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SUMMARY:Van Slam Feat. Cobra Collins
DESCRIPTION:Tickets\n\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.\n\nHey Vancouver poetry peeps! It’s time to meet up once more online! Bring your selves and your words to the Van Slam zoom space for a fun relaxed slam featuring the one and only powerhouse poet Cobra Collins! (bio below)\n\nSign up will be Start at 7:00. Tix run from free to $10. If you don’t have the means please just come for free\, if you can donate by purchasing a ticket it really helps us at Van Slam keep offering shows and hopefully moving back to full time live/hybrid shows.\nHope you can drop in\, I’d love to see y’all!\n\nCobra Collins is a Mohkínstsis based mixed Indigenous and Metis poet of significant height. She has represented our city on a national level at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word as well as collaborated with artists of different backgrounds for dance (Fluid Movements Arts Festival) and performance festivals (IKG 1 ! Live Performance Festival). Cobra was also honoured to be shortlisted as a nominee for Calgary’s 2016 & 2018 poet laureate.\n\n 
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/van-slam-feat-cobra-collins/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Van Slam
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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:Van 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. \nHey Vancouver poetry peeps! It’s time to meet up once more online! Bring your selves and your words to the Van Slam zoom space for a fun relaxed slam featuring the amazing\, powerful and just generally awesome Dwennimmen aka Shima Robinson! (bio below) \nSign up will be Start at 7:00 and tix are found through the “go to link” button through eventbrite. Tix run from free to $10. If you don’t have the means please just come for free\, if you can donate by purchasing a ticket it really helps us at Van Slam keep offering shows and hopefully moving back to full time to live/hybrid shows like the very successful Love Slam earlier this month. Hope you can drop in\, I’d love to see y’all! \nShima Robinson aka Dwennimmen bio: Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton – Treaty 6) born poet and spoken word artist Shima Robinson embodies\, with every poem\, the ancient meaning of her chosen pen name. Dwennimmen is the name of an ancient African Adinkra symbol\, which means strength\, humility\, learning and wisdom. It is no surprise\, then\, that this veteran of the Alberta poetry community uses a searing intellect and dynamic precision-of-language to create poetry which ushers her readers and listeners toward greater understanding and poignant reflection. For Dwennimmen\, poetry has long been a compass\, a salve\, an anchor and guiding light. She uses the potential and force of poetry to uncover the full range of her cerebral\, linguistic and spiritual fortitude. This is why her every poem and performance testifies to an emerging power and wisdom\, an authentic\, deeply human potency which she hopes to pass on to listeners and poetry-lovers around the world.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/10120/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Van Slam
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220214T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220214T213000
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SUMMARY:Love Slam
DESCRIPTION:Van 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.\nHey Vancouver poetry peeps! It’s time to meet up once more and share our words\, this time live in person! Bring your selves and your words to the Slice of Life Gallery for a fun relaxed slam on Valentines Day\, The Love Slam! (And by love we definitely mean whatever kinda love you wanna talk about)\nOur 2 features for the evening will be Karen G. beaming in virtually from Georgia & Tawahum live and in person! (bios below)\nLive Tix $10-15 available through Slice of Life Gallery at this link:\nhttps://square.link/u/UVT5uoDn\nWe will have 5 sponsored spots If you don’t have the means just ask (first come first served).\nOnline tickets are here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.ca/…/the-love-slam-featuring…\nAs soon as you purchase a ticket you can pre-sign up to slam by emailing: slamcoordinator@vancouverpoetryhouse.com\nThere will be cash prizes for the Slam!!\nIMPORTANT – This event is BYOB.\nHere’s how that works:\n– You get to bring what you want to drink (pre-mixed beverages)\n– When you arrive alcohol drinks will be handed to staff who give you a ticket\, which you show to get your drink(s) when you need ’em. Other drinks are yours.\n– You tip the bar staff as per usual.\n– You can bring whatever food you want as well\, but are responsible for the garbage.\nHope you can drop in\, We’d love to see y’all!\nBios:\nKaren G. is a poet\, host & co-founder of Art Amok Poetry Slam and Cliterati the monthly series in partnership with Charis Books & More\nShe’s a presence\, voice\, supporter\, coach\, board member & overall spoken word and slam poetry networker & advocate for twenty-plus years in the Atlanta area & beyond. She won a lifetime achievement award from Capturing Fire and served for many years as a tournament director\, board member\, and volunteer for the National Poetry Slam. Published in various anthologies by Swimming with Elephants and Write Bloody\, among others and makes her own chapbooks for featured readings. She works at Emory University’s main library in daylight hours.\nCASHAPP $KarenGarrabrant\nTawahum Bige is a Łutselkʼe Dene\, Plains Cree poet and spoken word artist from unceded Musqueam\, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territory (Vancouver). Their Scorpio-moon-ass poems expose growth\, resistance & persistence as a hopeless Two Spirit Nonbinary sadboy on occupied Turtle Island. With a BA in Creative Writing from KPU\, Tawahum has performed at countless festivals with poems featured in numerous publications. His land protection work versus Trans Mountain pipeline expansion had him face incarceration in 2020. Check Tawahum’s debut collection of poetry\, Cut to Fortress in Spring 2022\, published by Nightwood Editions along with his debut EP set to release alongside. Find him online @Tawahum on Instagram\, twitter and more.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/love-slam/
LOCATION:Next Door\, 1636 venables st\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L2H2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Van Slam
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SUMMARY:VanSlam featuring Icy Gaze
