4 months and this is confusing for everyone\, especially people who send him mail. He has competed at the Vancouver\, Calgary\, and Guelph poetry slams and won 3rd place at the 2023 Van Slam Finals. He also competed at the 2023 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam where he realized he needed a cool stage name\, at which point it was too late. Matthew writes about queerness\, family\, and growing up Chinese-Canadian. He is in his final year of studying engineering at the University of Waterloo and comes to poetry slams to escape the other engineers. \nThis is a hybrid event! Join us in person at Community Taps + Pizza (1191 Commercial Dr.) or online via zoom.  \nSign up to read starts at 7:30 both in person and online. See you there! \nVenue Accessibility \nMasking Policy: Masks are encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless. \nVanSlam takes place on the Unceded\, stolen Lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and we wish to acknowledge & thank those people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial. Van Slam is committed to engaging in the internal and external work of reconciliation.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-double-feat-and-slam-competition-with-andre-prefontaine-and-matthew-kee/
LOCATION:Community Taps & Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L 3X3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Van Slam
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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Open Mic Featuring LJ Weisberg
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nVanSlam is a space to come see a fantastic spoken word feature set & share your words on the open mic or slam competition! \nCome join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring yourselves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \nA bit about our feature artist: LJ Weisberg is a Chinese adoptee and trans-masculine artist residing on the lands of the Lekwungen speaking people\, colonially known as Victoria\, BC. Their complex intersections of identity inform their work\, which focuses on the subject of searching for belonging\, both in the physical\, interpersonal and metaphorical. They have featured notably at Kwantlen’s SpeakTruth\, Word Vancouver\, Mashed Poetics and The Growing Room Festival. Their publications include nonfiction and poetry pieces in UVIC’s This Side of West\, KPU’s PulpMag\, Adoption Canada and Write Bloody North.  \nThis is a hybrid event! Join us in person at Community Taps + Pizza (1191 Commercial Dr.) or online via zoom.  \nSignup to read starts at 7:30 both in person and online. See you there! \nVenue Accessibility \nMasking Policy: Masks are encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless. \nVanSlam takes place on the Unceded\, stolen Lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and we wish to acknowledge & thank those people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial. Van Slam is committed to engaging in the internal and external work of reconciliation.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-open-mic-featuring-lj-weisberg/
LOCATION:Community Taps & Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L 3X3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Van Slam
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230626T220000
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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Slam and Open Mic feat. Luna Piscetta
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nCome join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring your selves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \n\nWe will also have a live feature set from the amazing Luna!\n\n\n\nA bit about them: \nLuna Piscetta (she.they) is a white settler of Italian and British ancestry who resides as an uninvited guest on Lekwungen and WSANEC land\, colonially known as Victoria\, BC. She bounces through life and art with varying degrees of grace and aspires to live life as a performance of love. Her creative work (spoken word\, dance\, drag\, design) often involves movement/flow and emotion and is rooted in her body’s wisdom gained through resistance as a transfeminine\, queer and neurodivergent human as well as her experience in sex work\, in vulnerable communities and as a substance user. Raw\, electric and visceral\, her art has been shared on the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam stage as well as found in bookstores\, coffee shops\, bedrooms\, and bathroom stalls. When Luna isn’t making art you can generally find her thrifting for deals\, procrastinating and eating sour candy. You can follow her poetic escapades on insta @ma.amgram and her drag offerings @hymen_trouble. \n\n\nDoors will open @ 7 pm both in person & online\, show starts @ 8 pm.\nSign up to read will start at 7:30 both in person and online.\n\nTix for our live event are $10-15 sliding scale\, online tix are pay what you can.\nBoth online and live tix in advance can be found here: Tickets\nOr just head on down and get a ticket at the door!\n\n\n\nMasking Policy: \nMasks are strongly encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-slam-and-open-mic-feat-luna-piscetta/
LOCATION:community pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5N 4A8
