Literary: Women Poets Compete @ Cafe Deux Soliels

THIS MONDAY
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THE VANCOUVER POETRY SLAM
"poetry that doesn't suck unless you say it does…*"
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CAFÉ DEUX SOLEILS: 2096 COMMERCIAL DRIVE
THE 1ST, 3RD AND 5TH MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH
THE FIRST SLAM OF 2008 IS JANUARY 7TH
FEATURING ATLANTA, GEORGIA'S,
SHANNON LEIGH

Shannon Leigh is a spoken word artist out of Atlanta, GA. She is the National Poetry Slam's 3rd-place Indies winner and a member of the 2007 Atlanta Art Amok! Team. She is the 3-time champion and 4-time team member of the U21S Slam, 4-time finalist in the Austin Slamoff, has performed in Austin, San Antonio, Conroe, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cambridge, Atlanta, and Cape Town, South Africa, and has shared the stage with the likes of Saul Williams, Jared Paul, Sage Francis, Taalam Acey, Matthew John Conley, Da'Shade Moonbeam, Earth Raiders, Blacklisted and Public Offenders. She has performed with Sage Francis in Las Vegas, NV and featured at DemocracyFest 2005 in Austin, TX at Stubb's BBQ, performed at the National Poetry Slam and is featured on Season 6 of Def Poetry Jam

NORA SMITHHISLER, SASHA LANGFORD, JULIE PARRELL, SHANNON "RAYNE" PIDLUBNY JILL BINDER, MARY ALICE, LISA SLATER AND RADAR

WILL ALL BE COMPETING TO SEE WHICH ONE GETS TO GO TO DETROIT IN MARCH TO PERFORM AT THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD POETRY SLAM FESTIVAL
DOORS AT 8PM OPEN MIC AT 8:45
SLAM STARTS AT 9 O'CLOCK SHARP
ADMISSION IS $5