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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Maya Hersh
February 3, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Free – $5Join us for another amazing poetry slam and open mic!!! This slam is the third of four qualifiers for our third semi-final to pick our team for 2019!
There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this even but no one is turned away.
We will have a feature performance from Maya Hersh!
More about Maya:
Originally from New England, Maya Hersh once spent 90 days on a greyhound bus searching for a place with as much rain as possible, and ended up in Seattle. She has competed and coached at an embarrassing number of now defunct national poetry competitions, and has performed on stages across the U.S. and Canada. Maya has self published enough things to have lost count, and has been featured on CBS and NPR, although one of those was for being stuck in a cave. When she is not writing poetry, she makes a living slinging wine she can’t afford or baking things she can’t eat.
We will be at our new venue, Tiny’s Coffee Northeast! This means our show is all-ages! Everyone is welcome. We do not censor our mic except for instances of hate-speech. Please also note that we start a little earlier then at previous venues.
Accessibility info: Tiny’s is on the 6 bus line, which is a frequent service line. It is a quarter mile from the the streetcar line and about a half mile away from the max. The building and stage is wheelchair accessible and most of the seating can be moved to create space for accessibility equipment. The venue serves food and coffee, so it is not scent-free.