DESCRIPTION:Van 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. \nHey Vancouver poetry peeps! It’s time to meet up once more and share our words! Bring your selves and your words to the Van Slam zoom space for a fun relaxed slam where we will give away cash prizes! (bio below) \nSign up will Start at 7:00 and tix are found through the “go to link” button through eventbrite. Tix run from free to $10. If you don’t have the means please just come for free\, if you can donate by purchasing a ticket even for $1 or $2 or more if you can it really helps us at Van Slam keep offering shows and hopefully moving back to live/hybrid shows in the new year. \nHope you can drop in\, I’d love to see y’all! \nICY GAZE uses poetry to befriend their own soul and hopefully play with yours. Born in Indonesia and based on Turtle Island\, they have been cultivating their poetic dexterity for over ten years. They blossomed as a spoken word poet on the UBC and Vancouver Poetry Slam stages\, eventually featuring and competing nationally. Inspired by the literary tradition in their South Asian roots\, ICY’s poetry is a journey of overcoming shame\, guilt\, and grief by shattering illusions\, showing up in the present as authentically as possible\, and becoming love.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vanslam-featuring-icy-gaze/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Van Slam
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211220T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211220T193000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
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SUMMARY:Van Slam - OMG it's the Holidays (whatever the heck that means) open mic Feat Angelic Goldsky
DESCRIPTION:Van 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.\nHey Vancouver poetry peeps! It’s time to meet up once more in this calendar year to celebrate or make fun of (respectfully)\, or whatever the holidays\, whatever holidays means to you! Bring your selves and your words to the Van Slam zoom space for a fun relaxed open mic featuring the amazing\, fun\, super creative and just generally awesome Angelic Goldsky! (bio below)\nSign up will be Start at 7:30 and tix are found through the “go to link” button through eventbrite. Tix run from free to $10. If you don’t have the means please just come for free\, if you can donate by purchasing a ticket even for $1 or $2 or more if you can it really helps us at Van Slam keep offering shows and hopefully moving back to live/hybrid shows in the new year.\nHope you can drop in\, I’d love to see y’all!\nAngelic Goldsky [t(he?)y] is a poet. & a poetry educator-excavator\, queer arts expressions facilitator\, clown-alchemist\, multiverse eater\, gender binary abolitionist\, celebration producer\, media studier\, magical historian\, jewish-russian-queer-trans-zakaznik (breath) who hates taxidermies and loves timelessness.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/van-slam-omg-its-the-holidays-whatever-the-heck-that-means-open-mic-feat-angelic-goldsky/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Van Slam
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211118T200000
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SUMMARY:Legends Slam
DESCRIPTION:The Vancouver Poetry Slam is back Live! On November 18th come to C-lab at The Cultch to see the Live Legends Slam! Our 4 legendary slam icons: RC Weslowski\, Magpie Ulysses\, Johnny MacRae & Johnny Trinh will take on 4 challengers in a head to head slam battle. Along with this awesome slam battle another slam icon\, Brandon Wint will dazzle and soothe you with his word wizardry as our feature performer.\nThere are only 60 tickets available event so go to https://vancouverpoetryhouse.eventbrite.ca/ to grab yours quick before they sell out!  \nBrandon Wint is an Ontario born poet and spoken word artist who uses poetry to attend to the joy and devastation and inequity associated with this era of human and ecological history. For Brandon\, the written and spoken word is a tool for examining and enacting his sense of justice\, and imagining less violence futures for himself and the world he has inherited. For more than a decade\, Brandon has been a sought-after\, touring performer\, and has presented his work in the United States\, Australia\, Lithuania\, Latvia\, and Jamaica. His poems and essays have been published in national anthologies\, including The Great Black North: Contemporary African-Canadian Poetry (Frontenac House\, 2013) and Black Writers Matter (University of Regina Press\, 2019). Divine Animal is his debut book of poetry. \nJohnny D Trinh\, is an interdisciplinary\, community-engaged artist focused in spoken word\, theatre\, and creative technology. Johnny is founder\, and artistic producer of Stage to Page Performance Society\, and is based on the unceded\, ancestral lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. Selected highlights: TedX Bearcreek Park\, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts: Fever Rising\, Naked Heart Festival; BC Ministry of Tourism\, Arts & Culture: Multiculturalism Awards\, Banff Centre: Spoken Word Program Alumni\, Verses Festival of Words. “It takes a community to build an artist… whether we are nurtured by it\, or resist against it.” \nWriter\, Rabble Rouser\, fancy talker; Magpie Ulysses began performing 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. A 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 and Southern Ontario. Having spent the past few years raising a new human and past many years caring for her grandmother through Alzheimer’s disease\, she has become increasingly interested in questions surrounding genetic memory\, place\, body\, grief\, aging and how we choose to tell our own stories. \nJohnny MacRae is a mouthy poet and barefoot beard. Beloved of angry cats everywhere\, MacRae’s poems hit like fuzzy paws with bloody retractable claws. He has toured widely as a featured artist at poetry series as well as poetry\, music and arts festivals\, leaving mountains of slain rats in his wake. Victoria Spoken Word Festivals’ 2013 Poet of Honor\, MacRae asks you to open your doors long enough for him to decide whether he wants to stay inside\, or go outside\, or stay inside. His poems have been described as “so energetic\, it’s no wonder he sleeps 18 hours a day.” \nRC Weslowski is the 2021 Zaccheus Jackson Nyce Memorial Award Winner and The 2016 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award Winner. He’s been co host the radio program Wax Poetic on Co Op Radio for 20 years and is the Artistic Director for Hullabaloo: The BC Youth Spoken Word Festival RC’s first collection of poetry “My Soft Response to the Wars” is available now from Write Bloody North Publishing www.writebloodynorth.ca
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/legends-slam/
LOCATION:Vancity Culture Lab\, The Cultch (C-Lab)\, 1895 Venables Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L 2H6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Van Slam
