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Slamlandia Digital Open Mic ft. Ryan J.
February 18, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FreeSlamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space for all literary communities in Portland. We encourage poets new and old to come share their work. We strive towards a safer space for poets to read their own poetry, witness others, and participate in community.
Hosted by Julia Gaskill.
Register in advance for this event
If you have any questions, please contact slamlandia@gmail.com or jessica@literary-arts.org.
Slamlandia is hosting another digital poetry open mic. This open mic – only poetry, no music please – will take place on February 18th. We’ll be hosting this event with the help of Literary Arts.
You can access our Zoom link in advance. Here is the link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtdeGrrD8rHtysRm7dtd6fY32cfQ7Cgn3C
Sign ups for the open mic will be posted at 6:30pm PT day of via Facebook posts and an Instagram story. Comment / reply to get your name on the list (you can also sign up via the chat function in the Zoom). Our open mic will begin at 7pm. Poets gets 3 minutes to share poetry – please do not go over time.
We will have a feature from Ryan J.
Ryan J. began performing spoken word in 2012 after joining the B.L.A.C.K Poets in Macon, GA, and helped to lead Mercer University’s inaugural poetry slam team to CUPSI in 2015 and 2016. In 2016, Ryan founded Homegrown Poetry, a spoken word outlet dedicated to uplifting and showcasing both adult and youth spoken word artists in the Atlanta area. In 2017, Ryan represented the Java Monkey Slam Team at the National Poetry Slam in Denver, Colorado. Ryan also competed in the Individual World Poetry Slam in 2017, and competed in and won the TedX Peachtree Poetry Slam the same year. In 2018, he became a Cave Canem Fellow, and also became the 2018 Art Amok Grand Slam Champion. He has currently amassed over 900,000 video views between Facebook and YouTube for his poetry. Ryan is currently based in Atlanta, GA and is dedicated to community and youth outreach through Spoken Word and other performative arts.