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230619T220000
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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Open Mic feat. Spillious
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nCome join us for another night of poetry\, and for a birthday party!! This event happens to be our featured poet’s 50th- come out and celebrate Spillious\, enjoy some poetry\, and some good times! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring your selves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space! \n\nA bit about Spillious: \nSpillious aka Trevana Spilchen is a Trans feminine settler educator\, parent\, musician and spoken word artist of Ukrainian and Irish decent. They won the 2017 Grand Slam Championship of the Vancouver Poetry slam and finished 6th at the 2018 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam. They have toured as a featured poet all throughout Canada and the US. Spillious has released 3 chapbooks of poetry and the last\, Tales of Trans-formation sold 200 copies. For the last 2 years they have been shepherding the return of poetry slam in Vancouver as the Slam Coordinator for Vancouver Poetry House and the Tournament Director for the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championships. Most importantly\, Spillious is a parent to 4 kids ranging in age from 5 yrs to 23 yrs old and 4 cats named Cola\, Orange Crush\, Dr. Pepper & Rootbeer! \n\n\nDoors will open @ 7 pm both in person & online\, show starts @ 8 pm.\nSign up to read will start at 7:30 both in person and online.\n\nTix for our live event are $10-15 sliding scale\, online tix are pay what you can.\nBoth online and live tix in advance can be found here: Tickets\nOr just head on down and get a ticket at the door!\n\n\n\nMasking Policy: \nMasks are strongly encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-open-mic-feat-spillious/
LOCATION:community pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5N 4A8
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230612T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230612T220000
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SUMMARY:VanSlam: Slam and open Mic feat. Kay
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nCome join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring your selves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \n\nWe will also have a live feature set from the amazing Kay!\n\n\n\nA bit about them: \nKay\, is a performance artist trying to live in the space beyond gender inclusion\, toward a more radical reimagining of self. For them\, performance is a way to explore all the messy grey areas of identity\, using poetry and comedy to play with the perceptions and expectations attached to the genders we were given\, as well as the ones we have chosen for ourselves. \n\n\nDoors will open @ 7 pm both in person & online\, show starts @ 8 pm.\nSign up to read will start at 7:30 both in person and online.\n\nTix for our live event are $10-15 sliding scale\, online tix are pay what you can.\nBoth online and live tix in advance can be found here: Tickets\nOr just head on down and get a ticket at the door!\n\n\n\nMasking Policy: \nMasks are strongly encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-slam-and-open-mic-feat-kay/
LOCATION:community pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5N 4A8
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230605T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230605T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230531T232338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T171020Z
UID:11966-1685995200-1686002400@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:VanSlam: Open Mic feat Angelicunt
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nCome join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring your selves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \n\nWe will also have a live feature set from the amazing Angelicunt!\n\n\n\nA bit about them: \nAngelicunt [they/t/he/m] is a loud clown mouth spoken word poet who encodes their work with magical potential– summoning all cryptic queers\, witches\, switches\, and trancestors with rhythm\, repetition and unwounding. A mix of play\, gay and music\, Angelicunt seeks to shadow work\, transmute\, and expel through poetry and performance. Except some jubilance\, distress\, and a whole lot of rebecoming. Some of Angelicunt’s performance highlights include: opening act for Shane Koyzcan at the Vogue Theatre with their trio Tiny Tricycle Poets\, performing in the 2SLGBTQ+ Word Poetry Slam Championship showcase in Brussels and featuring in the Lila Queer Arts Festival in Switzerland. \n\n\nDoors will open @ 7 pm both in person & online\, show starts @ 8 pm.\nSign up to read will start at 7:30 both in person and online.\n\nTix for our live event are $10-15 sliding scale\, online tix are pay what you can.\nBoth online and live tix in advance can be found here: Tickets\nOr just head on down and get a ticket at the door!\n\n\n\nMasking Policy: \nMasks are strongly encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-open-mic-feat-angelicunt/
LOCATION:community pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5N 4A8