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210501T223000
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SUMMARY:CIPS Finals
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the close of Verses Festival of Words 2021\, and National Poetry Month\, the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam culminates in an amazing finale that is not to be missed. \nCome watch the final round of CIPS\, where the top 10 competing spoken word poets will go head-to-head in 5 intense matches\, followed by the top 5 poets in an all-out poetry melee to determine our champion this year. Hosted by: Johnny D Trinh\, with guest judges: Nisha Patel\, Andre Prefontaine. \nThere will be ASL interpreters at the CIPS Final.   \nThe finale will also feature:  \n\nPerformances from past champions including: Q\, and Andre Prefontaine!\nPresentation of the Zaccheus Jackson Nyce Award\nTribute to poets by poets in memoriam including:\n\nDiane Di Prima – honoured by Sheri-D Wilson\nMichael McLure – honoured by CR Avery\nRM Vaughan – honoured by Billeh Nickerson\nTaran Kootenhayoo – honoured by Shane Sable\n\n\n\n  \nLive on POETV \n 
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/cips-finals/
LOCATION:POETV\, https://www.caffeine.tv/\, Canada
CATEGORIES:CIPS,Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210501T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210501T213000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
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SUMMARY:Pre and Post Show CIPS Finals
DESCRIPTION:Pre and post show with Ian Keteku and special guests \non POETV \n 
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/canadian-individual-poetry-slam-finals-4/
LOCATION:POETV\, https://www.caffeine.tv/\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210430T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210430T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211030T100037Z
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SUMMARY:CIPS Preliminaries Day 2
DESCRIPTION:The 16 semi-finalists (8 from 1st preliminary night + 8 from 2nd preliminary night) will compete in the same head-to-head fashion\, with random draws determining each of the pairings. The winning 8 poets will move onto the finals. \nLive on POETV
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/cips-semi-finals/
LOCATION:Poetv\, https://www.caffeine.tv/poetv\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210429T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210429T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
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SUMMARY:CIPS Preliminaries Day 1
DESCRIPTION:On each evening of prelim competition\, 16 poets will be drawn at random to compete head-to-head on the first preliminary night of the festival. They will be paired up via random draw. The 8 winning poets from each night of prelims will move onto the semi-finals.  \nLive on POETV \n 
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/second-preliminary-night/
LOCATION:POETV\, https://www.caffeine.tv/\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210429T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210429T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210309T215239Z
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SUMMARY:Collective and Individual Poetry Creation with Lee Maracle
DESCRIPTION:We do not have to write alone. We can riff off one another as we immerse ourselves in poetry creation.  We will do both individual work and collective work in this workshop.  Poetry strengthens the body\, sharpens the mind and engages the heart and spirit. There will be ASL interpreters at this workshop. \nFREE\, REGISTER HERE \nLee Maracle speaks out as a critic of the treatment of Indigenous people by the Canadian state\, and she particularly highlights the issues relating to Indigenous women. She was one of the first Indigenous people to be published in the early 1970s. \nLee Maracle is one of the most prolific Indigenous authors in Canada and a recognized authority on issues pertaining to Indigenous people and Indigenous literature. She is an award-winning poet\, novelist\, performance storyteller\, scriptwriter\, actor and keeper/mythmaker among the Sto:lo people. \nLee Maracle has given hundreds of speeches on political\, historical\, and Feminist Sociological topics related to Indigenous people\, and conducted dozens of workshops on personal and cultural reclamation. \nHer newest poetry book\, Hope Matters\, was written in conjunction with her daughters Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter\, and was published in 2019.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/collective-and-individual-poetry-creation-with-lee-maracle/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210428T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210428T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210309T221916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210309T221916Z
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SUMMARY:El Jones Feature Performance and Workshop
DESCRIPTION:El Jones will lead participants in a FREE writing workshop that will develop beginner\, intermediate\, and core skills in writing for page and stage. All skill levels\, members of the public\, and students welcome! There will be ASL interpreters at this workshop. \nFREE\, REGISTER HERE \nEl Jones is a poet\, professor and activist living in Halifax. She was born in Wales and grew up in Winnipeg. She was Halifax’s Poet Laureate from 2013 to 2015. Her book\, Live From the Afrikan Resistance! published in 2014 by Roseway\, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing\, is a collection of poems about resisting white colonialism. In 2015\, she was a resident at the In at University of Iowa. Her work focuses on social justice issues such as feminism\, prison abolition\, anti-racism\, and decolonizaternation; she wrote in the Washington Post in June 2020 about “the realities of white-supremacist oppression that black people in Canada have long experienced.” \nSince 2016\, she has co-hosted a radio show called Black Power Hour on CKDU-FM\, an educational program which provides information on Black history and culture aimed at incarcerated people. Listeners from prisons call in to rap and read poetry that they have written\, providing a voice to people who rarely get a wide audience.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/el-jones-feature-performance-and-workshop/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210427T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210427T213000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210225T235814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211015T235916Z
