Literary: The Weird Word

The E.V.N.W.L. (The East Van Network of Love) presents:

The Weird Word: Tales and Tunes of Eccentric Genius

Friday, July 11th, 2008 @ Cafe Deux Soleils

9pm $7 at the door

FEATURING

Al Mader: The Minimalist Jug Band
A beautifully dark master of story-song and humour. Al Mader makes me want to slit my wrists laughing!

Francis Mantis
With his deep guitar rhythms and articulated voice, this Ovation playing sex-vibration generator looks like he walked out of an anime cartoon.

RC Weslowski:
" ... butterflies are f *&$ ing on the fingertips of warheads!" "You are Beauty Ba-Bo",
This extraordinary poet and entertainer rejuvantes and provokes the soul. With wild gesticulation, voice modulation, humour, and "human insecure weirdness", he makes me feel like I'm five years old.

C J Leon
Peculiar goth guitar player-poet, CJ Leon will be hosting the event, seasoning the evening with tales from the lives of eccentric geniuses throughout history.

Ladybug (aka Random Adjective, Chloe Libba Smith)
This jazz-trained singer and impresstionist will blow your mind with genre shifts from hip hop to reggae to ragtime in a single piece!

Julie Parrell This intense performer has the ability to sex you up and shake you down. She will be evoking multimedia talents.

With Special Guests:

Matt Hogan and Jane Panic

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