Toronto Poetry Slams on Aug. 16

Hey Ontario spoken word heads...
The Toronto Poetry Slam goes down on Sat. Aug. 16 at the Drake Hotel (1150 Queen St. W.). Signup is 7:30pm, slam is at 8pm.
There's an open mic too for those who don't want to hit the competitive stage.

The feature is actually TBA (the Detroit ladies cancelled on me last minute). Don't worry, I'm on it.

For info, check out www.torontopoetryslam.com

Thanks for doin this blog thing, Greg!

THE SLAMTARIO BULLETIN: AUGUST 2008

Alright everyone, every month we're going to try to get one of these posts up on the board. In August, look out for the following poetry events around the province (the post will be updated as other events are added):

BURLINGTON

August 21
The Burlington Slam Project
The Dickens - 423 Elizabeth Street
Doors & sign-up 8 p.m., mic check 8:30 SHARP!
Featuring Truth Is
Free cover

HAMILTON

August 14 to 24
Grade 8 - a one man show by Dwayne Morgan
premiering at the Hamilton Fringe Festival
Downtown Arts Centre, 28 Rebecca Street
August 15, 8pm
August 16, 3pm
August 17, 10:30pm
August 18, 9pm
August 21, 7:30pm
August 22, 4:30pm
August 23, 6pm
Visit http://www.hamiltonfringe.ca/ for more information

LONDON

August 26
London Poetry Slam & open mic
the Alex P. Keaton Pub - 580 Talbot St.
Sign-up 7-7:45 pm, slam 8 pm
$5 cover

OTTAWA

August 8
Words of a Poet Vol. 1
Bronson Centre - 211 Bronson Avenue
8 p.m.
featuring Black Ice, Liza Garza, Amir Sulaiman, John Akpata, Q the Romantic Revolutionary, the 2008 Capital Slam Team, and more!
See www.facebook.com/pages/Marcus-Jameel/10258281602 for more info

August 19
Mark Berube and the Patriotic Few w/ Ritallin
Mercury Lounge - 56 Byward
7 p.m. (doors open)
$5 cover

TORONTO

August 10
Black Love Soul & Spoken Word Show
The Trane Studios - 964 Bathurst St.
8 p.m.
$20 cover

August 16
Toronto Poetry Slam
Drake Hotel Underground, 1150 Queen Street W.
Sign-up 7:30 p.m., slam 8 p.m.
Featuring TBD
$5 at the door

August 31
The 6th Annual Toronto International Poetry Slam
The Kathedral - 651 Queen St. W. @ Bathurst
Doors open at 8pm, Showtime 9pm
$20 in advance

Check out Burlington's new website

The Burlington Slam is establishing its presence online ... in addition to its Facebook group you can also find out more about Ontario's newest slam series by following the link provided. Click on the title of this post and go to burlingtonslam.wordpress.com. Great job Tomy and Selina!

Keeping SLAMtario up-to-date ...

Hey readers, if you happen to know of other poetry series I may have missed in my lists of links, or other slam series not yet represented here, please be sure to send me an email message at greg [at] ritallin [dot] com and I will update the page accordingly.

Similarly, if you run a poetry series in Ontario and would like to have the ability to post here, send me a note and I'll add you to the list of contributors. Let's all work together to make this blog the most inclusive place possible for spoken word artists, organizers and fans in Ontario!

Welcome to SLAMtario!

Hello everyone,

Taking a suggestion from Duffman on the Toronto Poetry Slam online forum, I took it upon myself to start this blog. My hope is that slammasters from across Ontario will come to this page to post their upcoming events along with information about their series and the general state of poetry (particularly spoken word) within their communities.

As the community of poetry organizers and performers in Ontario grows, we should have a place to share our successes, keep each other abreast of upcoming events and pool our colletive experience to strengthen our scene in the global family of writers and reciters.

Spread the word and post often, slammasters -- and welcome to the blog!