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SUMMARY:Mashed Sabbath 50
DESCRIPTION:Mashed Poetics is a night of spoken word and music mashup.  Established in 2009 this will be the 50th edition of Mashed Poetics (a Verses Festival mainstay) and we’ll be featuring Black Sabbath’s album Paranoid.  9 different poets will create new works to perform at this event including the reunion of the 1996 Vancouver Poetry Slam Team.  It’s the 25th anniversary of their barrier breaking trip and performances at the National Poetry Slam in Portland\, Oregon.  We’ll also have our Sabbath cover band Rat Salad shaking the rafters and rumbling some thunder for everyone who joins us. \nLive on POETV \nSide A\nWar Pigs–Justin McGrail\nParanoid–Deanna Smith\nPlanet Caravan–S.R. Duncan\nIron Man–Alexandra Oliver \nSide B\nElectric Funeral–David Geary\nHand of Doom–Brandon Wint\nRat Salad–Khodi Dill\nFaeries Wear Boots–Cass King \n  \nRat Salad\, the band\, the myth\, the legend! The band first crawled forth from the primordial sludge of The Great Recession for the inaugural Mashed Poetics in May 2009 and lo and behold\, the recession ended! Now\, 12 years later they return for the 50th anniversary Mashed Sabbath show ready to crush the Global Pandemic under their heels. Spillious the ridiculous one\, the only person present for all 50 Mashed shows\, returns to lead the group with virus melting guitar wizardry and the voice of an angel or perhaps a shrieking crow. This time around they are joined by the rhythm section from Hazel Blackburn\, Vancouver’s finest purveyors of Godzilla rock. Neil Homulos\, a veteran of 28 Mashed Poetics shows\, will beat your pandemic blues away on the drums and Shawn Penner provides the thumping bass line antidotes. No need to worry about when you’ll get the vaccine\, Rat Salad has the cure\, metal\, metal and MORE METAL!
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/mashed-sabbath/
LOCATION:POETV\, https://www.caffeine.tv/\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210427T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210427T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210215T212627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210215T212627Z
UID:7424-1619535600-1619542800@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Translating Poetry into Song: The Northwest Kid Feature Performance and Workshop
DESCRIPTION:If you’re a poet and you’re also into making music\, here’s the101 on how to get started. This workshop will show you how poetry translates to song through rhythm. A stanza is 4 lines of poetry; each line is a bar of music. We’ll listen to some instrumentals together\, break it down into four-bar chunks\, and do some creative songwriting to capture our feelings and experiences through metaphor and sensory work. Learn about song structure through poetry and how other genres of music can guide our poetic creations. Resources for working from home and tips for independently releasing songs will also be shared. \nThere will be ASL interpreters at this workshop. \nFREE\, REGISTER HERE \nThe Northwest Kid aka. NWK performs Alternative Hip-Hop and has been actively performing as a poet/emcee within the Canadian music scene for nearly a decade. NWK‘s previous releases (Mixed-blood Mixtape\, Mob Medicine\, Dozy & NWK\, and Transformation) have provided him with the opportunity to share the same bill with artists such as Leonard Sumner\, Jeremy Dutcher\, A Tribe Called Red\, Tanya Tagaq\, Buffy Sainte-Marie\, Lido Pimienta\, and The Roots.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/translating-poetry-into-song-the-northwest-kid-feature-performance-and-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210426T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210426T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210223T011653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T011653Z
UID:7450-1619460000-1619467200@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Iron Poet Gauntlet
DESCRIPTION:The Gauntlet has been thrown! Poet legends: RC Weslowski\, Charlie C Petch\, and Nisha Patel are the Verses 2021 Iron Poets. They have spent centuries training for this moment. They have opened the floor to face challengers to compete in zainy poetry games. Hosted by Johnny D Trinh and Brad Morden\, surprise poet challengers will be invited to step into the ring and participate in whacky\, funny\, unexpected games\, vying for a sweet $100 cash prize. Like the Pop song poetry slam? Poem Swap head to head? Sudden death Sonnet war? Food Poem Freak Out? Sound Clown Foolery? This event is NOT to be missed.  \nLive on POETV
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/iron-poet-gauntlet/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210426T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210426T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210215T211919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210215T211919Z
UID:7422-1619449200-1619456400@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Poets Forward: Isabella Wang Feature Performance and Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This workshop encourages participants to consider issues of the dynamic world\, and to discuss why poetry IS political; IS imaginative; IS activism. How can the vulnerability of writing in this difficult time be turned into a strength\, generating powerful and necessary perspectives? The pandemic brings with it overwhelming changes; yet\, for the poet\, channels new creative possibilities of expression. How can we remain committed to the various social\, artistic and interdisciplinary spaces we occupy as responsible community citizens? We will begin by engaging in a series of writing exercises\, followed by a period of collaborative sharing. Breaks will be interspersed with sample poems by contemporary poets\, artists\, and activists. The latter half of the session will be guided on editing and revision. We will end with an art project to commemorate our writing in this workshop experience. \nThere will be ASL interpreters at this workshop. \nFREE\, REGISTER HERE \n*Young writers (under 30)\, and underrepresented writers—including but not exclusive to women (cis and trans)\, trans men\, Two-Spirit and non-binary writers who are Black\, Indigenous\, people of colour\, queer\, and/or disabled—are particularly encouraged to participate.* \nIsabella Wang is the author of two poetry collections\, On Forgetting a Language (Baseline Press 2019) and Pebble Swing (Nightwood Editions forthcoming 2021). She has been shortlisted for The Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Poetry Contest\, the Minola Review’s inaugural Poetry Contest\, and shortlisted twice for The New Quarterly’s Edna Staebler Essay Contest. Her poetry and prose have appeared in over thirty literary journals\, including Prism\, The Fiddlehead\, and Arc Poetry Magazine\, and the Watch Your Head anthology (Coach House Press\, ed. Kathryn Mockler). She is the Editor for issue 44.2 of Room magazine. \nphoto credit: Zoe Dagneault
