Barbara Adler

{{Short description|Canadian poet and musician}}

Barbara Adler is a musician, poet, and storyteller based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is a past Canadian Team Slam Champion, was a founding member of the Vancouver Youth Slam, and a past CBC Poetry Face Off winner.{{cite web|title=Elementary School Concert Performers|url=http://www.vancouversymphony.ca/education/elementary-school-concerts/performer-biographies/}}

She was a founding member of the folk band The Fugitives with Brendan McLeod, C.R. Avery and Mark Berube{{cite news|last=McLaughlin|first=John P.|title=Featured Artist|newspaper=The Province|date=18 May 2010}}{{cite web|title=The Fugitives|url=http://www.litlive.ca/story/231|publisher=Canadian Review of Literature in Performance|accessdate=6 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119012743/http://www.litlive.ca/story/231|archive-date=19 January 2011|url-status=dead}} until she left the band in 2011 to pursue other artistic ventures. She was a member of the accordion shout-rock band Fang, later Proud Animal, and works under the pseudonym Ten Thousand Wolves.{{cite news|title=Barbara Adler and Reach Out Psychosis|url=http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/featured-guests/2012/04/26/brbara-adler-and-reach-out-psychosis/|accessdate=26 April 2012 | work=CBC News}}{{cite news|last=Derdeyn |first=Stuart |title=Seven ways to entertain in an inexpensive Main Street venue |url=https://theprovince.com/entertainment/Seven+ways+entertain+inexpensive+Main+Street+venue/8516389/story.html |accessdate=17 June 2013 |newspaper=The Province |date=12 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614063306/http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/Seven%2Bways%2Bentertain%2Binexpensive%2BMain%2BStreet%2Bvenue/8516389/story.html |archivedate=14 June 2013 }}{{cite web|last=McCloskey|first=Hailey|title=Interview With Barbara Adler, Extravagant Signals Series Curator|url=http://vandocument.com/2013/06/interview-with-barbara-adler-extravagant-signals-series-curator/|publisher=Vandocument|accessdate=30 June 2013}}{{cite news|last=Varty|first=Alexander|title=Proud Animal goes to school|url=https://www.straight.com/music/341281/proud-animal-goes-school|accessdate=16 July 2013|newspaper=Georgia Straight|date=Jan 10, 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://tenthousandwolves.com/|title=Ten Thousand Wolves|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}

In 2004 she participated in the inaugural Canadian Festival of Spoken Word, winning the Spoken Wordlympics with her fellow team members Shane Koyczan, C.R. Avery, and Brendan McLeod.{{cite web|url=http://spokenwordcanada.com/slams-across-canada?q=node/27 |title=Slam Champs |publisher=Spoken Word Canada |accessdate=18 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221233031/http://spokenwordcanada.com/slams-across-canada?q=node%2F27 |archivedate=21 February 2014 }}{{cite web|title=The Cultch's Ignite! Mentorship Program|date=23 September 2009 |url=http://ignitementorships.wordpress.com/the-20112012-mentors/barbara-adler-spoken-word/|accessdate=17 June 2013}} In 2010 she started on The BC Memory Game, a traveling storytelling project based on the game of memory{{cite web|last=Slaven|first=Rebecca|title=Barbara Adler plays the BC Memory Game|url=http://www.bcliving.ca/home/barbara-adler-plays-the-bc-memory-game|accessdate=19 July 2012|date=26 Aug 2010}} and had been involved with the B.C. Schizophrenia Society Reach Out Tour for several years.{{cite web|last=Hannus|first=Liisa|title=Rad All Over - Barbara Adler|date=30 May 2012 |url=http://vancouverisawesome.com/2012/05/30/read-all-over-barbara-adler/|accessdate=25 July 2012}}{{cite web|title=ReachOut Psychosis - Performers|url=http://www.reachoutpsychosis.com/about-us/performers/|accessdate=25 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030153936/http://www.reachoutpsychosis.com/about-us/performers/|archive-date=30 October 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Bedry|first=Derek|title=Breaking silence on psychosis|url=http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/article/20130507/FORTSTJOHN0101/130509930/-1/FORTSTJOHN/breaking-silence-on-psychosis|publisher=Alaska Highway News|accessdate=15 February 2014}} She is of Czech-Jewish descent.{{cite news|last=Silverberg |first=David |title=Local poet slams to own beat |url=http://www.jewishindependent.ca/archives/Mar04/archives04Mar05-05.html |accessdate=7 September 2012 |newspaper=Jewish independent |date=5 March 2004 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025211735/http://www.jewishindependent.ca/archives/Mar04/archives04Mar05-05.html |archivedate=25 October 2007 }}{{cite web|last=Nozick |first=Nicole |title=Barbara Adler looks beyond spoken word to the world of Fang |url=http://www.jewishindependent.ca/oldsite/archives/oct12/archives12oct12-06.html |publisher=Jewish Independent |accessdate=13 November 2012 }}

Barbara Adler has her bachelor's degree and MFA from Simon Fraser University, with a focus on songwriting, storytelling, and community engagement.{{cite web|title=Barbara Adler|url=http://www.vancouverbiennale.com/artist-collaborators/barbara-adler-and-proud-animal-gavin-youngash-and-ben-brown/|publisher=Vancouver Biennale|accessdate=15 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223022834/http://www.vancouverbiennale.com/artist-collaborators/barbara-adler-and-proud-animal-gavin-youngash-and-ben-brown/|archive-date=23 February 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=SFU SCA Alumni|url=http://www.sfu.ca/sca/people/category/alumni|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110160959/http://www.sfu.ca/sca/people/category/alumni|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2017|accessdate=9 January 2017}} In 2015 she was a co-star in the film Amerika, directed by Jan Foukal,{{cite web|title=Amerika|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4773948/|website=IMDB|accessdate=11 July 2015}}{{cite web|title=Evolution Films - Amerika |url=http://www.evolutionfilms.cz/article/show/id/67 |website=Evolution Films |accessdate=11 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712010549/http://www.evolutionfilms.cz/article/show/id/67 |archivedate=12 July 2015 }} which premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.{{cite web|title=Amerika|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/3316293-amerika|website=KVIFF|accessdate=11 July 2015}}