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UPCOMING SLAMS

Where:
The Black Bull: Located at 1124 Guelph Line, Burlington

- Unless otherwise stated! Be sure to check events for alternate venues.

When:
3rd Thursday of every month.  Sign-up is @ 8pm with Open Mic and then Slam to follow

Why:
For smoking hot poetry!

Cost:
A cover charge $5 (Only $5???) goes towards paying for the feature performer and prize money for the winner of the slam.

As always we’ll have an Open Mic for any and all types of performance; bring your guitar, your songs, your stand-up, your rants and ragtime show tunes – it’s all about getting it out there!  Or you can always sign up for the slam, see if you have what it takes to reign supreme, and take home the cash prize.

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     Thursday, May 16 – Burlington Slam Project FINALS – Featuring Alvin Lau

It seems the time has come again to decide the team that will be representing Burlington at a national level. On the 3rd Thursday of May, 2013, poets who have qualified through the season will be competing for a spot on Burlington’s 4th national team, set to compete at CFSW in Montreal this November, as well as the 2nd SLAMtario provincial championships this July, in which Burlington will be defending their title!

We’ll be having an outstanding guest host this month in Dwayne Morgan (Founder of Up From the Roots, and member of the 2012 CFSW championship team) as well as an absolutely excellent feature poet – Alvin Lau!

ALVIN LAU is a Kundiman fellow, the first and third champion of the Chicago youth poetry slam Louder than a Bomb (http://www.louderthanabombfilm.com/), a back-to-back champion of the national youth slam Brave New Voices (http://youthspeaks.org/bravenewvoices), and a record-setting eight-time individual finalist in national level poetry slams, ranking as high as 2nd in the United States and 1st in North America. His work has appeared on two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, NPR, viral campaigns for Nintendo and NARAL: Pro-Choice America, numerous journals and anthologies, including Poetry Foundation Online and RATTLE, and in 2007, Amnesty International named him their official “Poet of Conscience.” As of 2012, Alvin is also the Moth storytelling grandSLAM champion of Chicago, and regularly performs at storytelling showcases across the country. Favorites include Kanye West, redheads, and rice.

Here are a couple sample videos of Alvin’s work:
What Tiger Said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4O_00BpiXI
For the Breakdancers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjqqZyfpeUQ

This is going to be a fantastic, high-energy night, filled with hot, hot poetry – do NOT miss it! Bring 5 bucks and a friend, and your best ruckus, and come see who will call themselves the BSP team this year!

Hope to see you all out!