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/poets-forward-isabella-wang-feature-performance-and-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210425T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210425T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210304T001041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210304T001041Z
UID:7522-1619375400-1619382600@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Write Bloody North | Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Write Bloody North is the only Canadian publisher devoted to the work of spoken word artists. Join us in this celebration Canadian spoken word with some of our past\, current and future authors Lucia Misch\, Brandon Wint\, RC Weslowski and Sheri-D Wilson! \nLive on POETV
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/write-bloody-north-showcase-2/
LOCATION:Poetv\, https://www.caffeine.tv/poetv\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210425T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210425T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210304T000700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210304T000700Z
UID:7517-1619362800-1619370000@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Write Bloody North | Life After the Slam Q and A
DESCRIPTION:Join the Write Bloody North team in a discussion about some of the opportunities that exist for poets who have honed their craft at the poetry slam. Some of the topics we will discuss include publishing\, editing\, multimedia\, film/television\, touring and the future possibilities that exist for our artform. The panellists include Alessandra Naccarato\, Brad Morden\, Ian Keteku and Titilope Sonuga. \nLive on POETV
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/write-bloody-north-life-after-the-slam-qa/
LOCATION:POETV\, https://www.caffeine.tv/\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210424T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210424T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210225T232155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T232155Z
UID:7438-1619287200-1619298000@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Hullabaloo Finals Night Feature with Nisha Patel and our Inaugural Team Piece Showcase
DESCRIPTION:This event is originating on the Unceded Ancestral Territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Wautuh Nations. \n  \nOnce again we have something new and something traditional for you on our final night of Hullabaloo 2021. \nWe kick off the night with a feature performance by 2019 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Champion\, Nisha Patel.  She is a dynamic and thought provoking performer that can make you laugh and break your heart often within the same poem.  We are excited to have her help wrap up our festival.  This show is also part of Nisha’s book tour for her new collection of work\, Coconut.  We encourage you to pick up a copy before\, during and/or after the show. \n“Nisha is an award-winning Indo-Canadian poet\, artist\, and public speaker in Edmonton\, Alberta. She is the current Poet Laureate for the City of Edmonton and Regional Writer in Residence at Strathcona County and St. Albert. She is also the 2019 Canadian Individual Slam Champion\, the 2019 Edmonton Slam Champion\, and the Executive Director of the Edmonton Poetry Festival. Her debut collection COCONUT is forthcoming with Newest Press in April 2021″ \n  \nNisha’s feature will be followed by our first ever Team Piece Showcase.  All the participating teams are creating Team Piece Videos to share with you this evening.  Wild\, weird\, thought provoking pieces are what you can expect during this event as it brings our 2021 edition to a close. Stay tuned for more details. \n  \nZoom doors are at 6 the evening begins at 6:30. \nFREE\, REGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/finals-night-feature-with-nisah-patel-and-our-inaugural-team-piece-showcase-2-2/
LOCATION:EGM Update
CATEGORIES:Book launch,Hullabaloo 2021,Verses 2021,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210424T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210424T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210225T232045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T232045Z
UID:3217-1619287200-1619298000@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Finals Night Feature with Nisha Patel and our Inaugural Team Piece Showcase
DESCRIPTION:This event is originating on the Unceded Ancestral Territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Wautuh Nations. \n  \nOnce again we have something new and something traditional for you on our final night of Hullabaloo 2021. \nWe kick off the night with a feature performance by 2019 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Champion\, Nisha Patel.  She is a dynamic and thought provoking performer that can make you laugh and break your heart often within the same poem.  We are excited to have her help wrap up our festival.  This show is also part of Nisha’s book tour for her new collection of work\, Coconut.  We encourage you to pick up a copy before\, during and/or after the show. \n“Nisha is an award-winning Indo-Canadian poet\, artist\, and public speaker in Edmonton\, Alberta. She is the current Poet Laureate for the City of Edmonton and Regional Writer in Residence at Strathcona County and St. Albert. She is also the 2019 Canadian Individual Slam Champion\, the 2019 Edmonton Slam Champion\, and the Executive Director of the Edmonton Poetry Festival. Her debut collection COCONUT is forthcoming with Newest Press in April 2021″ \n  \nNisha’s feature will be followed by our first ever Team Piece Showcase.  All the participating teams are creating Team Piece Videos to share with you this evening.  Wild\, weird\, thought provoking pieces are what you can expect during this event as it brings our 2021 edition to a close. Stay tuned for more details. \n  \nZoom doors are at 6 the evening begins at 6:30.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/finals-night-feature-with-nisah-patel-and-our-inaugural-team-piece-showcase-2/
LOCATION:EGM Update
CATEGORIES:Book launch,Hullabaloo 2021,Verses 2021,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210424T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210225T235033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T235033Z
UID:7490-1619276400-1619283600@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Talk the Talk | What is your ritual?
