Prismatic Voices Open Mic

Prismatic Voices Open Mic The Prismatic Voices Open Mic is an event centered around uplifting the voices of LGBTQ2S+ youth from ages 15-25, through an open mic and feature performances!

Come show us your rainbow! Prismatic Voices is an open mic event aiming to showcase the unique voices of youth who are part of the LGBTQ2S+ community. Shout out your best words to a welcoming crowd, meet like-minded individuals, and experience the incredible craft of our monthly feature poet, all at this event which aims above all to give you the opportunity to truly be you! Though the performance

portion of this event is intended primarily for LGBTQ2S+ youth, all are welcome as spectators and/or supporters. We welcome all performers who are part of the LGBTQ2S+ community, and who are between ages 15-25. However, all are welcome as spectators and supporters, so feel free to come by even if you don't fit that demographic! Tickets to Prismatic Voices are free, but you also have the option of donating via our Ko-fi page (https://ko-fi.com/prismaticvoices) or in cash at the door. This helps us pay our feature performers, who we seek out for every event - and by the way, if you're interested in featuring for a 15-20 minute set, feel free to get in touch! Prismatic Voices is currently in the "raising awareness" phase, as we'd really like to start our event in person, but want to pay mind to safety. However, feel free to like this page for further updates about the event and for a great community experience!

04/19/2021

Today's the day! Owl's Nest Books will be going live with our first open mic event at 7pm! We are so happy to be working with them, and will be even happier if we see friendly faces in the Zoom call. To receive a link to the event (either as participant or viewer) please click the link below and fill in your info. Hope to see you there!

Mondays can be a pretty big drag, but not this one! Come check out our open mic event! Owl's Nest Books is hosting the e...
04/17/2021

Mondays can be a pretty big drag, but not this one! Come check out our open mic event! Owl's Nest Books is hosting the event digitally, starting at 7pm. Come listen to some young talent in the city, including our feature poet, Rhaeannon Gerritsen (YouTube: Rhae Sunshine)--a fourth year English major at MRU. They have been performing for a long time and consider themselves to be gender-non-conforming. So happy to have them represent us for our first event :)

If you are interested in performing, or are interested in just attending, please fill out this short form to let us know you are coming and get the zoom link

https://bookmanager.com/1675575//?q=h.calevent&eid=12232

04/12/2021

One week until our event! Everyone ready to celebrate National Poetry Month in style? Excited to see everyone, but don't forget to sign up real quick with our lovely host, Owl's Nest Books! Be there or be square

04/09/2021

Only 11 days until our event! We are so excited to see everyone there. If you do plan to attend or participate in the open mic, please fill out this quick registration form. It'll help us and our lovely host, Owl's Nest Books, keep track of attendance numbers leading up to the big night!

04/03/2021

‼️ CALL FOR FEATURE PERFORMERS ‼️

We are still taking submissions for a feature performer for our first open mic event, hosted digitally by Owl's Nest Books on the evening of the 19th! If you identify as LGBT2S+ and are between the ages of 15 and 25, please show us your work, and we will show you the money! We can pay the feature performer 50 dollars for a 15-20 minute set. Submissions can be sent to [email protected] or sent via messenger here.

Hope to hear from you soon! (YES, YOU!)

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility from Prismatic Voices to all our trans friends!! Today we wanted to celebrate the gr...
04/01/2021

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility from Prismatic Voices to all our trans friends!! Today we wanted to celebrate the grand rainbow that is the gender spectrum by sharing a poem from a wonderful trans poet, Spillious, who we here at Prismatic Voices definitely think you should go show your support to! (And, psst - they’re originally from here in Alberta!)

Spillious placed 1st on April 24th 2017 at the Vancouver Poetry Slam Team Finals. This is Spillious' poem Hide and Seek

03/30/2021

‼️ CALL FOR FEATURE PERFORMERS ‼️

Attention, Prismatic Poets! Have you heard that we’re officially having our first event on April 19th, hosted by the lovely Owl's Nest Books? And while we’ve already posted the signup sheet for general readers, we’re also looking for a feature poet who can perform a set of about 15-20 minutes of poetry, who will be paid $50 for their efforts!

So are you a member of the LGBT2S+ community who wants to showcase your work and be paid for it? Are you also within the 15-25 age group? Then this event is for you! Feel free to contact us here via Messenger or e-mail us at [email protected] if you’re interested in performing this month, or even later on! Don’t worry - even if we don’t choose you as our feature this time around, there will be plenty of events in the future where you’ll have a chance to show your stuff!

03/25/2021

Only a week left until our deadline closes for submissions! We still have some 5 minute blocks available for readers at our open mic event, hosted digitally by Owl's Nest Books on April 19th. If you want to claim one as your own, please send either written or spoken submissions to [email protected]

03/17/2021

So people seemed pretty positive about us having a zine version of our event. How about a little game! Below is a madlib for a Calgarian poem, and we'd love to see what you all can come up with. Our favourite pick will also be included in the zine :) show us what you've got!

Comment below how you'd like to fill in a:
noun
verb
noun
plural noun
noun related to plural noun
occupation
article of clothing
adjective
adjective
noun
food
drink
noun

In a couple of days we will post the results here and have a good chuckle

03/11/2021

We are opening submissions for our first event! Tentative date right now is April 19th, and we would love to have your submissions by the 1st of April. Please email submissions of both written and visual art to [email protected] with the subject "Open Mic" to be included in this event

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