We're back with another poetry slam featuring the top spoken word artists in the GTA!
This time, we're featuring a poet long overdue to be on our stage: V from Ottaawa
Watching V step onto the stage and share her poetry is comparable to seeing a mild-mannered journalist step into a phone booth and turn into Superman. V has a knack for grabbing audiences from the first word. Her performances are usually accompanied by collective gasps and peals of laughter, but she is just as comfortable sharing fragility, using spoken word to dance between volcano, and candlelit vigil. V has represented Ottawa two years running at the 2012 and 2013 Canadian Festival for Spoken Word, reigns as Toronto’s 2013 Last Poet Standing and recently placed second in 2013's Toronto International Poetry Slam. She released her first anthology, Since February, a diverse and heartfelt collection last year and is currently anticipating the June release of her first spoken word album, entitled, " Watch Your Driving", along with a Dan Rascal produced cinepoem funded by the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Ottawa. Her upcoming projects will involve humanitarian aid efforts, building social, environmental and arts-program capacity in Eastern Africa.
@thevpoet
Cinepoem Teaser Video "R.I.P. Ms. Focus"
http://vimeo.com/94579807
Doors 7pm, Signup 7:30pm
Show 8pm
Cover: $5
Open mic available too
Location: The Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
Questions? Email info@torontopoetryslam.com
Toronto Poetry
@TOpoetryslam
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