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230601T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230601T213000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230525T185233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T185233Z
UID:11961-1685646000-1685655000@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Masterclass in Reading and Performance with Johnny D Trinh
DESCRIPTION:Date and time: Thursday\, June 1\, 2023\, 7 – 9:30pm PDT\nLocation: Historic Joy Kogawa House\, 1450 West 64th Avenue Vancouver \nTICKETS\nThis workshop is a great opportunity for writers of all genres to improve their public reading and performance skills. Johnny will offer all participants a range of tools\, exercises\, and questions to consider how they can present authentically while maintaining audience engagement. \nAreas covered: \n\nVocal technique: breath support\, articulation\, and embodiment\nStage: basic mic technique and staging\, stage presence\nReading & Performance: how to adapt your delivery to match the genre you’re presenting\n\nRequirements: \n\nAll bodies and abilities are welcome\, we will do our utmost to provide adaptations within our ability\, please let us know in advance if possible. Email info@kogawahouse.com.\nCome with a piece of writing up to 2 minutes worth in length\, ideally your own\, but for the sake of this workshop\, anything is fine.\n\nThis workshop is presented in partnership with Vancouver Poetry House with funding from Heritage Canada
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/masterclass-in-reading-and-performance-with-johnny-d-trinh/
LOCATION:Historic Joy Kogawa House\, 1450 West 64th Avenue\, Vancouver\, Canada
CATEGORIES:spoken word workshops,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230529T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230529T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230524T030809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230527T172035Z
UID:11948-1685390400-1685397600@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Devon Goodman Memorial: Open Mic Feat. Jeremy Loveday and Shauntelle Dick-Charleson
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nJoin us for our open mic night in memorial of Devon Goodman. This event will feature up and coming poet\, Shauntelle\, and Jeremy Loveday. \nDevon Goodman was a lifelong poet\, who found his truest inspiration in the Vancouver Slam Poetry community in 2007. Devon started the Maple Ridge Poetry Slam while still in high school\, inspired by poets he saw gracing the Vancouver stage at the time. He was a gregarious member of the local recovery community\, and in his memory\, his family would like to offer support to gay youth struggling with addiction. He passed in November of 2021\, and we honour his memory and his works in this event \nA bit about Shauntelle:My name is Shauntelle/Huupquestaah/TSAYŁE I am a 20 year old who got into poetry 5 years ago Pronouns are She/Her. I come from Hesquiaht and Songhees. I am a soccer player and basketball player who enjoys poetry. I moved over here about 2 years ago now to go to school and graduated the spa esthetics program at Blanche Macdonald in January 2022. I’ve gone to CFWS with the Vic slam team and placed 8th in nationals back in 2019. I also have two poems in the Aboriginal Voices 2 book. My poetry Instagram account is Shauntelle_poetry. \nA bit about Jeremy: Jeremy Loveday is a poet\, arts educator\, and community builder from Victoria\, BC\, on the territory of the lәk’wәŋәn People. He founded and served as the longtime artistic director of the Victorious Voices youth poetry festival. Jeremy’s dynamic performances earned him the title of Victoria Poetry Slam Grand Champion three times. In 2020\, he was honoured with the Zaccheus Jackson Nyce Memorial Award. His work has been published in reputable platforms such as Huffington Post\, CV 2\, Funicular Magazine\, National Observer\, CBC\, Claudia\, and Best Canadian Poetry 2023. Jeremy eagerly anticipates the release of his first full-length book of poems\, forthcoming from Write Bloody North. \nThis is a hybrid event! Join us in person at Community Taps + Pizza (1191 Commercial Dr.) or online via zoom. Join us for our open mic night. \nSign up to read starts at 7:30 both in person and online. See you there! \n  \nVenue Accessibility \nMasking Policy: Masks are strongly encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless. \nVan slam takes place on the Unceded\, stolen Lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and we wish to acknowledge & thank those people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial. Van Slam is committed to engaging in the internal and external work of reconciliation.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/devon-goodman-memorial-open-mic-feat-jeremy-loveday-and-shauntelle/
LOCATION:community pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5N 4A8
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230522T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230522T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230506T185235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230520T223804Z
UID:11938-1684785600-1684792800@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Van Slam: Slam and Open Mic feat. Christopher Tse
