Not more than a 20 minute drive from downtown Hamilton, there is a monthly poetry slam happening in Burlington, Ontario. Actively promoting outspoken poetics for more than 3 years running, the Burlington Slam Project takes place every third Thursday of each month. The Burlington Slam Project is a poetry slam series that guarantees a cash prize for the winner and a special feature artist each month for the audience. Always seeking new voices to expand its community, every year this project sends a team to National and International events. Through providing its performers with spoken word arts platform, the Burlington Slam Project is building a network of diverse and talented local artists.
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December19th
No CommentsThe Burlington Slam Project
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November19th
No CommentsThis past week, Libya celebrated a new kind of liberation—freedom from literary censorship.
Throughout the ages, books have been contested, feared, censored, read in secret, looked to for enlightenment, praised for beauty, reviled as testament, discarded as trash, and banned by dictators who fear their power. This recent liberation just goes to show how much the phenomenon of literary censorship (dating back to the very first days of publishing) still resonates with various cultures of our generation. Read More | Comments
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November18th
No CommentsBeing the lonesome judge for Cordoba House’s Art Competition turned out to be one of the most unforgettable experiences in my recent memory. In the end, my friend Shameela and I set up a time to meet collectively to begin the judging process. We met the first Saturday in October in downtown Toronto. Holding overflowing baskets of submitted artwork we descended upon Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at University of Toronto’s St. George campus on Bloor Street. Read More | Comments





























