a few things!

First off, the next Peterborough Poetry Slam and Spoken Open Stage is on Thursday, October 16th. Sign up at 7:30, show at 8. Bring two poems to compete! Be an audience judge! Listen to some amazing fucking poetry and rock out. $5/PWYC

Secondly, I think Harper is being ridiculous. You know what quote about how ordinary Canadians don't care about the arts? Well, that's bullshit, and we all know it. I think the poetry slam is especially implicated in that comment, and we therefore need to act. Artspace in Peterborough has started an amazing campaign. Read more about it here, and participate! The deadline is October 10th, so hurry! Please! http://www.ordinarycanadiansforthearts.org/node/6

Thirdly, we are making a one year anniversary ZINE! Read Jes' letter below to learn about how and what to submit:

"hello my lovely poetry people

for those of you who weren't at the last slam, or perchance missed my announcement, the ptbo poetry slam would like to compile a zine to showcase our wonderful talent, as well as celebrate our one year anniversary (november!).

so...SUBMISSIONS can be in the form of:

>photos from past slams
>a piece of work you've performed (or plan to?!) at a slam
>a personal slam story? (what it was like to perform for the first time, a really moving performance you saw, what the slam means to you, etc)

feel free to send as much or as little as you want. depending on how many submissions are received, we may cap the submission limit at one-per person.

you can email submissions to: ptbopoetryslam@gmail.com

submission deadline: OCTOBER 31st

much love,

jes

p.s. happy slammiversary to you all."