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring your selves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \n\nWe will also have a live feature set from the amazing Christopher Tse!\n\n\n\nA bit about them: \nChristopher Tse (he/him) is a facilitator\, writer\, and storyteller based in Whitehorse\, Yukon. He placed second at both the 2011 Poetry Slam World Cup and 2016 Rio International Poetry Slam\, and continues to miss the top of the podium in most areas of his life. He has shared the stage with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson\, Martin Luther King III\, and Mustafa the Poet\, and his work has appeared on stages\, documentaries\, and graffiti walls worldwide. Christopher is passionate about interrogating the intersections of identity and power through storytelling and art\, particularly the role of art in historical and current resistance movements. He has one dog and one sourdough starter. \n\n\nDoors will open @ 7 pm both in person & online\, show starts @ 8 pm.\nSign up to read will start at 7:30 both in person and online.\n\nTix for our live event are $10-15 sliding scale\, online tix are pay what you can.\nBoth online and live tix in advance can be found here: Tickets\nOr just head on down and get a ticket at the door!\n\n\n\nMasking Policy: \nMasks are strongly encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/van-slam-slam-and-open-mic-feat-christopher-tse/
LOCATION:community pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5N 4A8
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230519T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230519T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230508T201957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230508T202106Z
UID:11940-1684521000-1684528200@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:ahmm | Tetrad Tongues
DESCRIPTION:Asian Heritage Month at Morrow \nInteractive Poetry Reading \nFeaturing: Anjalica Solomon\, Christopher Tse\, Johnny Trinh\, Sarah Wong \nCo-produced by Vancouver Poetry House and Dumb Instrument Dance \nDuration of Performance: 2 hrs \n  \nTickets can be purchased here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/89c87037-303f-4aab-ac10-347aed475df1 \n  \nGathering in community on the unceded\, ancestral\, occupied territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish)\, and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. \n  \nJoin in an evening of interactive poetry produced in partnership with Vancouver Poetry House featuring local artists\, Anjalica Solomon\, Johnny Trinh\, Christopher Tse and Sarah Wong. Bringing together a diverse group of Asian writers\, Tetrad Tongues will be a conversation reflecting on kin\, cultural heritage\, and intergenerational wisdom. In addition to witnessing the featured writers\, audience members will be invited to participate in an exercise to collectively create a poem\, allowing an archive of our shared experience of the evening to emerge. \n  \nFor more information about this show and the artists please visit the ahmm webpage \n  \nHere is some general accessibility info\, please contact us with questions or requests. \n\nMasks are strongly recommended during this event in consideration of the presence of immunocompromised artists.\nThere are 2 common area entrances to the building. The front entrance has one flight of stairs. The back entrance provides access to the elevator. If you require elevator access\, please contact us once you’ve purchased your ticket and we will meet you at the door to let you in and support. The back entrance is in the parking lot behind 910 Richards\, cornering Smithe.\nThere is one wheelchair accessible and one gender neutral washroom.\nWe request that people do not wear scents and we provide scent free soap in washrooms.\nIf you would like to request ASL support\, please communicate with two week’s advance notice and we will do our best to accommodate.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/ahmm-tetrad-tongues/
LOCATION:910 Richards Street – Suite 204\, Vancouver\, BC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230515T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230515T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230506T185048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230506T185048Z
UID:11934-1684180800-1684188000@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Van Slam: Open mic feat. Stephanie Wong
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring your selves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \n\nWe will also have a live feature set from the amazing Stephanie Wong!\n\n\n\nA bit about them: \nBorn in Hong Kong\, Stephanie Wong (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist who is grateful to live and create on the ancestral and unceded lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm\, Skwxwú7mesh\, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ peoples. Her art is an invocation to imagination\, which she explores through a practice of directing\, producing\, dramaturgy\, new work creation\, performance\, and design. A graduate of  Studio 58’s Acting Program\, and the Associate Artistic Director of re:Naissance Opera\, she is in constant pursuit of cross sector collaborations and genre defying works. By honoring the intersections of her professional and personal experience\, her work amplifies stories of culture\, connection\, and coexistence.  \n\n\nDoors will open @ 7 pm both in person & online\, show starts @ 8 pm.\nSign up to read will start at 7:30 both in person and online.\n\nTix for our live event are $10-15 sliding scale\, online tix are pay what you can.\nBoth online and live tix in advance can be found here: Tickets\nOr just head on down and get a ticket at the door!\n\n\n\nMasking Policy: \nMasks are strongly encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/van-slam-open-mic-feat-stephanie-wong/
