Verses spat crackling like bonfire sparks or crooned honeysuckle-sweet, paired with eloquent gestures and jarring movements while poets prowl and strut to the rhythm. 
Amanda Stephen, Centretown NewsSlam captain Kim "Kimbit" Nguyen and other members of her slam team travelled to Saskatoon to compete in the Canadian Festival for Spoken Word.
Category: Arts
Viewpoint: How slam poetry is putting the rap game in a chokehold
Okay, so what’s all the buzz about this slam poetry going around? No, it’s not a new business venture between Oxford University and the WWE. Slam poetry is a type of performance art that combines rhythm and writing to create a unique blend of soul-inspired verse that throws back to rap’s original purpose as a means to actually express a point.
Life is beautiful: beginning of an all-night art affair
Nuit Blanche Ottawa was held last weekend and the city’s public spaces have since been reverted to their original, less artistic, states. But some members of the art community are hoping that this is only the beginning of the all-night art affair.
Amanda Stephen, Centretown NewsVisitors get cozy with art by Genevieve Thauvette at the Gallerie St. Laurent+Hill for Nuit Blanche festivities that went on until morning.
Viewpoint: Do us a favour, keep the corporates out of Nuit Blanche
Ottawa has smelled the grinding coffee and hosted its own Nuit Blanche art festival and it’s about time.