DESCRIPTION:What is your Ritual that you do before you sit down and write a poem? \nFor this Talk the Talk Vancouver Poetry House’s Artistic Director Joseph Dandurand will share what it is that he does before he drops the first word of a new poem. For Joseph Dandurand\, his ritual is somewhat fluid in the sense that he may add to it. For example\, he just bought his first plant ever\, an ivy plant in a rustic holder and it now sits on his desk. This with the 10 other things he does before he begins to write are for him a ritual. It eases him into the task at hand. It allows him the peace of mind as to why he is writing in the first place. \nVancouver Poetry House invites all creators\, writers\, poets\, artists in general to come and share their ritual and to listen to how others begin their creations. \nPlease come with a good mind and a good heart and share your creative journey. \nThere will be ASL interpreters at this event. \nFREE\, REGISTER HERE \n  \nJoseph A. Dandurand is a member of Kwantlen First Nation located on the Fraser River about 20 minutes east of Vancouver. He resides there with his 3 children Danessa\, Marlysse\, and Jace. Joseph is the Director of the Kwantlen Cultural Center. Joseph received a Diploma in Performing Arts from Algonquin College and studied Theatre and Direction at the University of Ottawa. He has just completed his residency as the Storyteller in Residence at the Vancouver Public Library. He sits on a committee for the Canadian Museum of History and is tasked with consulting on the redesign of the new Children’s Museum. He has published 13 books of poetry and the latest are: I WANT by Leaf Press (2015) and HEAR AND FORETELL by BookLand Press (2015) The Rumour (2018) by BookLand Press in (2018) SH:LAM (the doctor) Mawenzi Press (2019) The Corrupted by Guernica Press (2020) his children’s play: Th’owixiya: the hungry Feast dish by Playwrights Press Canada (2019) his book of short stories and short plays for children: The Sasquatch\, the fire\, and the cedar basket will be published by Nightwood Press along with his poetry manuscript: Here we come (2020-21) He also is very busy Storytelling at many events and Schools.  
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/talk-the-talk-what-is-your-ritual/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210424T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210424T143000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210223T011019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T092030Z
UID:7446-1619267400-1619274600@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Stage to Page
DESCRIPTION:Vancouver Poetry House is partnering with Stage to Page Performance Society to bring a special public masterclass for Verses 2021. Industry professionals from poetry\, publishing\, and theatre form an all star panel that come together to workshop new poems by spoken word artists. What happens when spoken word poets publish their work for other voices to read? In this workshop\, professional performers will read new works by spoken word poets\, and discuss the works. Come and learn more about the creation process\, and many of the different ways that the work can manifest. This is a public workshop\, and everyone is welcome to attend and watch the workshop. If you’re interested in text development and publishing\, come and check this event out. \nThere will be ASL interpreters at this event. \nFREE\, REGISTER HERE \nOur headline panellists for this event will feature: \nJoseph Dandurand\, Vancouver Poetry House\nBrad Morden\, Write Bloody North\nIsabella Wang\, Poet\nChase Lo\, Actor\, Dancer\, Interdisciplinary Artist\nSedina Fiati\, Actor\, Producer\, Community Builder \nPoets will have their work performed by our panellists\, have an opportunity to discuss the work with the panel\, followed by an invitation to perform the poems themselves. \nOur mission is to bring a cross-sector\, interdisciplinary approach to support artists in the development of their work. Stage to Page has received rave reviews and has been mounted nationally. \nTo participate as a workshopped poet\, please fill out the form: https://forms.gle/oKPtdpUkr3MnEZ1f7
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/stage-to-page/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210424T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210424T123000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210312T041906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210312T041906Z
UID:8522-1619258400-1619267400@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Adventures in Poetryland
DESCRIPTION:This event will be originating from the Unceded Ancestral Lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.\n \nAdventures in Poetryland is our annual workshop series led by our Festival Feature Performers.  This year they are Apollo the Child and Nisha Patel.  These workshop are open to all students participating in Hullabaloo.  It’s not open to the general public but it’s so cool we wanted to let you know about them.  Apollo’s workshop starts at 10 am while Nisha will conduct hers at 11:15.\nHere’s what Apollo has prepared…\n“How to unify intention and artistic practice to write an effectively communicated poem. This workshop will help teach poets how to drive their idea home whether on the page or on stage. Poets will break down and analyze one of Apollo the Child’s (workshop leader) poems and write a collaborative piece using tools that were taught”\n \nAnd this is what Nisha will be presenting…\n“Speaking Up: Poetry About Difference”\nIn this workshop\, participants will be asked to explore difference in their lives\, and how to articulate challenge and triumph alike in ways that invite empathy and understanding\, inviting audiences to overcome bias or preconceptions in witnessing and understanding truth. \n\n\n\nParticipants will be asked to brainstorm original\, truthful stories from their own lives and have the opportunity to craft a poem centering their experience to be shared with the group\, while confronting the question of “What is the most important story you can tell\, and why?”