LOCATION:community pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5N 4A8
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230508T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230508T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230506T011409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230506T011409Z
UID:11931-1683576000-1683583200@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:VanSlam: Slam and Open Mic feat. Dave Callaway
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring your selves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \n\nWe will also have a live feature set from the amazing Dave Callaway!\n\n\n\nDave’s bio: \nIf human unrest is the cloud\, rain\, and sea combined\,\nThen imagine David Arthur’s voice to be the heat on the wind.\nThe world requires some of us to stir the pot and drive the storm on.\nDavid Arthur has been to the places inside us that maps dare not show.\nHe has been there with pen\, paper\, and a decent bottle of scotch\, piching a marlboro between his teeth screaming “FUCK IT\, LET’S MAKE A BAD DECISION!”\nDavid Arthur is both warrior and feild reporter for the exctacies of life’s pleasures and pains.\nHe’s seen some shit… And he wants to share…\n– Scott Jensen\n  \n\n\nDoors will open @ 7 pm both in person & online\, show starts @ 8 pm.\nSign up to read will start at 7:30 both in person and online.\n\nTix for our live event are $10-15 sliding scale\, online tix are pay what you can.\nBoth online and live tix in advance can be found here: Tickets\nOr just head on down and get a ticket at the door!\n\n\n\nMasking Policy: \nMasks are strongly encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-slam-and-open-mic-feat-dave-callaway/
LOCATION:community pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5N 4A8
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230501T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230501T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230428T223729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T223729Z
UID:11721-1682971200-1682978400@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:VanSlam: Open Mic feat. Hari Alluri
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for another night of slam poetry! As always\, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring your selves and your words to Community Pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, or to the Van Slam zoom space. \n\nWe will also have a live feature set from the amazing Hari Alluri!\n\n\n\nA bit about them: \nHari Alluri (he/him/siya) is a migrant poet of Philippine and South Indian descent who lives\, loves\, and writes on unceded Coast Salish territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples\, and Kwantlen\, Katzie and Kwikwetlem lands of Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking peoples. Siya is author of The Flayed City and chapbook Our Echo of Sudden Mercy and recipient of the Vera Manuel Award for Poetry\, among other prizes\, grants\, fellowships and residencies. His work appears through these venues and elsewhere: Apogee\, Dream Marrow (Burnaby Art Gallery)\, Marías at Sampaguitas\, Poetry\, poetry in canada and—via Split This Rock—Best of the Net 2022. @harialluri | https://linktr.ee/harialluri  \n\n\nDoors will open @ 7 pm both in person & online\, show starts @ 8 pm.\nSign up to read will start at 7:30 both in person and online.\n\nTix for our live event are $10-15 sliding scale\, online tix are pay what you can.\nBoth online and live tix in advance can be found here: Tickets\nOr just head on down and get a ticket at the door!\n\n\n\nMasking Policy: \nMasks are strongly encouraged\, but the venue is a restaurant and members of the audience will be maskless.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-open-mic-feat-hari-alluri/
LOCATION:community pizza\, 1191 Commercial Dr\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5N 4A8
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230429T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230429T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230320T171432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T194519Z
UID:11348-1682780400-1682785800@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Pot Luck: Open Mic featuring Moe Clark
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS\nHosted by: Johnny Trinh\n\nAfter a feast of food\, big dialogues\, and a week of intense performance- we close the week by returning to the roots of Spoken Word and Oral Tradition. We gather around the table\, we form a circle\, and share our stories\, songs\, and art in an intimate gathering with a special feature performance by Moe Clark.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/pot-luck-open-mic-featuring-moe-clark/
