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The Moth: StorySLAM: Animals

The Secret Society 116 NE Russell St, Portland, OR, United States

ANIMALS: Prepare a five-minute story involving creatures great or small from the glorious animal kingdom. Scaly, furry, feathered. The hunted or the pampered. The feared or the cuddled! Man's best friend or foe. Roadkill, pests and party animals welcome too. This venue is 21+. *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

Slamlandia August Literary Arts Show ft. Avery Gadling

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

Join us on AUGUST 8TH 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 feature from the wonderful Avery Gadling! Avery Gadling is a southern transplant whose accent was lost along the way here. They love their homemade family, Magic, and their four legged toddler (who is, in all ways, much cooler than he is). In his spare time, Avery can often be found writing, drawing, and creating impossible…

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Free

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat Shanna and Michael Alden

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 slam is the first qualifying slam for the Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals. There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Shanna Alden and Michael Alden! More about Shanna and Michael: Michael Alden has spent the past three years teaching and writing in Pittsburgh, PA. While there, they were a member of the 2018 Steel City Slam team. While in Seattle before that, they were a member of the 2016 Rain City Slam team and served as Rain City's 2016 IWPS representative. Their work has most recently appeared in the Santa Ana River Review and the Eunoia Review.…

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Free – $5

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. The Rain City 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!!! This slam is a qualifying slam for the Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals. There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from The Rain City Slam Team! 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 bus line, which is a frequent service line. It is a quarter mile from the the streetcar line and about a half mile away…

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Free – $5

The Moth: StorySLAM: Camp

Holocene 1001 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

CAMP:Prepare a five-minute story about camp; the summer destination where you found friends, first loves, and maybe a bees nest or two. Roughing it out in the woods or pitching tents in your backyard. Whether it’s the territory or community, you’ll defend to the death, or the unbridled joy of kitsch and pomp, we want to hear what camp, or your camp, means to you. This venue is 21+ *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

Slamlandia House Show – ft. Jaz Sufi and Brandon Melendez

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

It's time for another Slamlandia house show - this time featuring the amazing Jaz Sufi and Brandon Melendez! This show will be held at Pointy House (2930 SE Clay Street) on Saturday, August 24th. Show will be out in Pointy's backyard (subject to move inside if weather is a problem (cause Portland) but highly doubtful that will be the case). Door opens & signups at 6:00pm, show starts at 6:30pm. Some snacks and drinks will be provided (on a donation basis) - feel free to bring your own as well! ***There will be a $5 required entry fee at the door*** This house show will have an open mic that you can sign up to read in, as well as short spotlight features from Brennan…

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$5

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Jaz Sufi and Brandon Melendez

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 slam is a qualifying slam for the Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals. There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Jaz Sufi and Brandon Melendez! More about our features: Jaz Sufi is a Kundiman fellow, a National Poetry Slam finalist, and the slammaster of the Berkeley Slam, the longest running poetry slam on the West Coast. She was the 2015 Berkeley Grand Slam Champ, and went on to place third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam. She was also San Francisco's representative to the 2013 Women of the World Poetry Slam, a featured poet at…

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Free – $5

Poetry Slam and Open Mic

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 slam is a qualifying slam for the Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals. There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. 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 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…

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Free – $5

Slamlandia Sept. Rocking Frog Slam ft. Stephanie Dogfoot

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

Join us for our SEPTEMBER Poetry Open Mic and Slam at our temporary first Thursday location - the Rocking Frog Cafe! This is a WOWPS qualifying 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 superb Stephanie Dogfoot! Stephanie Dogfoot is a queer spoken word poet and stand up comic from Singapore (and a few other places along the way). She has won national slam championships in Singapore (2010)…

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Free – $5

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Stephanie Dogfoot

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 slam is a qualifying slam for the Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals. There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Stephanie Dogfoot! More about Stephanie: Described as “a right-on wordsmith and master of comic poignancy” (Sabotage Reviews), Stephanie Dogfoot is a multi-award winning queer poet who has been writing and performing poetry since 2008. She has performed on stages all over the world, including the Georgetown Literary Festival, Glastonbury Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe, and many more. She is a moderator for Singapore Poetry Writing Month and founded and runs a poetry night in Singapore called Spoke & Bird,…

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Free – $5
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