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Shane Koyczan
World-renowned slam poet Shane Koyczan taking stage in Kelowna, Penticton
Okanagan treasure Shane Koyczan brings his spoken word poetry to the stage in Kelowna and…
Penticton spoken-word poet Shane Koyczan admitted to hospital
Renowned Canadian spoken-word poet Shane Koyczan is in hospital facing medical challenges, but it is…
Shane Koyczan adds stops in Oliver and Revelstoke on latest tour
Penticton spoken word poet Shane Koyczan – whose shows usually sell out – has announced dates…
Penticton poet Shane Koyczan stirs from pandemic-imposed slumber with 13-city tour
One of Canada's most famous spoken word artists has announced his first tour since the…
iN VIDEO: Penticton poet Shane Koyczan emerges from pandemic with message
Penticton spoken word artist Shane Koyczan is shining a light on the importance of hope…
Penticton poet Shane Koyczan to host online performance about the pandemic
A new performance by Penticton poet Shane Koyczan will be available online on Friday, March…
iN VIDEO: Fundraising video featuring Penticton’s Shane Koyczan winner at Los Angeles Film Awards
A video created for the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation featuring Penticton spoken word poet and…
Acclaimed Canadian spoken word artist Shane Koyczan coming to Okanagan
Award-winning spoken word artist Shane Koyczan will perform at the Creekside Theatre in Lake Country…
Shane Koyczan narrates fundraising video for Kelowna General Hospital Foundation
Penticton-based spoken word artist Shane Koyczan narrates a new video for the Kelowna General Hospital…
Shane Koyczan ‘Home for the Holiday’ with Penticton performance
Canada's premier poet is coming home for a pre-Christmas performance. Shane Koyczan Home for the…
Penticton’s Shane Koyczan responds to deadly shooting through poetry
PENTICTON — There was a heavy police presence throughout the city of Penticton yesterday as…
Penticton poet Shane Koyczan will be in the Okanagan for a show this fall
PENTICTON – Shane Koyczan's fall tour will be making a stop in the Okanagan. The…
How swears, Shane Koyczan and a Nazi joke left a Merritt Grade 5 teacher in hot water
MERRITT - A teacher who made his students uncomfortable with his jokes and used swear words to discuss bullying with his Grade 5 students has been disciplined by the B.C. Teachers Regulation Board. Peter Schmid, a Grade 5 teacher at Diamond Vale Elementary, was referred to the board for incidents in the months of May and...
Penticton poet waxes political in ‘The Cut’
PENTICTON - It’s Shane Koyczan at his political best. Koyczan, who is from Penticton, takes Prime Minister Stephen Harper to task in this piece written for the Imagine Oct. 20 campaign, organized by Dan Mangan in association with leadnow.ca. Likening the election campaign to a job interview, Koyczan says the Conservative leader's approach to avoiding...
Penticton poet’s work featured in B.C. tourism campaign
PENTICTON – Shane Koyczan is fast becoming one of Canada’s most well known spoken word artists and his work shines in the latest Super Natural British Columbia campaign from Tourism B.C. Koyczan modestly says he wrote a little poem about being out in nature and folks made a little video out it. The powerful poem...