“That’s just the way it comes out of me.” When you see Julian Paaige (and yes, he uses two A’s in his surname, no typo) on a stage, standing alone as he usually is, there’s something stark, mildly ...

Writer, performer, and visual artist Patti Smith is perhaps best known for her singular fusion of rock music with freeform poetry, particularly in her adopted home of New York in the ’70s. But through ...

Damon Locks is the creative process come to life. He embodies art. He represents the dreams and aspirations creative folks hold for themselves, but may not actually achieve. And yet he does, again and ...

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Where did punk rock come from? In addition to its musical precursors, a new book makes the case that it was spawned in part by the creative exchange of musicians with the New York School of poets, ...

The libraries and city archives of Winnipeg, Manitoba, may seem like an unlikely place to find one of indie rock’s most singular voices. But John K. Samson, singer/songwriter of the Weakerthans, spent ...

On Thursday, March 13 at 8pm he will be at The Apex performing his latest live show which is a mix of classic verse, new material, hilarious ponderings on modern life, good honest gags, riffs and chat ...

Teenagers were inspired to write political verse after a punk poet visited their school. Performance poet Attila the Stockbroker performed for 15 and 16-year-olds at Patcham High School in Brighton.

Eileen Myles has two new books out now, a career-spanning new and selected poems called I Must Be Living Twice and a reissue of her beloved 1994 novel Chelsea Girls. Part of what makes this an event ...