Tuesday, March 7, 7:30 Show at Tsunami Books: International Spoken Work Sensation Shane Koyczan, with Jorah LaFleur Opening
(Tickets $22.50, On Sale January 2; drop by the store, call 541-345-8986 to reserve, or click this link to purchase: https://www.tsunamibooks.org/shop/event-ticket-shane-koyczan-with-jorah-lafleur ) Tsunami Books and The Alluvium are sharing this Artist between our two venues. We look forward to future collaborations.
International Spoken Word Sensation Shane Koyczan! Winner of the Individual Champion title at the National Poetry Slam and the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics, Koyczan performed his poem “We Are More” at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. For his social justice work, Shane has received a BC Civil Liberties Award for the Arts.
“Shane Koyczan is at the heart of a Category Five creative hurricane” The Vancouver Sun
“a symbol of hope …Canada’s best known spoken word poet” CBC The National
“heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting” Huffington Post
“dazzling wordplay” The Globe And Mail
“haunting and beautiful” Pop Matters
“unapologetically taps emotion: the deep, real feelings we aren’t generally encouraged to express in public”
VUE Weekly
“Shane Koyczan’s most prominent attribute as an artist might well be his fearlessness” Victoria Times Colonist
“a beacon of hope and change” The Georgia Straight
“Poetry isn’t a problem when it’s this cool” Metro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0G-MyLbenE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBmI00trLLU
Jorah LaFleur: Idea Wrangler, Word Slinger, Professional Slayer of Stuff. Jorah is a writer/performer who enjoys wearing many different hats. She finds herself on stage as a spoken word poet, event emcee, and actor. Offstage, she works with youth as a teaching artist. Each role engages her relentless curiosity about cultivating connection through creative communication.
Jorah is currently serving as the lead Writer in Residence at the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Wordcrafters in Eugene. She is committed to helping others experience the power of being seen/heard, and to promoting the arts as tools of social change, and community building.
For over a decade (2006 to 2019), she ran the Eugene Poetry Slam including 10 years at Tsunami Books,, which gifted her with a wealth of stage hosting experience, and a front row seat to the recitation of thousands of original poems. She is left forever convinced that: 1) Live performance is, literally, magical. 2) Being vulnerably honest with willing strangers is medicinal for everyone involved. 3) Pain tastes best when it is sprinkled with humor, liberally.
Jorah has been writing and performing for 25 years. Her newest poetry collection, COVIDIAN TIMES: in place sheltered, is available now.
