CFSW 2005 PROGRAM 

Tuesday Oct 11 @ Heritage Hall (Main Street and 15th avenue) $12 and up sliding scale

6:45-7:15 Liars of Orpheus Music and Poetry Improv Jam. Set your spirit free.

7:00-7:15: Festival greeting and hello

7:15-7:45: Aboriginal Poets Manik and OS12 open things up with a 30 minute
set

7:45-9:15: Festival Poets of Honour Sheri D. Wilson and Dwayne Morgan.

9:30-10:45: Team slam bout #1 Toronto, Vancouver "B", Winnipeg

10:45-11:30: Fugitives (Brendan Mcleod, Barbara Adler, Mark Berube)



Wednesday Oct 12@ Heritage Hall $12 and up sliding scale

7:00-7:30 Liars of Oprheus Music and Poetry Improv Jam.

7:30- 9:15pm Storytellers Showcase

Story Slam champion, Come to the Story Slam Finals Oct 5th at the Our Town Cafe to find out who this performer will be.

TL Cowan, Kevin Mackenzie, Joe Keithley, Ivan Coyote

9:15-10:30Team Slam bout #2 Ottawa, Vancouver "A", Victoria

10:45-11:30pm Ralph Alfonso



Thursday Oct 13 @ Heritage Hall $12 and up sliding scale

7:00-7:30: Liars of Orpheus Music and Poetry Improv Jam. We're making it up as we go along.

7:30-9:30: Rob Gee, Fernando Raguero, Alexis O’hara, TUGGStarr.

9:45-11:00 Team Slam bout #3 Ottawa, Vancouver "B", Victoria





Friday Oct 14 @ Wise Hall $15 and up sliding scale (Adanac and Victoria Streets)

7:00-7:30 Liars of Orpheus Music and Poetry Improv Jam

7:30-9:00: Hugh Phukovsky, AF Harrold, Queen Sheeba, Steve Larkin, Kat Francois

9:15-10:30 Team Slam bout #4 Toronto, Vancouver "A" Winnipeg

10:45-12 midnite (or later)---post bout entertainment—Overload aka Wayne Mercier. He's going to blow your mind.



Saturday Oct 15 @ Vancouver East Cultural Centre (Venables and Victoria) $17 and up sliding scale

6:45-7:15 Liars of Orpheus Music and Poetry Improv Jam. They're going to be red hot by now.

7:15-7:30: Professor Martin Van Steinberg speaking on the importance of
poetry.

2 Peer favourite poets from throughout the week each do a poem for the finals crowd.

8:00-9:30: Al Mader, Justin McGrail, SR Duncan, Hilary Peach,

Team Slam Finals (9:30-10:45) Top 4 teams from the week

11:00-11:45 TOFU (Mike Mcgee, Shane Koyczan, CR Avery)



Day Events

All day readings will take place at Vancouver Community College’s Downtown
Campus. VCC has come on board as a sponsor and is donating the performance
space and will be assisting with promotion of the festival

Wednesday, Oct 12
Located in the VCC North Cafeteria

Open mic 12:30 –1pm

1:00-2:30: Aboriginal Reading hosted by Zaccheus Jackson (To be confirmed)

Featuring: Sue Cormier (Vancouver), Kat Norris (Vancouver)



2:45-4:15: Bust a Gut Comedy Showcase Hosted by T-Paul St. Marie

Featuring AJ Mackenzie (Vancouver) and Jeffrey Yu (to be confirmed)

Presented in association with Thundering Word Heard



Thursday, Oct 13
Located in the VCC North Cafeteria
Open Mic 12:30-1pm

Asian Canadian Showcase

1-2:30: Hosted by Nereo (Winnipeg)

Featuring Jen Lam (Campbell River), Kagan Goh (Vancouver)



Sistahood Society All Female Showcase

2:45-4:15: Hosted by Nadia Cheney

Featuring Rachel Flood (Vancouver), Christina Orbe (NYC/Seattle)



Friday, Oct 14
To be held in room 420 of VCC in the Hospitality and Tourism area

12:30-1pm Open Mic

African Canadian Showcase

Hosted by Chelsea Conrod
1-2:30: Featuring Addena Sumter-Frietag (Vancouver), Greg Frankson aka Ritallin
(Ottawa)



2:45-4:15: Poets Against War reading Hosted by Ameena Mayer

Featuring: Andrea Thompson (Toronto), Teresa Wood (Vancouver),

David Silverberg (Toronto)

Presented in association with Amnesty International, Western Canadian Wilderness Committee.



Saturday Oct 15
Located in the VCC North Cafeteria
1-2:30: GLBT showcase sponsored by XTRA WEST

Hosted by TL Cowan and Kim Shaughnessy

Featuring the Svelte Ms. Spelt (Vancouver), Lisa B. (Victoria)



2:45-4:15: Prairie Fire Reading Hosted by Kevin Matthews

Jake DePeuter (Lethbridge), Darek Dawda (Winnipeg)