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T. Paul Ste. Marie: Poet, emcee, side show barker, entertainer, actor (and so on) T. Paul Ste. Marie has been a facilitator of the spoken word and music art forms for over five years. His spoken word/music fusion weekly open mic series, Thundering Word Heard, is what resulted in this portion of the IN THE HOUSE Fest’s programme. He is an educator, offering performances and workshops in poetry to students across British Columbia, which he describes as his favorite part of his work. His poetry has been described as “jazz poetics” by some, “absolutedoggerel” by others – no matter! However his words are heard, T.Paul is just happy to let them fly to the audience’s ears!

Thundering Word Heard: is Vancouver’s only weekly spoken word/music fusion open mic series. It has featured musicians and poets from all corners of the globe. It’s almost five years of success can be attributed to the vast amount of local talent coming out to TWH on a weekly basis. THUNDERING WORD HEARD has produced stages for the VANCOUVER FOLK FEST, the VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, NEW MUSIC WEST, the IN THE HOUSE FESTIVAL and other more unusual and less-than-expected places for the spoken word art form. The night has been awarded the WestEnder’s Gold Award for “BEST OPEN MIC IN THE WEST” for three consecutive years of it’s over 4 year life (until they cut the category!), and TWH will continue to provide its invaluable outlet for book launches, poetry, comedy, and music for many years more!

WHEN: Every Sunday – artist sign-up 8PM – show 9PM
WHERE: Café Montmartre, 4362 main St., Vancouver, BC (@ Main & 28th)
ADMISSION: Free – hat passed
WITH: your host T.PAUL

Barbara Adler: A two-time member of the acclaimed Vancouver Poetry Slam team, Barbara Adler has performed extensively both in Canada and the US. At this year's Poetry Slam Nationals, Barbara so impressed audiences and organizers that she was invited to perform at venues across Europe and at the prestigious Bowery Poetry Club in NYC.

R.C. Weslowski: boomba loomba shishkablob--there was splashing! there was judy garland's iron lung. as it breathed in and out a sideways angel asphyxiated on her lap and spat out me.

Magpie Ulysses: Magpie Ulysses A.K.A. Emily Campbell began performance poetry and playing her voice like a fine Appalachian mandolin at the ripe age of 17 in the wild yeeha of Calgary, Alberta. Whilst trapsing across the country with a notebook and a backback Magpie has taken down the mic, -and a few pool players- at many strange little country bars along the way. She has been seen throwing words like rocks from stages at South Country Fair (Alberta), Nelson, Regina and Tofino. Magpie (under the guise of 'Emily') has also hosted open mics in both Lethbridge and Halifax, and last December, stage managed a production of one-act plays and radio shows with Theatre in The Raw here in Vancouver.

Kim Shaughnessy: Teen angst poetry grows up, drops out of college, comes out of the closet and finds buddism. Kim is the illegitimate child of Courtney Love and Shirley Temple, and has been performing spoken poetry for two years. Kim was one of the semi-finalists to make the 2004 Vancouver poetry Slam Team and represented Vancouver at the 2004 Toronto International Poetry Slam this summer.

Fernando Raguero: Vancouver’s “everyman” poet Fernando Raguero spares no expense in his being direct with his poetry’s audience. He has the ability to amuse while offending, educate while mocking, and move you while making you gasp. His deadpan verbiage is akin to that of Bukowski’s, as is his use of the everyday happenstances in life for creating his art. He connects with all people on one level or another no matter how offended they may feign being. Raguero has graced stages across North America, sold thousands of his chapbooks to eager poetry lovers, and ventured out on to the limb of verse-battling veracity with the Vancouver Slam team. He is a local and national favorite fella amongst the teeming crowds of lovers, muffin farters, losers, and mirth-makers.

Brendan McLeod: Educator, poet, and wicked spinner of the verbal art, Brendan McLeod is the reigning National Individual Champion at the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics, awarded to the top SLAM poet in Canada. CBC radio says of McLeod - “one of Canada’s top SLAM spielers!”. He works in schools wowing the students with his hip hop spiked tongue, then teaches them the true nature of poetry as it is seen through the eyes of today’s youth.