The St. Catharines POETRY SLAM is a monthly competitive spoken word event - we slam on the first Friday of every month! 7:30 pm | $5 | Mahtay Café & Lounge + open mic & SLAM! FEATURING: AMELIA MEISTER Amelia Meister is a mother, healer and therapeutic yoga teacher, specializing in trauma-sensitive yoga. She has worked in the activist community for 10 years, providing care to front-line organizers verging on, or experiencing, burn-out. She has worked, unofficially, in trauma care for 10 years, as well, and has extensive experience with organizing, healing and compassionate care. She is very interested in exploring new dynamics of health, community and connection to shift our society into something more functional. ----------------------- ABOUT SLAM: We have formed our 2nd annual team and slamming during our THIRD season as a slam, regularly slamming poets will have a chance to accumulate points towards a spot on the St Catharines Poetry Slam Team! BUT that will be just one aspect of what we hope to foster into a larger spoken word community. We hope to bring as many different people to our stage as we can - helping new artists find their voice, established artists grow in new ways, and changing the lives of our audience one night of performance at a time! For that we need your help! On slam nights we are looking to feature a WIDE VARIETY of local talent in the OPEN MIC and diverse local poets in the SLAM! If you have ever, even once though of participating, please come out and sign up! Every show needs an AUDIENCE! So, we also of course invite poets and poetry lovers from all over to come lend us your talent and your ears and make this night as awesome as it’s ever been! Did you know you could even JUDGE?? Just ask us about it! We plan for a two round slam, but the round structure could be changed at the slam depending on how many poets we have. Poets looking to compete, be prepared with three poems. Every slam will be at least two rounds, with the possibility of a third. Dont leave the ruckus at home, bring it to the stage! $5 cover to provide the CASH PRIZE to the victor and feature; THIS SLAM WILL PAY $50 TO THE WINNING POET! Quick Summary of Slam Rules More questions? Clarification? Feel free to ask! No props or costumes; Each poem lasts 3:10 with point deductions for going over time; All poems must be original work; No hate speech; Poems are judged based on content and performance by 5 randomly chosen audience members. Open Mic: ANYONE AND EVERYONE, come sign up before we begin and share your talents with us! Anything from poetry, to tap dancing, to music or whatever your talent may be. ----------------------- ABOUT THE VENUE: A community oriented café & lounge designed to let you explore food, coffee and drinks in a way that truly emphasizes your individuality and sense of adventure. Mahtay is passionate about the thriving arts community in the Niagara Region and is excited to host all arts related events. Come out and enjoy a beer, coffee, tea, or their mate tea while being a part of this SLAM event! mahtay.ca/
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:20:12 +0000
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