I will be the featured speaker at the Arbutus Coffee Poetry Series. I'll be doing a short talk on satire and comedy in poetry. I'll do a short performance and show some videos and have a Q and A as well. There will be an open mic to follow. Here's a facebook link to the venue.

The 2015 National Poetry Slam is coming BACK to Oakland, California August 10th-15th, 2015! Festival, Day and Single Event Passes available at: https://nps2015.eventbrite.com/ Up to 72 teams from around the U.S. and Canada will be accepted by Poetry Slam, Inc. to compete in the world’s BIGGEST poetry slam competition, all fighting to reach the ultimate stage: the four-team National Poetry Slam Finals. Venue Info: http://www.npsoak.com/venues/ Bout Schedule: http://www.npsoak.com/bout-schedule/ Daily Schedule: http://www.npsoak.com/schedule/ ✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯ Venues: Awaken • Bissap Baobob • Flight Deck…

Curiosity Collider Event 2: Collisions between Art & Science: Untold Stories Date: Wednesday, August 19th Venue: Café Deux Soleils 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver Doors open @ 8pm; Event Format: Short Stories ~7min storytelling + 3min Q&A after each presentation is intended to ‘hook’ the audience and leave them wanting more. We will encourage further discussion at intermission and after the event. Please prepare to stick around.

Electric Jon is a journeyman songwriter. He has fronted a handful of bands, the latest being his own group simply called Electric Jon. In Toronto, Electric Jon plays as an eight piece group. On the road he performs solo vocals over backing tracks as well as triggering samples,acting out samples organically and dropping acapella psychedelic poetry, marrying diverse soundscapes with musical theatre. http://electricjon.tumblr.com/ 2 Dope Boys in a Cadillac are preachers of The Anthropocalypse in the guise of barefoot beards.…

I will be featuring at the venerable Chicken Sessions the first Saturday in September. There will be an extensive open mic, a pot luck and a music guest to be determined later.

It looks like I will be featuring at Surrey Muse in September at the Surrey Central Public Library. There will be other readers plus an open mic. It's an early event. 5:30pm. Surrey Muse meets in Room 418 at the Central branch of Surrey Public Library from 5:30 - 8:30 PM every Fourth Friday of each month except December. The Library provides a Data Projector. Use of microphone is not allowed. Here's more about the Gatherings: http://surreymuse.wordpress.com/meetings/ Previous Presenters: http://surreymuse.wordpress.com/people/…