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Slamlandia December (Friday!!) Guilder Slam ft. Brandon Leake

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our DECEMBER Poetry Open Mic and Slam at Guilder! This month we are changing it up and will take place on a FRIDAY! This will be our second qualifying show to make it into our Grand Slam in March 2019! 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. Guilder 2393 NE Fremont St Portland, OR 97213 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 astonishing Brandon Leake! Brandon Leake is an Award Winning Spoken Word Poet, Artistic Educator, and Motivational Speaker from Stockton, Ca.…

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Slamlandia January Guilder Slam ft. Devin Devine

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our JANUARY Poetry Open Mic and Slam at Guilder! This will be our third qualifying show to make it into our Grand Slam in March 2019! 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. Guilder 2393 NE Fremont St Portland, OR 97213 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 fantastic Devin Devine! Devin Devine is an internationally touring road rat. A writer, comedian, sex worker, and performer from Spokane, Washington, Devin currently lives out of her car with her dog Maya. She is…

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Slamlandia February Guilder Slam ft. AM Pressman

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our FEBRUARY Poetry Open Mic and Slam at Guilder! This will be our fourth and final qualifying show to make it into our Grand Slam in March 2019! Compete and place in the top two slots to move onto our 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. Guilder 2393 NE Fremont St Portland, OR 97213 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 awe-inspiring A.M. Pressman! A.M. Pressman is an Indonesian-American comedian and poet living in Richmond, Virginia. Their work has…

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Comic Night!

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

Join us for an engaging evening about using comics for education and activism! We’ll be joined by local author, artist, and zinester Sarah Mirk and the comic artist who created the Ask Me About Cost of Production comic, Jim “Kett” Kettner. Sarah will present on using comics for educational and activist purposes and will be followed by a live reading of the Ask Me About Cost of Production by authors Mike and Caryn Nelson, and artist Kett. Both presenters will have their own creations available for purchase. The event is free to attend and no registration is required but donations are welcome! This is an all ages event. Happy hour will be available throughout the event.

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Slamlandia Grand Slam ft. Roxy Allen

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

Join us in MARCH for our GRAND SLAM at Guilder! Our Grand Slam will determine which four poets will be on the 2019 Slamlandia Team, and will represent Slamlandia at The Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam here in Portland this summer. Doors at 6:00 PM Show begins at 6:30 PM. **No open mic this show** Guilder 2393 NE Fremont St Portland, OR 97213 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 wonderful Roxy Allen! Roxy Jane Allen is a queer sex worker with an actual heart of gold. She is also a comedian, artist, body positive activist, and in recovery. A five-time Eugene Poetry Slam Champion,…

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Slamlandia April Guilder Slam ft. Desireé Dallagiacomo

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our APRIL Poetry Open Mic and Slam at Guilder! 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. Guilder 2393 NE Fremont St Portland, OR 97213 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 Desireé Dallagiacomo! Desireé Dallagiacomo is a poet, performer, and educator from rural California. She is the program director & lead teaching artist at Forward Arts, a youth spoken word and social justice writing non-profit in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and she has been a finalist…

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The Coffeehouse Resistance: Book Reading/Q&A with Sarina Prabasi

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

"Coffee-shop owners and workers know that it’s about so much more than the coffee. What keeps people coming back are the relationships, the human connections." Fresh Cup Magazine, in partnership with Guilder, is pleased to welcome Buunni Coffee co-founder and author Sarina Prabasi to Portland in celebration of her new book, The Coffeehouse Resistance: Brewing Hope in Desperate Times. Part coming-to-America story, part lyrical memoir, and yet another part activist’s call to action, The Coffeehouse Resistance is timely, funny, and poignant. Writing as a mother, immigrant, new American, coffeehouse owner, and international nonprofit leader, Prabasi’s story weaves between Nepal, Ethiopia, and the United States. When Prabasi and her husband move from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to New York City with their young daughter in 2011, they…

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Slamlandia May Guilder Slam

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our MAY Poetry Open Mic and Slam at Guilder on May 2nd! 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. Guilder 2393 NE Fremont St Portland, OR 97213 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. There is a $1-5 suggested donation. We will not be having a featured poet at this time. ★ •*´¨`*• 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 lasting a maximum of 3 minutes. ★ •*´¨`*•…

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Slamlandia Says Farewell To Guilder – ft. Doc Luben

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

We have had such an amazing, wonderful year and a half calling Guilder our home, and we are truly honored to have brought so much art into their beautiful, welcoming space. While it is bittersweet to say goodbye to such a terrific venue, we are excited for our last at Guilder hoorah with one last poetry open mic and slam. Come to our last Guilder show on Thursday, JUNE 6TH - featuring Portland's very own Doc Luben. 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. Guilder 2393 NE Fremont St Portland, OR 97213 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below.…

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