Join us and your local wordsmiths for a night of poetry, libations, and passion! The night begins with an open mic featuring local artists, singers, musicians, and writers then ends with a poetry slam.
If you've ever considered performing but needed extra encouragement, consider this it! Open mic is open to all types of stage performance. Slam is all original work, competition style.
Sign up at the link:
https://forms.gle/ipAYJAik7VLidzhJA
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Featured Poets for December are Derrick C. Brown and Tim Stafford!
Derrick C. Brown is an award-winning poet, storyteller, and president of Write Bloody Publishing. His innovative fusion of poetry and comedy earned Paste Magazine's Album of the Year (2023). The New York Times praises his work as "a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking, beautiful power of words." A former paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne, Brown has authored ten poetry collections and four children's books, winning the Texas Book of the Year award for Poetry. He serves as the 2025/26 Poet Laureate of Los Feliz, California, and often tours via motorcycle, bringing his engaging and juicy performances to venues worldwide. Brown is currently on a national tour for the release of his book A Little Grief Break; a thirty-year retrospective with a mix of previously published writing as well as nineteen new works!
Tim Stafford is a poet and storyteller from Lyons, IL. He is the author of the collections The Patron Saint of Making Curfew (Haymarket Books) and Broke Stay Broke (Write Bloody). Tim has performed at poetry festivals all across the U.S. and Europe including the WOERDZ Fest (Switzerland), the International Spoken Word Festival (Germany), and the Zurich Poetry Slam Invitational.
We are reserving one spot per list for day-of sign-ups. Performers will put their name in and we will do a random draw to fill the last spots for each list!
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Sacrificial Poet:
SLAM
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Hosted by Andrea M. Sterling & Dan "Sully" Sullivan
Grooves brought to you by DJ Good Peoples
Venue is wheelchair accessible.
For complete slam competition rules, click here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CfZYpO5wCKbEzaGQsoKf-kcfOQDVYCEIWvIowsIXVM8/edit?fbclid=IwY2xjawHntPZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdr8bdIlmlyVoxXdNk_X6ltzIkA89br1Cpgx6_MQH-YacfPoWI34nU2lSA_aem_amZGeF-kEXD1ytgiGQTcdw&tab=t.0
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