LOCATION:312 Main Street\, 312 Main Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2T2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Stage,Verses 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230429T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230429T150000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230320T165755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230413T174030Z
UID:11346-1682773200-1682780400@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Slamily Meeting: Speak North Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:FREE Please Register in Advance\nFacilitated Janice Jo Lee \n\nThis is an open town hall- with the continually changing landscape of Spoken Word in Canada\, the national community needs time and space to connect and envision the future. Come engage in the dialogue\, hear updates from Speak North\, and be part of the evolution of Spoken Word on Turtle Island. \nNot in Vancouver? You can still attend this event through Zoom. Please register and we will send you a link to join the virtual meeting.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/slamily-meeting-speak-north-town-hall/
LOCATION:312 Main Street\, 312 Main Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2T2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Conversation,Verses 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230429T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230429T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230320T164832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230413T172107Z
UID:11343-1682766000-1682773200@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Stone Soup Trinh/MacRae Brunch
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nVancouver Poetry House Artistic Director\, Culinary Poet\, Johnny D Trinh; alongside Artistic Director Emeritus\, Verses Festival Coordinator\, Johnny MacRae will prepare a feast of food to close the festival. All poets and participants are welcome to share one final meal together to mark the end of an incredible festival. Registration Required. \n 
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/stone-soup-trinh-macrae-brunch/
LOCATION:312 Main Street\, 312 Main Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2T2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Verses 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230428T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230428T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230314T173207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230401T204003Z
UID:11265-1682706600-1682715600@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Canadian Individual Poetry Slam FINALS
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS  \nBroadcast Live on POETV \nFeaturing Randell Adjei \nThe top 6 poets from Preliminary Round 1\, and the top 6 poets from Second Chance Night will go head to head.  The knockout format is as follows: 6 groups of 2 performing 3 minute poems\, 2 groups of 3 performing 1 minute poems\, 1 group of 2 performing 4 minute poems – and then the last poet standing will be crowned the CIPS winner. \nDoors open at 6 pm for live and online audience
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/canadian-individual-poetry-slam-finals-5/
LOCATION:Djavad Mowafaghian World Arts Centre\, 149 W Hastings St\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Verses 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230428T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230428T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230314T202647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230418T190417Z
UID:11296-1682690400-1682697600@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Stage to Page Master Class
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nFeaturing: Leo DE Johnson\, Adrian Neblett\, Jaymee Mak\, Kathleen Nisbet\, Janice Jo Lee and Krystal Kiran \nHosted by: Johnny D Trinh \nStage to Page produces public masterclasses/workshops led by a panel of industry professionals featuring poets\, producers\, theatre makers\, and more. Vancouver Poetry House is partnering with Stage to Page Performance Society to bring a special public masterclass for Verses 2023. \nThis is a must-attend workshop for those interested in the intersection of music\, sound art\, and poetry. A slate of All-Star panelists will offer key notes to their practice\, and provide insights on the interdisciplinary realm of music and poetry. This is an open workshop\, where the public are invited to attend and observe as selected poets have their work performed by Film & Television and Theatre artists\, then workshopped with music and sound by the panelists\, and then an opportunity to perform it themselves. The event closes with a Q&A\, and an open jam session that may include open mic\, audience participation if time allows. \nWorkshop participants will be selected by a submission process which will open in March. For more information: stagetopageperformance@gmail.com
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/stage-to-page-master-class/
LOCATION:Simon Fraser University Woodward’s\, 149 West Hastings Street\, Vancouver\, BC
CATEGORIES:Verses 2023,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230427T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T175911
CREATED:20230314T185856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230401T205347Z