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/adventures-in-poetrylan/
LOCATION:EGM Update
CATEGORIES:Hullabaloo 2021,open to all teens,poetry,spoken word workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210423T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210225T234614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T234614Z
UID:7488-1619200800-1619211600@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Hullabaloo All Star Slam 2021 and Individual Videopoem Festival
DESCRIPTION:This event is originating from the Unceded Ancestral Territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Wautuh Nations.\n\n\nThe All Star Slam is back.  This year we have two of our festival features taking part along with a returning poet from 2020 plus our wonderful host Johnny D. Trinh.  This year we feature Apollo The Child\, Nisha Patel and Ruthless in a 3 round head to head All Star Slam battle.  Johnny D. Trinh will once again be your ringmaster for this event.  This year of course will be a bit different as we’re hosting this event online and in the evening. \nFollowing the All Star Slam we will have our first ever Hullabaloo Videopoem Festival.  Individual poets from our registered teams have put together some videopoems to debut at this year’s festival.  We’ll take a look at what they’ve created and how they’ve incorporated multimedia into their presentation.  We’re looking forward to some groundbreaking content.  Please join us. \nZoom doors are at 6 with the evening starting at 6:30 and running til around 9. \nFREE\, REGISTER HERE \n“Khaleefa ‘Apollo the Child’ Hamdan is a spoken word poet\, hip hop artist\, radio host\, youth worker and is the former co director of the Urban Legends Poetry Collective. Apollo created the free after school youth writing program Youth Speak with the Ottawa Public Library and he hosts the Home Invasion Show on CKCUFM. His cinepoem ‘My Hero Drives a Cab’ was featured on Button Poetry and he was part of the CBC documentary ‘In Their Words’. Apollo has represented Ottawa a total of 9 times nationally. Apollo continues to be an active part of the art scene as he continues to grow and spread positivity.” \nNisha is an award-winning Indo-Canadian poet\, artist\, and public speaker in Edmonton\, Alberta. She is the current Poet Laureate for the City of Edmonton and Regional Writer in Residence at Strathcona County and St. Albert. She is also the 2019 Canadian Individual Slam Champion\, the 2019 Edmonton Slam Champion\, and the Executive Director of the Edmonton Poetry Festival. Her debut collection COCONUT is forthcoming with Newest Press in April 2021 \nIvy Edad aka ruthless is a Filipinx writer born in Manila\, Philippines. In 2014\, they moved to the stolen territories of Katie\, Semiahmoo\, Kwantlen\, Kwikwetlem\, Qayqayt\, and Tsawwassen First Nations.  Ruthless has performed on stages across Canada including the finals of Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2019 as part of Kwantlen Poetry Project. Their work can be found in pulpMAG\, For Women Who Roar\, and various other publications.  Ruthless attributes their relationship to words with an indecisive lover. They write to make words love them back\, and revels in the rejection they constantly receive.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/hullabaloo-all-star-slam-2021-and-individual-videopoem-festival/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Hullabaloo 2021,Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210423T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210423T173000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210309T225407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210309T225407Z
UID:7558-1619193600-1619199000@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Cotyledon Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Cotyledon is filled with the poems that poets haven’t been able to share on slam stages\, poems that are unconventional\, poems that were crafted gently\, and haven’t found a home for yet\, poems that started out as a whisper\, a brave thought\, or an inkling. Poems that dream the world into a future poets want to be in. \nFunds raised from this book will go towards supporting the organization’s youth programming. The chapbook will be shared in youth-focused spaces. \nMany of the artists who have contributed to Cotyledon will be at the book launch to share their work. Kiran Shoker\, Noah Lubendo\, Amanda Wong\, Sarah Jean Valiquette\, Franz\, Catherine Garrett\, Avery Shannon and LJ Weisberg will be joining us at the launch. \nCotyledon prioritizes the voices of BIPOC\, LGBTQ2S+\, disabled\, neurodivergent\, and low-income writers and highlights the work of youth poets.  \nFREE\, REGISTER HERE \nCotyledon includes works by Hailey Orrange\, Catherine Garrett\, Kiranjit Shoker\, Monica Xin\, Celine Tsai\, Gabriela Martinez\, N. Lema Lubendo\, Brinda Sarma\, Preeti Shah\, Aslı Sözen\, Rosa Hernandez\, Sujash Purna\, Avery Shannon\, Dana De Samedi\, Amanda Wong\, Franz (the poet)\, Aurin Shaila Nusrat Sheyck\, Ivy Edad (Ruthless)\, Cory McRae\, Noémie Boucher\, Yana Fershtein\, Sammie Lee Wilhoit\, LJ Weisberg\, Gabriela Martinez\, Amelia Coventry\, Amanda Wong\, S. J. Valiquette\, Alex Masse\, henry 7. reneau\, jr.\, Avery Shannon\, Qurat Dar
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/cotyledon-book-launch/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210424T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210118T234509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211031T005128Z
UID:8517-1619114400-1619298000@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Hullabaloo
DESCRIPTION:Hullabaloo is BC’s Youth Spoken Word Festival featuring workshops\, showcase performances and some of BC’s finest high school aged poets all sharing work for peers and audiences alike.\nThe 2021 Festival runs April 22-24th online via Zoom.  Registration is open for all schools to take part in Hullabaloo 2021.  \nParticipating poets will be asked to take part in poetry workshops of their choice as well as create work to be presented for online audiences.\n\nThis year will include an alumni showcase\, a youth video poem screening\, a team piece showcase plus our annual Spoken Word Jamboree and closing night Feature Performance.  Schools from around the province are invited to attend.\n\nRegistration is $200 and included an online workshop with a spoken word poet from WORDPLAY the Vancouver Poetry House Poets in Schools Program.  The registration fee is non refundable.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/hullabaloo-3/
LOCATION:EGM Update
CATEGORIES:Book launch,CIPS,Hullabaloo 2021,poetry,Slam,Verses 2021,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210422T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210225T234332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T234332Z
