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Slamlandia House Show – ft. Angel Kofsky

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

It's time for another Slamlandia house show - this time featuring the lovely Angel Kofsky! This show will be held at Pointy House (2930 SE Clay Street) on Friday, January 11th. 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 Kate Leddy and Stephen Meads, and a featured slot from Angel Kofsky. Stereotypically in love with the ocean and the stars, 2018 Java Monkey Slam Champion Angel Kofsky is a…

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$5

Slamlandia Timbuk2 Show ft. Ryan Boyland

Timbuk2 1142 SW Harvey Milk Street, Portland, OR, United States

We have a special show in store for y'all in July! Slamlandia is partnering with Timbuk2 to put on a one-off show in their store - with a feature from Omaha's own Ryan Boyland. This show will be held at Timbuk2 (1142 SW Harvey Milk Street) in downtown, Portland, on Friday, July 12th. Signups at 5:30pm, show starts at 6:00pm. There will be drinks for purchase at this event. There is no required entry fee, though we suggest a $5 donation so we are able to pay our feature. This show will have a short open mic that you can sign up to read in, as well as spotlight features from local poets Stephen Meads and Devin Devine, and a feature set from Ryan Boyland.…

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Free – $5

The Bigfoot Regional Poet Showcase

Ace Hotel 1022 SW Stark St, Portland, OR, United States

Come out to the Ace Hotel for a stellar poetry line up. This event will showcase amazing poets from all around the PNW - and beyond! Event hosted by Stephen Meads. Featured poets: Bella Ben Yisrael Clementine von Radics Greg Harries Jane Belinda The Klute Rudy Francisco Sabrina Benaim This event is free and open to the public as part of The Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam, a two-day poetry festival and competition happening in Downtown Portland.

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Slamlandia August Revolution Hall ft. Stephen Meads

Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our AUGUST Poetry Open Mic and Slam - at our first ever show at Revolution Hall! Doors and sign-ups are at 6:30 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the poetry open mic or slam! Show begins at 7:00 PM. Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark Street Portland, OR 97214 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. There is a $10 cover fee at the door. First place of the poetry slam walks way with $50 and the Slamlandia trophy! We will have an spotlight performance from the incomparable Stephen Meads! Stephen Meads (he/him), originally a Bay-based poet, has been living and performing in Portland for over seven years. He has featured at…

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$10

Wordlights: Saturday Poetry Evenings

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, August 10th, we'll have a feature from Sabrina Benaim, mini-features from Stephen Meads & Angelica Burdette, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Sabrina Benaim According to her thirteen year old cousin, Sabrina Benaim is a real poet. Further proof : she has millions of views of her work on YouTube & is the author of the best-selling poetry collection, Depression & Other Magic Tricks. You can find more information at facebook.com/sabrinabenaim.sb MINI-FEATURES FROM: Stephen Meads Stephen Meads, originally a Bay-based poet, has been living and performing in Portland for over six years. He has featured at slams all across the country - from Portland, Maine…

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Stephen Meads

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 Stephen Meads! More about Stephen: Stephen Meads (he/him) writes things. Feels bad often. And will have a ton of anxiety about how he is viewed by others. So maybe go watch him read some stuff he wrote? 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…

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Wordlights Poetry ft. Brianna Grisby

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 January 11th, we'll have a feature from Brianna Grisby, mini-features from Julia Gaskill & Stephen Meads, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Brianna Grisby Brianna Grisby is a spoken word poet born and raised in Portland Oregon. She was the 2018 grand slam champion. She has been on the Portland unified slams team twice and will be representing Portland Poetry Slam at the 2020 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Dallas Texas. She loves using her voice to advocate for others, and to help people feel valid. MINI-FEATURES FROM: Julia Gaskill Julia Gaskill (she/her) is a professional daydreamer hailing from Portland, Oregon. She has…

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Slamlandia Semi Finals ft. Lee Chapman

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

Join us on MARCH 5th for our semi final slam at Rocking Frog Cafe! Doors at 6:00 PM For this one off show, there will not be an open mic and the slam will be closed - so no sign ups! 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. This show will determine which four poets move on to our Grand Slam on April 5th. We will see the following eight poets compete for the top four slots: -- Ty Brack -- Red O’Hare -- Stephen Meads -- Space -- Vivian Knezevich -- Sarah Bat -- Josh Gross…

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Free – $5

Slamlandia Digital Open Mic ft. Gabbi Jue

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 November 19th. 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/tZcud--orjgvHdBjpiy4eJC_JNr32N0yoSrF With Portland Book Week underway, this month's show will, along with a feature, have a showcase of local Portland poets. We'll have short readings from Risa Mykland, Jane Belinda, Stephen Meads, Bella, and Ken Yoshikawa! Because we'll be having a showcase, this month's open mic will have limited spaces. If we have more people sign up than available slots, we'll do a lottery for who gets to read. Sign ups for the open mic will…

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