Wednesday, May 9th, 8:00 pm Caffe Fantastico, Victoria, BC Season 14, Episode 15 Tongues of Fire is our twice-monthly spoken word open mic. You’ll hear (up to) 5-minute sets from 12 local performers, plus a 25-minute set from our featured poet. Sign-up opens at 7:30 pm (first come …
Vanslam Summer Season Kick-off with Elise Pallagi
Summer Season Kick-off with Elise Pallagi Monday, May 6th, 2019 Cafe Deux Soliels Vancouver, BC A poetry slam is a competition were poets perform 1-3 poems in 3 rounds, with poets being cut from the bottom. The competition is judged by randomly selected audience members. The top ranking …
Girls Rock Camp All Grown Up Showcase
Once again, The Saskatoon Indigenous Poets Society is teaming up with our friends at Tonight it’s Poetry and Girls Rock Camp for a night of music and poetry. This is my second year representing the Saskatoon Indigenous Poets Society alongside Saskatoon Slam Champ Ecoaborijanelle, Axis and Lonewolf at …
Support Your Local Poet
My poetry and performance art comes from my experience and frustrations growing up in rural Saskatchewan and eventually coming out as a transgender woman. I moved to Saskatoon in my mid-twenties to attend university and pursue transition. This process has been slow and I initially faced many barriers …