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Wordlights Poetry ft. Robert Lashley

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by NovaPDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday January 25th, we'll have a feature from Robert Lashley, mini-features from Sam Preminger & David Paz-Mendoza, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Robert Lashley A 2016 Jack Straw Fellow, Artist Trust Fellow, and nominee for a Stranger Genius Award, Robert Lashley has had poems published in such journals as Feminete, Seattle Review of Books, NAILED, Gramma, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, and The Cascadia Review. His work was also featured in Many Trails to the Summit , an anthology of Northwest form and lyric poetry, and It Was Written, an anthology of poetry inspired by hip hop. His full-length books include THE HOMEBOY SONGS (Small…

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Wordlights Poetry ft. DeAngelo Gillispie

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings are presented by NovaPDX & Rocking Frog Cafe and curated by Portland poet Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday, February 1st, we'll have a feature from DeAngelo Gillispie and a long set poetry open mic! This show is hosted by Red O'Hare! OUR FEATURE: DeAngelo Gillispie DeAngelo Gillispie, hails from Atlanta, Georgia and currently works as a professional stuntman in Hillsboro, Or. He has been a part of the spoken word community for over a decade. He currently performs his own stunts at spoken word venues around the country as well as internationally. DeAngelo was first published at 19 years old & has been bothering the general public with his thoughts ever since. He enjoys johnnie walker scotch & long debates on haiku…

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Poetry Slam and Open mic feat. Jana’e Johnson

Tiny's Coffee - NE MLK Jr 2031 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for another amazing poetry slam and open mic!!! This will be the third slam in our qualifying season for the International Poetry Slam! There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Jana’e Johnson! More about Jana’e: Jana’e Johnson is writer, performer, educator, and curator. She is a Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion, National Poetry Slam Champion, and a Write Bloody Book Award Finalist. Janae is a founder of two nationally recognized poetry venues and her work has appeared in outlets and stages such as such as ESPN, PBS Newshour, Lenny Says, SF Jazz, Kinfolks: A Journal of Black Expression, and Button Poetry. We will be at our…

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Free – $5

Free Range Poetry: 2020 Opening Night Poetry Open Mic

Multnomah County Library - Northwest Meeting Room 2300 NW Thurman Street, Portland, OR, United States

Free Range Poetry presents 2020 Opening Night Poetry Open Mic Monday, February 3, 2020 Northwest Library 2300 NW Thurman Street Portland No featured readers. Readers will have 3-5 minutes dependent upon total number of readers on sign-up list. If there is time to spare, we’ll go around again starting from the top of the sign-up list. 5:30 pm Sign-up for readers begins 6:00 pm Readers begin 7:30 pm (or so) Readings end. Audience limited to approximately 40 people. Previously, we have had to turn away potential attendees at the door. Please arrive before 6:00 pm.

Free

The Moth: StorySLAM: Love Hurts

The Old Church Concert Hall 1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

LOVE HURTS: Prepare a five-minute tale about a love that made you go OUCH. The agony of deferred love! The misery of good love, gone bad! The anguish of one-way love! Bring stories of your heart, kicked to the curb by the people or places or things you love...or used to love. Love that "Hurts So Good" also welcome. This venue is 17+ *Tickets for this event are available one week before the show, at 12pm PT / 3pm ET. *Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. Media Sponsors: OPB and Literary Arts

$15

David McIntire at Last Stand

Wildwood Saloon 1955 W Burnside St, Portland, OR, United States

The Outlaw presents the beast with the NEED. Coming to annihilate our senses! He's published and will speak his mind and drink whiskey!

Free

Slamlandia February Rocking Frog ft. Rob Gray

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us on FEBRUARY 6 for our Poetry Open Mic and Slam at the Rocking Frog Cafe! This show is 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 delightful Rob Gray! Rob Gray is an artist, musician, and writer in Portland, Oregon. He is a founding member of the Lovely Book Club (lovelybook.club), a DIY arts and publishing collective/yacht club/drinking club/football club.…

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Free – $5

Wordlights Poetry ft. Chrys Tobey

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings are presented by NovaPDX & Rocking Frog Cafe and curated by Portland poet Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday, February 8th, we'll have a feature from Chrys Tobey and a long set poetry open mic! This show is hosted by Red O'Hare! OUR FEATURE: Chrys Tobey Chrys Tobey’s poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals, including the minnesota review, Rattle, New Ohio Review, Ploughshares, Smartish Pace and The Cincinnati Review. Her poetry has also been nominated for the Pushcart, Best of the Net, and featured on Verse Daily. Her first book of poetry, A Woman is a Woman is a Woman is a Woman, was published in 2017 from Steel Toe Books. Chrys teaches for a few colleges and curates Women Writers Against…

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OAT Open Mike

Oregon Adventure Theatre 4834 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

Hello friends! Oregon Adventure Theatre is hosting an Open Mic at the Peninsula Odd Fellows Lodge on February 8th at 6pm. Come bring your musical instruments, your poetry, your friends. Strut your stuff and celebrate each other's talents! The event will be hosted by singer-songwriter Ryan Westwood. The featured performers of the evening will be Ken Yoshikawa, who recently published his first book of poetry Monster Colored Glasses with Lightship Press and Ryan Westwood who wrote 4 songs in January he can't WAIT to share with you. At 5:45 signups will start, and anyone can sign up for a 5-10 minute slot to perform. Never performed before? Been killing it at venues all around town? Either way, we would absolutely love to host your talents…

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Doc Luben

Tiny's Coffee - NE MLK Jr 2031 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for another amazing poetry slam and open mic!!! This will be the fourth slam in our qualifying season for the International Poetry Slam! There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Doc Luben! More about Doc: Doc Luben has been a featured poet at diverse venues throughout North America, from coffee shops to colleges to ComicCons. They have produced three poetry collections including Love Letters or Suicide Notes. They know secrets only robots know. They have represented Portland at Eight National poetry events. We will be at our venue, Tiny's Coffee Northeast! This means our show is all-ages! Everyone is welcome. We do not censor our mic except for…

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