The ringing endorsement of a snap, the modest approval of an “mm-hmm,” the hearty affirmation of a clap and cheer. Get your reactions ready, because a kinetic style of poetry-as-performance is about ...
The Midwest Writing Center,225 E 2nd. St., Davenport, is organizing a slam poetry showcase from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Feb. 25 at Bucktown Center for the Arts as part of the Final Friday Celebration. Slam is ...
WILLIAMSBURG — This Friday, Williamsburg will be center stage for the state’s biggest slam poetry event when the Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship comes to the Kimball Theatre. Originally called ...
As the Twin Cities’ slam poetry scene rebuilds, BuckSlam — a new organization dedicated to the style of competitive poetry performance — has quickly established itself at the forefront. Now, as its ...
Jon Kelly was a homeless 17-year-old high school senior in Miami when he joined the Army to provide for his fractured family. Since the second grade, he had been putting his feelings down on paper — ...
Inside the Den Theater in Wicker Park, nearly two dozen teens nervously wait to step on the stage as a DJ plays uptempo pump-up music. They talk to each other, laugh and tap on their phones as the ...
One by one, poets shrug their way to the stage, pausing for a breath before diving in. Without fail, someone from the crowd offers the rallying cry: "Let's go, poet!" The room answers in its own ...
The 6th Annual Exit 36 Slam Poetry Festival will feature Grammy-nominated artist Tarriona "Tank" Ball. The fiery powerhouse lead singer of Tank and The Bangas is also an accomplished spoken word ...
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