Urban Legend's 15th Season Opener Poetry Slam featuring Shasparay **Masks Required
7:00 PM on Friday Sep. 13th
LabO Theatre - Ottawa At Gallery, 1 Mackenzie King Bridge
Price: Friday slam: $10 Saturday Body Politics: $15 Both slam and Body Politics: $20
7:00 PM on Friday Sep. 13th
LabO Theatre - Ottawa At Gallery, 1 Mackenzie King Bridge
Price: Friday slam: $10 Saturday Body Politics: $15 Both slam and Body Politics: $20
Opening of Urban Legends’ 15th anniversary season - poetry slam and open mic featuring:
Shasparay - spoken word & performing artist, Austin TX
Shasparay (she/they) is a Black, fat and queer performing artist who is the Founder and Artistic Director of the annual Black Arts Matter Festival and was the 2022 4th Ranked Woman Slam Poet in the World (W.OW.P.S). Recently featured in the New York Times, Shasparay completed a Masters in Arts Administration at the Wisconsin School of Business Bolz Center and holds a B.S. in Theatre from UW-Madison. She was a recipient of the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Full Tuition Scholarship, a speaker at the 2016 TEDxYouth Austin conference, and is a National NAACP ACT-SO Gold Medalist.
Shasparay has been a finalist in national and regional slam competitions such as Women of the World Poetry Slam, Stone Wall International Poetry Slam, Southern Fried Poetry Slam, Texas Grand Slam, and is a two-time Lip Stick Wars Poetry Slam Champion. She has been featured on platforms such as Button Poetry, Huffington Post, Youth Speaks, Buzzfeed and is a cast member of the award-winning horror anthology podcast Old Gods of Appalachia.
Face masks are required for Friday and Saturday’s events, and COVID screening will be in place. See our full COVID Safety Plan here:
https://bit.ly/ULPCcovidSafetyPlan
This event is part of a weekend of events, along with a presentation of Shasparay’s full-length spoken word show, Body Politics on Saturday September 14th, and the CityFolk Slam, a new invitational poetry slam on Sunday September 15th.
Purchase your tickets to Friday’s and Saturday’s events via e-transfer to urbanlegendspoetry@gmail.com, with a note including your name and which show(s) you are purchasing a ticket for.
A CityFolk day pass or festival pass is needed for admission to the CityFolk Slam.
Suggested donations are as follows (or PWYC available as always)
Shasparay - spoken word & performing artist, Austin TX
Shasparay (she/they) is a Black, fat and queer performing artist who is the Founder and Artistic Director of the annual Black Arts Matter Festival and was the 2022 4th Ranked Woman Slam Poet in the World (W.OW.P.S). Recently featured in the New York Times, Shasparay completed a Masters in Arts Administration at the Wisconsin School of Business Bolz Center and holds a B.S. in Theatre from UW-Madison. She was a recipient of the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Full Tuition Scholarship, a speaker at the 2016 TEDxYouth Austin conference, and is a National NAACP ACT-SO Gold Medalist.
Shasparay has been a finalist in national and regional slam competitions such as Women of the World Poetry Slam, Stone Wall International Poetry Slam, Southern Fried Poetry Slam, Texas Grand Slam, and is a two-time Lip Stick Wars Poetry Slam Champion. She has been featured on platforms such as Button Poetry, Huffington Post, Youth Speaks, Buzzfeed and is a cast member of the award-winning horror anthology podcast Old Gods of Appalachia.
Face masks are required for Friday and Saturday’s events, and COVID screening will be in place. See our full COVID Safety Plan here:
https://bit.ly/ULPCcovidSafetyPlan
This event is part of a weekend of events, along with a presentation of Shasparay’s full-length spoken word show, Body Politics on Saturday September 14th, and the CityFolk Slam, a new invitational poetry slam on Sunday September 15th.
Purchase your tickets to Friday’s and Saturday’s events via e-transfer to urbanlegendspoetry@gmail.com, with a note including your name and which show(s) you are purchasing a ticket for.
A CityFolk day pass or festival pass is needed for admission to the CityFolk Slam.
Suggested donations are as follows (or PWYC available as always)