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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

Slamlandia Oct. Cider Riot Slam ft. Shanna & Michael Alden

Cider Riot 807 NE Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our OCTOBER Poetry Open Mic and Slam at our new first Thursday location - Cider Riot! This is a WOWPS qualifying slam! This show will be 21+ - if you are under 21 years old, we have shows in other locations we'd love to have you come out to! 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. Cider Riot 807 NE Couch Street Portland, OR 97232 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 duo, Shanna & Michael Alden! Michael Alden has spent…

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Slamlandia Digital Open Mic ft. Shanna Alden + Erin Schick

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 September 17th. 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/tZclc-mgpzMtEtR8Ii0uuPMS7SIWwGZLo5Ua 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 double feature from Shanna Alden and Erin Schick. Shanna Alden (they/them) is a queer, nonbinary poet in the Pacific…

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November Open Mic feat. Shanna Alden and Erin Schick

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our October Open Mic! Sign ups will be available in the event 30 minutes before we start! You will have 3 minutes to read 1-2 poems. We will have a feature from Shanna Alden And Erin Schick! Shanna Alden (they/them) is a queer, nonbinary poet in the Pacific Northwest. Their work has been featured on Tell It Slant Radio, Wordlights Hour on Shady Pines Radio, Voicemail Poems, and the upcoming anthology In the Shadow of the Mic from Bridge and Tunnel books. Their fiction will be featured in Filth Lit Mag. Before the plague, they were a bartender, a barista, and a photographer who focused on human subjects and events. Erin Schick (they/them) is a queer, trans, and multiply disabled social worker…

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