Slamlandia Dec. Rocking Frog Slam ft. Ben Yisrael

Join us for our DECEMBER Poetry Open Mic and Slam at our temporary first Thursday location – the Rocking Frog Cafe!

This is the last WoWPS qualifying slam, and also a qualifier for our 2020 Grand Slam.

Doors and sign-ups are at 6:00 PM
Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic or slam!
Show begins at 6:30 PM.

Rocking Frog Cafe
2511 SE Belmont St.
Portland, OR 97214

This show is all ages.
Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below.

There is a $1-5 suggested donation.

We will have an spotlight performance from the superb Ben Yisrael!

Ben Yisrael is a performance poet, storyteller, and writer. Some of his performance accomplishments include being the 2010 Dallas Poetry Grand Slam Champion, ranking 17th in the world at IWPS 2012, being the 2014 NPS Haiku Champion, and being the 2017 and 2019 Seattle Poetry Grand Slam Champion. He is the co-founder of Mic Check, one of the longest running poetry readings in Texas, and is a curator at Alchemy Poetry Series in Seattle.

★ •*´¨`*• O P E N • M I C •*´¨`*• ★

The open mic will start the show out. The open mic is a great way to share your wonderful poetry! You can share 1-2 poems lasting a maximum of 3 minutes.

★ •*´¨`*• T H E • S L A M •*´¨`*• ★

☆ The slam will be 2 rounds.
The first 12 poets to sign up will perform in the 1st round.

☆ Poems will be scored on a scale of 0-10. There will be 5 judges. The lowest score and highest score for each poet will be dropped and the middle 3 scores will be added together.

☆ There is a 3 minute time limit for poems performed in the slam – with a 10 second grace period. A 1/2-point time penalty will be subtracted from the poet’s score for every 10 seconds they go past the time limit.

☆ The 6 poets with the highest scores will move on to the 2nd round.

★ •*´¨`*• A C C E S S I B I L I T Y •*´¨`*• ★

This show will be held out in the back area of the Rocking Frog Cafe, which is completely paved. There is one ADA single-occupancy bathroom inside. There are two entrances to get inside, one that has just stairs and the other with both stairs and a ramp. Any seating can be adjusted to make room for any accessibility equipment or to assist any required needs.

★ •*´¨`*• S A F E R • S P A C E • P O L I C Y •*´¨`*• ★

(1) – Slamlandia is committed to the safety of our community and all of its members. This includes but is not limited to performers, audience members, venue staff, volunteers, featured poets, and Executive Council members. We will not allow any act of hate, bigotry, harassment, or violence within our space and will prohibit the entrance of those who have committed these acts in or outside of our space.

(2) – The Slamlandia community is a community based in consent. It is the responsibility of individuals initiating contact to receive enthusiastic consent for the following activities:

☆ Physical contact
☆ Discussion of personal or heavy topics
☆ Discussion of poetry shared on stage

(3) – Slamlandia does not censor our mic and space – with the exception of hate speech. Hate speech includes, but is not limited to threats of violence, the use of slurs for a group you do not belong to, racism, sexism, transphobia, transmisogyny, homophobia, classicism, and ableism.

☆ Marginalized voices expressing anger toward the group of people oppressing them does not fall under the category of hate speech.

☆ In the event that a performer is using hate speech on stage, an Executive Council member will end their performance and ask them to leave the stage.

☆ In the event that a performer uses hate speech, it is the responsibility of the Executive Council to explain to the performer why this was a violation of our hate speech policy to the best of their ability and point them to resources for further explanation.