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  • From Land & Sea: Double Feature Moe Clark & Anto Chan

    The WISE Hall 1882 Adanac Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    TICKETS Moe 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. Anto Chan: InnerGenerational: Trauma & Healing: the discovery and showcasing of the second-generation … Continued

    $20

  • Poetry Performance Psychology Masterclass with Randell Adjei 

    Simon Fraser University Woodward's 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC

    TICKETS People 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?  Poetry / Spoken Word performances are one of the most powerful forms of communication. There is space between us and our audience that is … Continued

    $20

  • Recipe for the Future: Public Panels

    Simon Fraser University Woodward's 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC

    TICKETS Featuring: Louise Bernice Halfe, Sheri-D Wilson, Charlie Petch, Missie Peters, Randell Adjei, El Jones, Brad Morden, Moe Clark, Anto Chan and Janice Jo Lee Facilitated by: Kai Cheng Thom & Johnny Trinh Where is Spoken Word today? What is the future of Spoken Word? This is a public panel, … Continued

    $3

  • CIPS Preliminary BOUT 2

    Djavad Mowafaghian World Arts Centre 149 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS Doors open at 6 pm Broadcast live on POETV Poets 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 … Continued

    $12

  • Stage to Page Master Class

    Simon Fraser University Woodward's 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC

    TICKETS Featuring: Leo DE Johnson, Adrian Neblett, Jaymee Mak, Kathleen Nisbet, Janice Jo Lee and Krystal Kiran Hosted by: Johnny D Trinh Stage 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 … Continued

    $20

  • Canadian Individual Poetry Slam FINALS

    Djavad Mowafaghian World Arts Centre 149 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS  Broadcast Live on POETV Featuring Randell Adjei The 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 … Continued

    $15

  • Stone Soup Trinh/MacRae Brunch

    312 Main Street 312 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS Vancouver 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. … Continued

    $10

  • Slamily Meeting: Speak North Town Hall

    312 Main Street 312 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    FREE Please Register in Advance Facilitated Janice Jo Lee  This 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 … Continued

    FREE
  • Moe Clark portrait [photo credit: credit: Nang K'uulas] smiling outdoors in wooded area with dappled light

    Pot Luck: Open Mic featuring Moe Clark

    312 Main Street 312 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS Hosted by: Johnny Trinh After 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 … Continued

    $10

  • VanSlam: Open Mic feat. Hari Alluri

    community pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC

    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. We will also have a live feature set from the … Continued

  • VanSlam: Slam and Open Mic feat. Dave Callaway

    community pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC

    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. We will also have a live feature set from the … Continued

  • Van Slam: Open mic feat. Stephanie Wong

    community pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC

    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. We will also have a live feature set from the … Continued

  • ahmm | Tetrad Tongues

    910 Richards Street - Suite 204, Vancouver, BC

    Asian Heritage Month at Morrow Interactive Poetry Reading Featuring: Anjalica Solomon, Christopher Tse, Johnny Trinh, Sarah Wong Co-produced by Vancouver Poetry House and Dumb Instrument Dance Duration of Performance: 2 hrs   Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/89c87037-303f-4aab-ac10-347aed475df1   Gathering in community on the unceded, ancestral, occupied territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), … Continued

  • Van Slam: Slam and Open Mic feat. Christopher Tse

    community pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC

    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. We will also have a live feature set from the … Continued

  • Devon Goodman Memorial: Open Mic Feat. Jeremy Loveday and Shauntelle Dick-Charleson

    community pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC

    TICKETS Join us for our open mic night in memorial of Devon Goodman. This event will feature up and coming poet, Shauntelle, and Jeremy Loveday. Devon Goodman was a lifelong poet, who found his truest inspiration in the Vancouver Slam Poetry community in 2007. Devon started the Maple Ridge Poetry … Continued

  • Masterclass in Reading and Performance with Johnny D Trinh

    Historic Joy Kogawa House 1450 West 64th Avenue, Vancouver, Canada

    Date and time: Thursday, June 1, 2023, 7 - 9:30pm PDT Location: Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Avenue Vancouver TICKETS This 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 … Continued

    $35

  • VanSlam: Open Mic feat Angelicunt

    community pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC

    TICKETS 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. We will also have a live feature set from … Continued

  • VanSlam: Slam and open Mic feat. Kay

    community pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC

    TICKETS 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. We will also have a live feature set from … Continued

  • VanSlam: Open Mic feat. Spillious

    community pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC

    TICKETS Come 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 … Continued

  • VanSlam: Slam and Open Mic feat. Luna Piscetta

    community pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC

    TICKETS 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. We will also have a live feature set from … Continued

  • VanSlam: Open Mic Featuring LJ Weisberg

    Community Taps & Pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS VanSlam is a space to come see a fantastic spoken word feature set & share your words on the open mic or slam competition! Come join us for another night of slam poetry! As always, our event is in our hybrid live & online format. Bring yourselves and your … Continued

    $10 – $15

  • VanSlam: Double Feat. and Slam Competition with Andre Prefontaine and Matthew Kee

    Community Taps & Pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS Come 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. A bit about our feature artists: At the age of … Continued

    $10 – $15

  • VanSlam: Open Mic Featuring Tawahum

    Community Taps & Pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS Come 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. A bit about our feature artist: Tawahum Bige is a … Continued

    $10 – $15

  • VanSlam: Feat. Braedon George Lowey and Slam

    Community Taps & Pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS Come 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. A bit about our feature artist: Braedon George Lowey was … Continued

    $10 – $15

  • VanSlam: Open Mic Feat. Janice Jo Lee

    Community Taps & Pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS Come 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. A bit about our feature artist: Janice Jo Lee (she/they) … Continued

    $10 – $15

  • VanSlam: Open Mic feat. Daniel Mark Patterson

    Community Taps & Pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS Come 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. This event is an open mic with a feature set from … Continued

    $10 – $15

  • 2023 Annual General Meeting

    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 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vancouver-poetry-house-annual-general-meeting-tickets-677587310887 The in-person event will be held at Grandview-Woodlands Community Place, 1655 William Street ,Vancouver. Venue Access If … Continued

    Free

  • VanSlam: Slam and Open Mic feat. RC Weslowski

    Community Taps & Pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS Come 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. This event will include an open mic and slam, as … Continued

    $10 – $15

  • VanSlam: Open Mic feat. Magpie Ulysses

    Community Taps & Pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS Come 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. This event will include an open mic, … Continued

    $10 – $15

  • VanSlam: Slam and Open Mic feat. Matt Loeb

    Community Taps & Pizza 1191 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    TICKETS Come 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. This event will include an open mic and slam, as … Continued

    $10 – $15