Next Slam This TUESDAY!

Remember it's Tuesday the 18th, not Thursday! We're switching it up for the summer. Luckily, Tuesdays are now $4 pint days at the Spill.

Bring two poems to compete, volunteer to be an audience "judge," or just sit back, get a drink and enjoy.

Sign-up will start at 7:30, with the show starting at 8. Actually. Show up between then to be an audience judge! It's fun, we promise.

Invite your friends! Come admire the artwork, drink beer or coffee or tea, read poetry into a mic for the first or fiftieth time, giggle in the corner (between poems, of course).

New poets are ALWAYS welcome and encouraged.

For those haven't been before, a poetry slam is a mock competition between poets. There are two rounds of 8-12 poets, who each perform a poem and are then given a score from 1.0 (meh) - 10.0 (fuck yeah!) by a panel of five randomly selected audience judges. Often emotionally and politically charged, the audience is expected and allowed to cheer and jeer the judges and the poets and each other. Expect any and all styles of poetry from folk ballads to hip-hop. And remember - the points aren't the point, the poetry is the point!

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About Our Feature Poet:

Nathanaël Larochette is a 25 year old Ottawa-area spoken word poet and musician, director of Ottawa’s Capital Slam series, a four-time Capital Slam monthly champion, a three time finalist, a two-time competitor at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word, a CBC poetry face-off regional champion, and a poetry workshop facilitator in schools across Ottawa. Nathanaël lives to create, hope, and dream because he believes these are the keys to the meaning of our being.
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Want a chance to perform at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Ottawa with other Peterborough poets? C'mon...

This slam will be one of four operating as part of the selection process for the CFSW. Our lovely and (sometimes) humble poetry slam crowd will be sending a slam team to the festival! Be apart of the action. You don't have to be a seasoned pro to go to CFSW, but you might become one by the time you get back...

If you want to read your poem but not be considered for the slam team, that's totally acceptable. But if you've always wanted to challenge yourself a bit poetry-wise and work WITH other poets then now is the time to do it.