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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Nastashia Minto

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 Nastashia Minto! 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.…

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Free – $5

Slamlandia Dec. Rocking Frog Slam ft. Ben Yisrael

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

Join us for our DECEMBER Poetry Open Mic and Slam at our temporary first Thursday location - the Rocking Frog Cafe! This is the last WoWPS qualifying slam, and also 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 superb Ben Yisrael! Ben Yisrael is a performance poet, storyteller, and writer. Some of his performance accomplishments include being the 2010 Dallas Poetry Grand…

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Free – $5

Slamlandia WoWPS Finals ft. Bella

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

Join us on DECEMBER 12TH for our 2019 WoWPS finals! This slam will be closed, as poets who have qualified will be competing to potentially be sent to the Women of the World Poetry Slam in Dallas, TX, in 2020. There is no open mic for this show. Doors at 6:30 PM No sign ups for this show 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 out-of-this-world Bella! Bella is a Southern California grown writer who resides in Portland, Oregon. She is the 2019 Portland Poetry Grand Slam Champion, and has performed at various events…

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Free

WoWPS Finals feat. Leyna Rynearson and Robyn Bateman

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

Join us for the Women of the World Poetry Slam finals! We will determine who is representing the Portland Poetry Slam at WoWPS this March in Dallas, TX! There is a 8 dollar suggested donation for this event, but no one is turned away for lack of funds. We will have featured performances from Leyna Rynearson and Robyn Bateman! For the competition, the top six poets from our qualifying season are competing! They are: Meghan Bell Julia Gaskill Brianna Grisby Sage Lilac Red O’Hare and Chelsea Sieg Do not miss out on this amazing competition! 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…

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Free – $8

Slamlandia January Rocking Frog Slam ft. Igor Brezhnev

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

Join us on JANUARY 2 for our first Poetry Open Mic and Slam of the year at our new first Thursday location - the Rocking Frog Cafe! This show is also 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 wondrous Igor Brezhnev! Igor Brezhnev is a poet and a book designer among his other sins. He has first-hand experience of confronting depression,…

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$1 – $5

Slamlandia January Literary Arts Show ft. Ken Yoshikawa

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

Join us on JANUARY 9TH for a Thursday Poetry Open Mic and Slam! This is a qualifying slam to get into our semi finals for our Grand Slam later this year. 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 fantastic Ken Yoshikawa! Ken Yoshikawa is a half-Japanese third culture American poet-actor from Portland, Oregon. He has been active in the Portland spoken word community since 2014. In his theatre career he’s appeared at Artists…

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Free

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Dylan Collins

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 Dylan Collins! More about Dylan: Dylan Collins is a spoken word artist, writer, poet, activist and educator. He is the host and creator of Word Humboldt, a weekly community based spoken word open mic in Arcata, CA and was part of the City Soul Café Poetry team in Raleigh, NC. Dylan recently published his first full length book Love Poems We Write Ourselves through Writers Block Publishing. He created a poetry slam club and coached incredible youth poets from Garner Magnet High School in North Carolina and ran a creative writing program at…

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Free – $5

Slamlandia House Show – ft. Dylan Collins

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

It's time for another Slamlandia house show - this time featuring the wonderful Dylan Collins! This show will be held at Pointy House (2930 SE Clay Street) on MONDAY, January 13th. Door opens & signups at 6:00pm, show starts at 6:30pm. 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*** 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 Jane Belinda and Risa Mykland, and a featured slot from Dylan Collins Dylan Collins is a spoken word artist, writer, poet, activist and educator. He is the host and creator…

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$5

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Greg Bee

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 first slam in our qualifying season foo 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 Greg Bee! More about Greg Bee: Greg Bee is a traveling poet, storyteller, and performer. His work deals with topics like mental health and addiction recovery, gender and sexuality, as well as social and political issues. His first book, Saying Goodbye to Toxic Boys is a codependent love story. 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.…

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Free – $5

The Moth: StorySLAM: Beg Borrow Steal

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

BEG BORROW STEAL: Prepare a five-minute story about need, desire, and greed. Extraordinary measures. Swindles, heists and deals with the devil. Robin Hood or hood-winked. Making “it” happen by any means necessary…. 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 Additional Information About the Venue This venue is 21+.

$15
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