Art Bar Discovery Night - Tues. Jan 12

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Sun, 2010-01-10 23:33

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11th Annual Art Bar Discovery Night hosted by Nancy Bullis
Clinton's, 693 Bloor St. West (at Christie subway)
On Discovery Night, up to 20 poets present their own work and are judged by audience ballots. Open to anyone who has never featured at the Art Bar Poetry Series. There are 3 rounds.

RULES:
1) You must sign up yourself
2) Poets are free to work in any style
3) No props, costumes, musical instruments allowed
4) Each poet gets 3 minutes to present one poem
5) Audience members decide by ballot who continues to the next round

****Sign-up begins at 7:30pm. *****
Competitors should bring 3 poems, no longer than 3 minutes each. Prize is a feature reading at the Art Bar in April 2010. Audience - please bring a pen or pencil... your vote counts!

http://artbar.org

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Mon, 2010-01-11 11:58

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hmm...

this sounds like the art bar is having a slam, without calling it such.

Mon, 2010-01-11 12:22

rpriske

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It IS a slam... just with a different method of judging. It is a little bit like the CBC Poetry Face-off, like back in the old days. :)

Mon, 2010-01-11 18:25

Ritallin

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Maybe we should invite them to form a team for CFSW 2010! hahahahaha

Mon, 2010-01-11 19:43

cynthiagould

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poets aren't given scores, it's an elimination match.

20 poets read, audience chooses 10 to continue, and so on. that sort of thing.

it doesn't quite have the rowdiness of the TPS, but it's a fun night!

Tue, 2010-01-12 15:57

Ritallin

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Poets are being given scores. They're called votes.

My slam series, Bill Brown's 1-2-3 Slam, does a head-to-head elimination match in September. Poets read a poem, then another poet reads a poem. Five judges get a vote. They vote for the poem they liked better. Whichever poet gets at least three votes moves on. The other is eliminated.

It's still called a slam. Because it is.

Fri, 2010-01-29 14:24

cynthiagould

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It was a TIE!
The winners were Eytan Millstone (aka Eytan Crouton) and Jennifer Marston,
who will both be featuring at the Art Bar on April 20th.

PS - Big Deal himself is reading at the Art Bar on Feb 9!

Toronto Poetry Slam

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