LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Gigi Bella and Marty Adamsmith

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a virtual Slam and Open Mic! We will have a feature from Gigi Bella and Marty Adamsmith! More about our features: All money brought in from this event will go to The Okra Project. The Okra Project is a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them. For the Open Mic and the Slam, we will make a post on the day of the event for folks to sign up! All poems in the slam or the Open Mic should be 3 minutes or less! Black poets will be given priority in sign-ups. This event will be…

Free

Slamlandia Digital Open Mic ft. Gigi Bella + Marty Adamsmith

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Slamlandia is hosting another digital poetry open mic. This open mic - only poetry, no music please - will take place on July 16th. We'll be hosting this event with the help of Literary Arts. You can access our Zoom link in advance. Here is the link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcOuhqD4qGNXQuygbKflMOYGXeTgPhGA7 Sign ups for the open mic will be posted at 6:30pm PT day of via Facebook posts and an Instagram story. Comment / reply to get your name on the list. Open mic will promptly begin at 7pm. Poets gets 3 minutes to share poetry - please do not go over time. We will have a feature from Gigi Bella and Marty Adamsmith. gigi bella // has been ranked the tenth woman poet in the…

Free