Panoramic Poetry and Jammin' Asian

If you're in Philadelphia tonight, come out to Panoramic Poetry at October Gallery (710 Market St. 3rd floor). A whole slew of spoken word poets (including me!) will be performing at what promises to be an awesome show (as always)!!!

Also, if you're in NYC on Tuesday, April 14th, come out to the Laugh Lounge NYC (151 Essex St.) to see a bunch of Asians (including me) take to the stage with some spoken word, comedy and other great performances!

Voices for Indigenous Women

I am so excited to be performing in this show in Montreal on March 6th! It's for a great cause, and includes some amazing artists! Come out if you're around!

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"Justice for missing and murdered Indigenous Women" in collaboration with CKUT 90.3 FM present:

VOICES FOR INDIGENOUS WOMEN, Friday March 6th 2009!
at the Eastern Bloc,
located at 7240 Clark, corner Jean-Talon (métro de Castelnau)
10$ at the door

Come to a fundraising concert and silent auction featuring local woman artists.
This event is taking place in support of the "Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women" campaign.
All proceeds from the show at Eastern Bloc on March 6th will go towards funding a lecture (March 16) by Beverley Jacobs, president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, as well as a panel presentation featuring Jacobs, Ellen Gabriel of Quebec Native Women, and 3 women from the Kitigan Zibi reserve who have lost mothers and daughters (March 17). These events will explore the root causes of violence towards indigenous women in Canada and pressure our government to investigate the disappearance of at least 510 native women since 1980.

"Voices for Indigenous Women"
will feature a wonderful array of performances by:

Auresia (reggae) www.auresia.com
Banana & the Flying Colors (jazz) www.myspace.com/bananaandtheflyingcolors
Annabelle Chvostek (folk) www.annabelle.org
Teen Sleuth & the Freed Cyborg Choir (an operaw!)
Molly Sweeney (folk) www.myspace.com/mollysweeney
Odaya (aboriginal women's drum group)
Melissa Mollen Dupuis (storyteller from the Mingan community)
Rachna Vohra (spoken word) www.rachnavohra.com/
Chandra Melting Tallow (performance art) www.chandrameltingtallow.blogspot.com/


The silent auction will feature visual artworks by great local artists:
Emily Rose Michaud
Caili Woodyard
Naledi Jackson
Ipapurw
Francis McKenzie
Chandra Melting Tallow
Bronwen Moen
Monique Mathieu

Doors open at 8pm for the silent auction, and music starts at 9pm.

A love poem for Vivienne Tam

For a poet and spoken word artist on tour
A Vivienne Tam would give my outfits allure
Whether performing at a bar, club, or cafe
This little Tam would be perfect on stage
I'd stop wasting paper, I'd stop wasting ink
I'd save the environment without having to think
Without a paper and pen, I wouldn't feel distraught
I'd read off the screen and type out my thoughts
I wouldn't be endlessly searching for notepads
In my hands, this Tam wouldn't just be the next fad
A spoken word artist with a digital clutch?
A poet and writer with a fashionable touch?
An IT maven with a tinge of class?
You must be kidding! Or kissing my...
Oh HP! Oh Vivienne Tam!
Come on! Put some glam in this poor poet's hand!
No more paper! No more pens! Hear this poet's call
HP, help this spoken word artist enthrall!
For the masses and audiences across the world
Would see poetry and HP, together, unfurled

3, 2, 1, Throw!

The new year is upon us, and so begins a new season of poetry and spoken word! To start off this blank slate, the Throw Collective is launching our live-recorded CD and starting off the spoken word SLAM season at Casa del Popolo (4873 boul. St-Laurent, Montreal, QC) this Sunday, January 18th at 7:30PM! Come on out for a great show and maybe pick up an awesome CD!

Pushcart Prize

I am SO excited to have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for my poem, Mumma, published in The Pedestal Magazine! Thank you for the honour, Susan! I'm still speechless!

carte blanche magazine, AIDS, and the Yellow Door

How exciting! carte blanche magazine has published my poem, Nomad, in their fall '08 issue!

Also, if you're free this Thursday, try to come out to McGill's AIDS fundraiser at Gert's Bar, where I'll be performing a few spoken word pieces! Find out the details here!

And don't forget my reading at the Yellow Door on December 11th! Find out the details here!

Find out the details about all of my upcoming shows here!

Vallum Magazine's Cafe/Culture Reading Series

For some reason, I can't find the post where I talk about my performance at Vallum Magazine's Cafe/Culture Reading Series on Saturday, October 24th at 7PM. Well then, here it is! I hope all you Montrealers get a chance to come out and enjoy a nice evening of poetry! See you there!