Toronto Poetry Slam Features Past Team Member This Sunday
Arianna Pozzuoli has performed on stages in Canada, the United States, Singapore, the Philippines and Australia. Her words have found receptive ears at major poetry slam events on both sides of the...
View ArticleA Synapsis of Poetry: August 6-12, 2012
In the world of spoken word and poetry slam in the Greater Toronto Area, there are a lot of things bubbling below (and above) the surface. Many new initiatives are underway, including several...
View ArticleSlam Team Weekend in the GTA
This weekend, it’s poetry on three nights to support the efforts of three separate GTA-area slam teams all aiming to grab the laurels at the 2012 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word next month in...
View ArticleToronto Celebrates 2012 National Slam Champions Sunday at Roots Lounge
Last week in Saskatoon, two Toronto teams competed against 18 others from across the country in pursuit of one goal — to be crowned the Canadian national poetry slam team champions. In the ninth annual...
View ArticleA Synapsis of Poetry: March 4-10, 2013
This is going to be one heck of a month for spoken word and poetry slam in the Greater Toronto Area. On the heels of an exciting and packed-to-the-gills February, March is the yearly lull between the...
View ArticlePROFILE: Toronto Poetry Project
When people talk about poetry slam in Toronto, often the first show that springs to mind is TPS. The Toronto Poetry Slam is the region’s (and the province’s) largest slam series, attracting upwards of...
View ArticleThe Playlist, Week #19: Team Spirit
by Sabrina Benaim Friends! Happy Thursday! This Playlist is a what up to team pieces. I am super busy preparing for this Saturday’s TPS Finals at The Royal Cinema, so I won’t say much this week,...
View ArticleThe Playlist: Picks by Toronto Poetry Slam Founder David Silverberg
The Playlist returns as an occasional Thursday feature of CytopoeticsEvents.com. When it appears, it will be written by a guest contributor from the local spoken word and poetry slam community. The...
View ArticleA Synapsis of Poetry: September 23-29, 2013
Today is an even keel day – the autumnal equinox is upon us and summer is officially over (but did we really officially have it beyond a couple spurts of heat here and there since June?). To ease you...
View ArticleA Synapsis of Poetry: October 21-27, 2013
The beat goes on in the community as another week flips the calendar on Toronto spoken word and poetry slam. Lots coming up as we continue to roll through an active October, with a big convention, a...
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