Sign-Up 7:30pm Show 8pm All Ages $5 at the door

Cytopoetics is pleased to announce the sixth instalment of ARTiculated Noise! The series takes place at 8pm on the third Wednesday of every month. The purpose of ARTnoise is to provide Toronto with an open mic event that caters specifically to those who predominantly engage in performance poetry.

Bring your poems to share on the open mic in the first half and then check out 2014 Peterborough Poetry Slam Team captain Wes Ryan in the second half!

ARTiculated Noise is a proud member of the Southwestern Ontario Spoken Word Circuit and graciously acknowledges the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts for the SOSWC.

ABOUT OUR FEATURE

Wes Ryan is a genre-mashing performer, combining spoken-word and movement into dynamic social narratives. A community organizer, producer, and activist for people with disabilities, he suffered a sudden attack of gravity in 2007 and gradually stumbled into the slam poetry scene. Peterborough's 2013 and 2014 Slam Champ, Wes was the city's 2012 and 2013 C.I.P.S. rep, competed on the 2011 and 2013 CFSW team and has performed on stages across Ontario. His performances have been likened to a hand-grenade in your fruit salad and a full-frontal assault on mediocrity, and he views each opportunity to perform as a reciprocal exchange with the audience. As a member of the Peterborough Poetry Slam Collective, and organizer of the Peterborough Youth Poetry Experience P.Y.P.E., we smoke poetry, he creates spaces for communities to stitch together niches of resilience into a tapestry for change.