Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Here's the low-down on a great spoken word event that's in town right now!
The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW) is back in the capital for the first time since its inception in 2004 with the largest slam-focused spoken word event in Canadian history. From October 12 to 16, 2010, Ottawa will be treated to a wide-ranging display of Canadian slam poetry and spoken word featuring more than 100 of the best spoken word poets from 15 communities across Canada.
Over the course of five nights, 18 teams participate in highly competitive poetry slams that will determine this year's Canadian Slam Champions. Home of the defending champions, Ottawa has two teams competing—Capital Slam and Urban Legends—both attempting to keep the title in the capital this year.
CFSW 2010 Ottawa features some of the biggest names in spoken word, most notably Dwayne Morgan with Toronto's Up From the Roots, Truth Is... with the Burlington Slam, RC Weslowski from Vancouver, El Jones from Halifax, and John Akpata on Ottawa's Capital Slam team.
The CFSW opens tonight with a Francophone Showcase featuring Outaouais poet Marjolaine Beauchamp and closes with performances by the festival's Poets of Honour Anthony Bansfield a.k.a. „the nth digri? and Shauntay Grant.
For more info: www.cfsw.ca
Tony