UID:11277-1682620200-1682627400@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:CIPS Preliminary BOUT 2
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nDoors open at 6 pm  \nBroadcast live on POETV \nPoets will be paired up via random draw and compete head-to-head. This will be a double knockout competition. The poets competing will be the 12 poets who lost in the First Preliminary Night. The top 6 poets who survive the first round\, will compete against the 6 poets who were knocked out in the final round of the First Preliminary Night. This will determine the top 6 poets. Both rounds will be 3 minutes long. \nThe Canadian Individual Poetry Slam (CIPS) will take place between April 26- 28 2023. CIPS is a nationally recognized poetry slam that brings together 24 poets from across the country to celebrate and battle through spoken word as part of the Verses Festival of Words. This year\, the competition will take place in a hybrid format\, with live in person shows in Vancouver\, BC\, as well as opportunities for poets to compete virtually. \nPoets representing spoken word series and regions across what is colonially known as “Canada” will compete in a head-to-head tournament\, presenting poems that are 1-4 minutes in length. \nWinners of each head-to-head bout will be determined by a live vote chosen by 5 randomly appointed judges selected from the audience. We have chosen the head to head format this year\, to introduce a new element of relationality\, theatrics\, and fun. We will go into more details around the logistics of this below. This judging system aligns with our vision of the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Champion being chosen by fellow community members – without hierarchy\, without prioritizing expertise\, cultivating a way of accessing poetry for all.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/cips-preliminary-bout-2-2/
LOCATION:Djavad Mowafaghian World Arts Centre\, 149 W Hastings St\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Verses 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230427T140000
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SUMMARY:Recipe for the Future: Public Panels
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nFeaturing: Louise Bernice Halfe\, Sheri-D Wilson\, Charlie Petch\, Missie Peters\, Randell Adjei\, El Jones\, Brad Morden\, Moe Clark\, Anto Chan and Janice Jo Lee \nFacilitated by: Kai Cheng Thom & Johnny Trinh \nWhere is Spoken Word today? What is the future of Spoken Word? This is a public panel\, and open dialogue\, truly bringing found family back around the table. There have been so many ruptures\, setbacks\, and challenges that have impacted Spoken Word globally.  \n“There is creation in recovery. There is a future in mending what is broken.” ~Johnny D Trinh
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/table-talks-public-panels/
LOCATION:Simon Fraser University Woodward’s\, 149 West Hastings Street\, Vancouver\, BC
CATEGORIES:Community Conversation,Verses 2023
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SUMMARY:Poetry Performance Psychology Masterclass with Randell Adjei 
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nPeople don’t often remember what we say\, they mostly remember how we made them feel. How do we maximize the dialogue(s) we have with our audiences?  \nPoetry / Spoken Word performances are one of the most powerful forms of communication. There is space between us and our audience that is sacred and bursting with possibility. Our time on stage is full of the pure potential to impact someone or simply share a moment\, a laugh\, a thought\, an idea and/or more. In this workshop we will focus on the psychology of performance\, the preparation before each performance and the mindset to embody the character behind our words. We will explore the rhyme and reason of why we pour on page and how to leave fire ablaze on every single stage we grace.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/poetry-performance-psychology-masterclass-with-randell-adjei/
LOCATION:Simon Fraser University Woodward’s\, 149 West Hastings Street\, Vancouver\, BC
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SUMMARY:From Land & Sea: Double Feature Moe Clark & Anto Chan
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nMoe Clark: pê pikiskwê tastawayihk / come + speak in-between: calling between dimensions and timelines\, this performance re-centres 2S creative continuance. activations of language\, land + song animate sites of vibrant futurity in this dream portal. \nAnto Chan: InnerGenerational: Trauma & Healing: the discovery and showcasing of the second-generation immigrant’s experience in finding our place in Canada. Many of us suffer in silence through mental health issues\, shame\, guilt\, pressures to assimilate and confusion in who we are\, always feeling stuck in the middle. With exploration of our lineage and complicated family history\, we’re able to find where we belong through humour and poetry. \nBroadcast live on POETV \n 
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/from-land-sea/
LOCATION:The WISE Hall\, 1882 Adanac Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5L4E5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Verses 2023
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