The unique combination of American Sign Language and slam poetry will be featured at the third annual Def Meets Deaf Poetry Jam, hosted by the Lovin’ Cup Bistro at Park Point on Jan. 22. The event ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's spoken word without spoken words—ASL SLAM is an open space for poets to perform their work in American Sign Language (ASL).

For many members of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, ASL poetry has become a major creative outlet to express the unique perspectives of being deaf in America. Similarly, slam poetry is an ...

As Kumar Singh takes the stage at The Venue in Orlando, some audience members are still finishing their conversations. Singh rallies the crowd and makes a plea for a round of applause. Most of the ...

There’s a lot more than drag-queen bingo and karaoke on the entertainment menu at Hamburger Mary’s; at the end of each month, the bar is transformed into a space where members of the deaf community ...

Mustafa Alabssi loves to perform, it's his favourite thing to do. The high school student recently moved to Canada from Syria. Now he's learning how to craft poetry in his third language — American ...

In light of Deaf History Month, which runs from March 13 to April 15, members of the Deaf community have been celebrating their rich culture and history. Deaf history is filled with accomplishments, ...

It's spoken word without spoken words—ASL SLAM is an open space for poets to perform their work in American Sign Language (ASL). As ASL SLAM's executive director Douglas Ridloff explains, ASL poetry ...