Spoken word is alive and well in Canada, thanks in part to the many YouTube videos from spoken word talents spreading the good word about performance poetry. Repping Penticton, British Columbia, Shane ...

‘Shoulders’ takes an expansive look at where we stand at this point in history and how we can use our collective energy to make the world a more peaceful and sustainable planet. Koyczan urges us to ...

Canadian writer Koyczan’s spoken-word performance of this poem has more than 13 million views on YouTube. His passionate, implacable rejection of bullying describes the effect school violence has on ...

Spoken word poet Shane Koyczan will perform Saturday at Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts. Courtesy. 7 p.m. Saturday, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, 304 Highway 105, Palmer Lake, $18-$22; 481-0475, ...

Canadian spoken word artist and poet Shane Koyczan will perform at (Le) Poisson Rouge on Wednesday, June 5 at 8:00PM. Tickets are $25, $30 and $45 and will be available at www.eventbrite.com. Koyczan ...

Author and spoken word artist Shane Koyczan is touring Alaska and will perform in Palmer, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Valdez. Shane Koyczan says he likes to try to give his audiences permission to be ...

Poet and storyteller Shane Koyczan — winner of the U.S. Slam Poetry Championship and the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics — will bring his unusual presentation to the Mondavi Center’s Vanderhoef Studio ...

The seeds of Shane Koyczan’s public success were sown in the most private and secluded of places: the ink of his teenage journal pages. “When I first started writing, it was just journaling. I didn’t ...

“We Are More.” With that, Shane Koyczan launched into a lush and inclusive poem about his native Canada during the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The 43-year-old native ...

Hiding behind the anonymity of usernames, people tear each other apart online. Enraged, hateful comments fill forums on Reddit, YouTube, and countless other sites around the web. These remarks often ...

7 p.m. Saturday, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, 304 Highway 105, Palmer Lake, $18-$22; 481-0475, trilakesarts.org To this day Shane Koyczan can't stand pork chops. That's what kids called the Canadian ...