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Slamlandia June Literary Arts Show ft. Nastashia Minto

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

Join us on JUNE 13TH 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 one and only Nastashia Minto! Nastashia Minto is a Black woman who has an associate’s degree in occupational therapy and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has been writing since she was nine years old and has found that her writing offers her another way to help people. Currently residing in…

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Free

Bigfoot Regional Benefit Show

Cider Riot 807 NE Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us in celebrating what our region has to offer in Poetry! We are having a show to get folks excited about the Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam coming to Portland in July! Cider Riot! 807 NE Couch St, Portland, OR 97232 There will be a featured performance from Clementine von Radics! There will be group and individual performances by Bella Brianna Grisby Avery Gadling Skyler Reed Robert Lashley Nani Jane Belinda Julia Gaskill and Sage Lilac There will be exciting raffle prizes! 5-15 dollars (sliding scale) get you into to this amazing event! If you pay 10 or more you some raffle tickets with your entry! Accessibility info: Cider Riot is a 21+ venue so unfortunately no minors are allowed. There is delicious cider and…

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$5 – $10

Slamlandia June Picnic PDX Poetry Open Mic

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

Join us on JUNE 20TH 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 or a featured poet. We ask for just poetry on this mic, no music or stand up comedy. ★ •*´¨`*• 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…

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Free – $5

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Robert Lashley

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 Robert Lashley! More about Robert: 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. We will be at our venue, Tiny's Coffee Northeast! This means our show is all-ages! Everyone…

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. The Portland Poetry Slam Team

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 The Portland Poetry Slam Team! Bella, Brianna Grisby, Kate Leddy, and Avery Gadling! The team has been working hard and preparing since March for the Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam here in Portland in July! They are representing the our slam and making us proud! 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 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…

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Free – $5

Poetry Slam and Open mic feat. Ceph

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 Ceph! More about Ceph: Ceph is a visual artist and poet currently finishing their undergrad in studio art at Oregon State University. Their artwork deals with queer identity in a contemporary setting, and the evolution of queer identity through horror media. This is also something they try to bring into their poetry which has recently been recognized by the American Poetry Society. 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 instances of hate-speech. Please also…

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Free – $5

Slamlandia July Literary Arts Show ft. The Slamlandia Team

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

Join us on JULY 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 this year's wonderful Slamlandia Team - Nani Jones, Jane Belinda, Julia Gaskill, and Sage Lilac. ★ •*´¨`*• 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…

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Slamlandia Timbuk2 Show ft. Ryan Boyland

Timbuk2 1142 SW Harvey Milk Street, Portland, OR, United States

We have a special show in store for y'all in July! Slamlandia is partnering with Timbuk2 to put on a one-off show in their store - with a feature from Omaha's own Ryan Boyland. This show will be held at Timbuk2 (1142 SW Harvey Milk Street) in downtown, Portland, on Friday, July 12th. Signups at 5:30pm, show starts at 6:00pm. There will be drinks for purchase at this event. There is no required entry fee, though we suggest a $5 donation so we are able to pay our feature. This show will have a short open mic that you can sign up to read in, as well as spotlight features from local poets Stephen Meads and Devin Devine, and a feature set from Ryan Boyland.…

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Free – $5

Nerd Slam feat. Ryan Boyland

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

Join us for the Nerd Slam and open mic!!! Bring your nerdiest poems and hearts to this amazing event! We want to hear what you are nerdy about! Sign up for the slam in advance by messaging the slam! There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Ryan Boyland! More about Ryan: Ryan Boyland is a writer and wanderer currently based out of Omaha, Nebraska. After he studied neurobiology and astrophysics in college, his love for both science and poetry motivated him to combine the two at every opportunity. His goal through his performance is to touch minds and hearts around the world, and considers it a victory every time he…

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Free – $5

Bigfoot Regional Preliminary Slam – Literary Arts

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

In this event for The Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam, poets from all over the Pacific Northwest (and beyond!) will compete in a battle of words. Three teams of poets will compete at Literary Arts starting at 6:00pm, while a set of three different teams will compete at Literary Art's at 8:00pm. Audience members selected at random determine the winner. Come see this dynamic event for yourself! ***6:00pm Competing Teams*** Team Boise (Boise, ID) Team Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ) Spokane Poetry Slam (Spokane, WA) ***8:00pm Competing Teams*** Portland Poetry Slam (Portland, OR) Victoria Slam (Victoria, B.C.) Omaha Poetry Slam (Omaha, NE)

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