We're back with another fun spoken word battle-concert, this time featuring a super-talented American poet!
Rage Almighty is best known as an international, award-winning poet. He has received many accolades, included being named the Runner- up at the 2016 Individual World Poetry Slam Championships, awarded Teaching Artist of the Year with Louder Than A Bomb, won the 2014 National Poetry Award for Best Spoken Word Album, 2014 North Texas Spoken Word Awards for Poet of the Year and 2017 Bayou City Slam Champion , and was named one of the Top 15 best creatives in Dallas by CoSign Magazine. Rage also has been a five-time Dallas Slam Team member, the 2013 Dallas Grand Slam Champion & he represented the United States in the Paris World Cup Poetry Slam.
He has been featured in Season 4 of Lexus’ Verses and Flow and has opened for multiple musical artists such as Brand Nubian, T.I., Dead Prez, Kindred the Family Soul, Chrisette Michelle, Urban Mystic, and world-renowned poets Saul Williams and Nikki Giovanni.
Hosted by Tanya Neumeyer.
Open mic available too! 5 slots max.
Location: The Drake Hotel (Underground), 1150 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
Time: 7PM
19+
Tickets: $7 DOOR
For info click here
ACCESSIBILITY INFO:
The Drake Hotel has 1 step at the front door on Queen St. W. There are no steps and a button to open the door on Beaconsfield (west side of the building)
To get from the lobby to the Underground, there are 19 steps to the doors/bar level, then 4 steps leading from the bar area to where the chairs are setup. Bathrooms are back on the same level as the bar in the Underground. A wheelchair accessible, gender neutral washroom is on the main lobby level.
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