The History of Slam Poetry in Ottawa
How slam poetry first arrived in Ottawa; How the Canadian Spoken Wordolympics (Canadian Festival of Spoken Word) came into existence; How the Ottawa slam poetry scene developed; It's all here, in a first-hand account by Ottawa native and spoken word poetry activist, the nth digri.

Golden Star Lounge Slam Results
Check the results from the 2003-04 slam poetry season, with the wide range of slammers participating over the course of a year's worth of GSL slams..

The Golden Star Lounge show, September 2005
On Septmber 17, the GSL invaded the Mercury Lounge with the UK Poets Invasion, featuring The Best Kept Secret from England and The Original One from Toronto: a historic show!.

The Golden Star Lounge show, October 2005
On October 28, the GSL returned to the East African Restaurant (formerly the African Palace) to range from North to South with Taqralik Partridge (Montreal/Nunavik) and The Storm (Toronto), two execeptionally talented spoken word artists.

The Golden Star Lounge show, December 2005
On December 1, the GSL broke new ground once again by presenting a bilingual spoken word poetry show with Fortner Anderson from Montreal, and Marcel Joseph and Eddy Garnier form Gatineau.

The Golden Star Lounge show, February 2006
On Feburary 26, 2006, the GSL presented spoken word poetry/live music collective, Kalmunity form Montreal, hot off the heels of a jam-packed Black History Month kick-off on January 28 with Canada's hardest working poet, the Man Behind the Mic, Dwayne Morgan.

Golden Star Lounge Photos
A sampling of photos and flyers from three years of Golden Star Lounge shows.