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Wordlights Poetry ft. Doc Luben

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 November 23rd, we'll have a feature from Doc Luben, mini-features from Devin Devine & Brennan Lucas Staffieri, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Doc Luben Doc Luben is the two time Portland Poetry Slam City Champion, and a finalist at the 2013 Individual World Poetry Slam. Doc Luben can also transform into a steam locomotive. Their writing appears in the collections Multiverse on Write Bloody Press and Nouns Of Assemblage on Housefire Books. They are a recurring feature on Button Poetry, including the Best Of Button live showcase in Oakland, CA. They were formerly the Tucson AZ Grand Slam champ. Their writing has been adapted…

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Wordlights Poetry ft. Brennan Lucas Staffieri

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, March 21st, we'll have a feature from Brennan Lucas Staffieri and a long set poetry open mic! This show is hosted by Red O'Hare! OUR FEATURE: Brennan Lucas Staffieri Brennan Lucas Staffieri is a poet, playwright, podcaster, and director. He is currently a senior studying creative writing and theatre at Pacific University, and he founded and served as the president of the poetry club there, where he ran workshops and developed poetry programing for the campus. He is in the process of writing his first collection of poems, 41°43.5’ N, 49°56.8’ W, which explores grief aboard the sunken wreck of the RMS Titanic. He…

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