UID:7486-1619114400-1619125200@www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com
SUMMARY:Hullabaloo Spoken Word Jamboree and Alumni Showcase
DESCRIPTION:This event is originating from the Unceded Ancestral Territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.\nFor the 2021 edition of Hullabaloo we keep some of the past and forge ahead with something new.Once again we will be having our Spoken Word Jamboree to kick off the festival.  Our featured performer is Apollo the Child from Ottawa.  Apollo will be performing a 20-25 minute set of his electrifying spoken word poetry.“Khaleefa ‘Apollo the Child’ Hamdan is a spoken word poet\, hip hop artist\, radio host\, youth worker and is the former co director of the Urban Legends Poetry Collective. Apollo created the free after school youth writing program Youth Speak with the Ottawa Public Library and he hosts the Home Invasion Show on CKCUFM. His cinepoem ‘My Hero Drives a Cab’ was featured on Button Poetry and he was part of the CBC documentary ‘In Their Words’. Apollo has represented Ottawa a total of 9 times nationally. Apollo continues to be an active part of the art scene as he continues to grow and spread positivity.”\nFollowing Apollo’s performance\, we will have our first ever Hullabaloo Alumni Showcase featuring poets from our history.  Underground Indies Champions and Team Champions\, poets who are still creating in the world at large including Jacob Gebrewold\, Shauntelle DC\, Naseem Bahraini\, Elle Jesus\, Mariah Dear and Andy Warner.\n\nDoors at 6:00. Show starts at 6:30 pacific and runs til 9.  Via Zoom. \n\n\n\nFREE\, REGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/hullabaloo-spoken-word-jamboree-and-alumni-showcase-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210422T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T230059
CREATED:20210218T234554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T234554Z
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SUMMARY:Hullabaloo Spoken Word Jamboree with Apollo the Child and Alumni Showcase
DESCRIPTION:This event is originating from the Unceded Ancestral Territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.\n \nFor the 2021 edition of Hullabaloo we keep some of the past and forge ahead with something new.\nOnce again we will be having our Spoken Word Jamboree to kick off the festival.  Our featured performer is Apollo the Child from Ottawa.  Apollo will be performing a 20-25 minute set of his electrifying spoken word poetry.\n“Khaleefa ‘Apollo the Child’ Hamdan is a spoken word poet\, hip hop artist\, radio host\, youth worker and is the former co director of the Urban Legends Poetry Collective. Apollo created the free after school youth writing program Youth Speak with the Ottawa Public Library and he hosts the Home Invasion Show on CKCUFM. His cinepoem ‘My Hero Drives a Cab’ was featured on Button Poetry and he was part of the CBC documentary ‘In Their Words’. Apollo has represented Ottawa a total of 9 times nationally. Apollo continues to be an active part of the art scene as he continues to grow and spread positivity.” \nFollowing Apollo’s performance\, we will have our first ever Hullabaloo Alumni Showcase featuring poets from our history.  Underground Indies Champions and Team Champions\, poets who are still creating in the world at large including Jacob Gebrewold\, Shauntelle DC\, Naseem Bahraini\, Elle Jesus\, Mariah Dear and Andy Warner.\n\nDoors at 6:00. Show starts at 6:30 pacific and runs til 9.  Via Zoom.\n\nTICKETS
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/hullabaloo-spoken-word-jamboree-and-alumni-showcase-3/
LOCATION:EGM Update
CATEGORIES:CIPS,Hullabaloo 2021,open to all teens,poetry,Slam,Verses 2021,Youth
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SUMMARY:Hullabaloo
DESCRIPTION:Hullabaloo is BC’s Youth Spoken Word Festival featuring workshops\, showcase performances and some of BC’s finest high school aged poets all sharing work for peers and audiences alike. \nThe 2021 Festival runs April 22-24th online via Zoom.  Registration for returning teams opens on February 1st and open registration for all other schools begins on February 15th.  Participating poets will be asked to take part in poetry workshops of their choice as well as create work to be presented for online audiences.\n\nThis year will include an alumni showcase\, a youth video poem screening\, a team piece showcase plus our annual Spoken Word Jamboree and closing night Feature Performance.  Schools from around the province are invited to attend.\n \nRegistration is $200 and included an online workshop with a spoken word poet from WORDPLAY the Vancouver Poetry House Poets in Schools Program.  The registration fee is non refundable.
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/hullabaloo-2/
LOCATION:EGM Update
CATEGORIES:Hullabaloo 2021,Verses 2021
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SUMMARY:Tips and Tools for Online Shows with Charlie Petch 
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, award-winning solo show performer\, and lighting specialist for film and television\, Charlie Petch\, will take you through the principles of light\, sound and script for online performance. Whether it is learning to light and sound better with what you have and dollar store solutions\, or getting the gear you need to have an even more professional look\, Charlie will show you tips and tricks and take you through the gear they use\, and how you could set up a whole show that could have multiple lighting setups\, and multimedia elements including projection and live music performance. Whether you are launching a book or crafting an entire show\, you’ll find the advice you need from a fellow performer.  \nTICKETS \nCharlie C Petch is an award-winning playwright\, spoken word artist\, haiku deathmaster\, host and musical saw player. They have an upcoming poetry book with Brick Books in Fall 2021\, a libretto “Medusa’s Children” forthcoming with Opera Q\, and their multimedia play “Daughter of Geppetto” is also forthcoming with Wind In The Leaves\, March 2021. Petch’s play “Mel Malarkey” got “Best of 2017” from Electric City Magazine\, for the radio play/album “Odes & Acts”. Petch was the 2017  Poet of Honour for Spoken Word Canada\, winner of the Golden Beret lifetime achievement in spoken word with The League of Canadian Poets\, is a Youth Mentor with TDSB Creates and is the founder of Hot Damn it’s a Queer Slam. They are proudly trans\, non-binary and disabled. Find out more at www.charliecpetch.com
URL:https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/tips-tools-for-online-shows-with-charlie-petch/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Verses 2021
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