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Slamlandia March Literary Arts Show ft. Rodney Wilder

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

Join us on MARCH 14TH for our second Thursday Poetry Open Mic and Slam! Doors and sign-ups are at 6:30 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic or slam! Show begins at 7:00 PM Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street Portland, OR 97205 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. No door admission. We will have a spotlight performance from the fantastic Rodney Wilder! Rodney Wilder is a biracial nerd who bellows death-metal verse in Throne of Awful Splendor and writes poetry, with previous work appearing in places like FIYAH and FreezeRay, Poets Reading the News and Words Dance, as well as his newest, nerd-themed collection, Stiltzkin’s Quill. He likes nachos, analogizing…

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Free

Slamlandia March Picnic PDX Poetry Open Mic

Picnic PDX 1305 NW 23rd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Slamlandia is so excited to announce this new show, starting this month. We'll be testing the waters at this new venue and, if all goes well, we will have a third Thursday show of every month moving forward! Join us on MARCH 21ST for our third Thursday Poetry Open Mic! Doors and sign-ups are at 6:30 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic! Show begins at 7:00 PM Picnic PDX 1305 NW 23rd Avenue Portland, OR 97210 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. $5 suggested donation at door. This show will not have a poetry slam. We ask for just poetry on this mic, no music or stand up comedy. ★…

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Semi Final #4 and Open Mic feat Shay Alexi

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

Join us for our last semi final and open mic!! The top two poets from the slam move on to finals! There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this even but no one is turned away. We will have a feature performance from Shay Alexi! More about Shay: Shay Alexi is a writer and performer based out of Atlanta, GA. They are the author of Diary of a Ghost Girl (Glass Poetry Press), a six part seance exploring the intersections of healing, resurrection, and the mythology of girlhood. They placed first in the nation with their slam teams at the 2018 National Poetry Slam group piece finals and the 2018 Feminine Empowerment Movement slam (FEMS). Shay’s poems have amassed over online 150,000 views, and…

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Free – $5

Running Wild Poetry Slam

The Jade Lounge 2342 SE Ankeny, Portland, OR, United States

Running Wild Press Portland Poetry Slam: Featured Readers and Open Mic. Your chance to share and perform in Portland. Bring your best five minutes of material for the open mic session. There will be time for about eight readers in the open mic portion, so get there early. Sign-up list will be followed in order. Poetry is encouraged, but all kinds of pieces are welcome. Refreshments available from the Jade Lounge. Contact: Lisa Montagne Organization: Running Wild Press Featuring: Host: Lisa Montagne, Ed.D. Director of education for Running Wild Press. She is a poet, author of creative non-fiction, college professor, artist, and dancer from Southern California. lisamontagne.com Armine Iknadossian Born in Beirut, she immigrated to the U.S. in 1974 to excape the civil war. She…

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Portland Poetry Slam 2019 Grand Slam

The First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Come watch eight of Portland’s best poets compete to determine the 2019 Portland Poetry Slam team! This event is five months in the making! Poets have been competing since November to earn spots in this final competition. Doors at 6PM, show at 7PM There will be a featured performance from nationally renowned poet Desiree Dallagiacomo! Don’t miss out Tickets are available right now! $10 advance $12 at the door

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Slamlandia April Guilder Slam ft. Desireé Dallagiacomo

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our APRIL Poetry Open Mic and Slam at Guilder! 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. Guilder 2393 NE Fremont St Portland, OR 97213 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 Desireé Dallagiacomo! Desireé Dallagiacomo is a poet, performer, and educator from rural California. She is the program director & lead teaching artist at Forward Arts, a youth spoken word and social justice writing non-profit in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and she has been a finalist…

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Song Lyric Slam and Open Mic

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

Join us for our Song Lyric Slam. Sign up and perform the lyrics of a song like you would a slam poem! Go big! Do your favorite boy band hit or perform a Disney song like it’s the saddest poem ever written! Sign ups are at 5:30 and the show is 6pm. There will be an open mic that is song lyrics optional. There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this even but no one is turned away! 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…

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Free – $5

Slamlandia Presents: Clementine von Radics’ Book Release

House Show 2930 SE Clay St, Portland, OR, United States

Slamlandia is excited to announce we will be hosting the book release for Clementine von Radics' newest collection of poetry, In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive. This house show will have an open mic that you can sign up to read in, as well as short spotlight features from local poets Nikki Burian, Julia Gaskill, & Bri Gowdy, and a feature from Clementine von Radics. This show will be held at Pointy House (2930 SE Clay Street) on Monday, April 8th. Door opens & signups at 7:00pm, show starts at 7:30pm. Some snacks and drinks will be provided (on a donation basis) but feel free to bring your own! ***There will be a $5 required entry fee at the door*** Clementine von…

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Slamlandia April Literary Arts Show ft. Kate Leddy

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

Join us on APRIL 11TH for our second Thursday Poetry Open Mic and Slam! Doors and sign-ups are at 6:30 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic or slam! Show begins at 7:00 PM Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street Portland, OR 97205 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. No door admission. We will have a spotlight performance from the incredible Kate Leddy! Kate Leddy is a writer and mental health activist from Portland Oregon. She was born and raised in New York and still has strong opinions about bagels. Kate represented Portland at the 2018 Individual World Poetry Slam as well as the 2018 National Poetry Slam. Her first chapbook…

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Wayne Henry

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!!! There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Wayne Henry! More about Wayne: Wayne Henry was raised in South Central Los Angeles, exposed to a melting pot of different cultures which allows for him to have a broad canvas for his work. He moved to Dallas TX in 2008 and has become a passionate poet who writes each line to watch it come alive through poetry. He is dedicated to bringing awareness to issue such as mental health, oppression, depression and concepts of spiritual growth. A poet, teacher, father and P.O.C enthusiast. Passion with purpose pushes life to new heights. He…

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Free – $5
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