# Event Details - **Event Name**: Writin’ Dirty: Southern Slang - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 09:30 pm - **Event Description**: A Hip Hop South Poetry WorkshopAbout this EventWritin’ Dirty: Southern SlangA Hip Hop South Poetry Workshop“Sweet Tea, Lemonade, and Double Cups: The art of storytelling” is a workshop that examines the art of storytelling from three distinct perspectives. See how “sipping tea,” Beyonce’s Lemonade, and double cups of lean can inform how you craft a narrative poem. Join this generative workshop as we look to these Pop Culture artifacts for inspiration in developing content.At the 1995 Source Awards, André 3000 proclaimed, "The South got something to say." To understand the depth of that profound truth, you must spend some time with the brilliance brewed below the Mason-Dixon line. With Writin’ Dirty, Dasan Ahanu explores the South’s deep and enduring poetics. A rich and distinctive tapestry of oration and storytelling, there is something special bout how the pen moves to craft poetry round here. Let's dig into what makes what comes out of the Dirty South so compelling and dynamic. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/a27e9c00-fdc0-11f0-942f-d149ae617f16-rimg-w983-h740-dc4c2a1a-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/a2aed3c0-fdc0-11f0-aee8-2beb4adade3d-rimg-w1110-h740-dc040405-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/durham/writin’-dirty-southern-slang/100001981512417983 - **Event Categories**: art, workshops, literary-art, dance, entertainment, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fwritin-dirty-southern-slang-tickets-1981512417983 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 9.31, max: 9.31, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Durham - **state**: NC - **country**: United States - **location**: 104 W Parrish St - **lat**: 35.9958336 - **long**: -78.90048639999999 - **full address**: 104 W Parrish St, 104 West Parrish Street, Durham, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Dasan Ahanu (https://allevents.in/org/dasan-ahanu/22527852) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/560c934a8b63625724b524a98a1f0f4f15a98a62e20af778e64ed5a86f978fd8-rimg-w1200-h675-dcf3f4ee-gmir.jpg?v=1769766484 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/e9ebfcc1a965dae62c94f72c3633264eb7b8341db2b93b4589936dc87fcbbc13-rimg-w400-h400-dcf3f4ee-gmir.jpg?v=1769766483 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** 104 W Parrish St, 104 West Parrish Street, Durham, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 9.31 up to 9.31 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Dasan Ahanu - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, workshops, literary-art, dance, entertainment, storytelling - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Writin’ Dirty: Southern Slang ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Writin’ Dirty: Southern Slang", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/560c934a8b63625724b524a98a1f0f4f15a98a62e20af778e64ed5a86f978fd8-rimg-w1200-h675-dcf3f4ee-gmir.jpg?v=1769766484", "startDate": "2026-02-24", "endDate": "2026-02-24", "url": "https://allevents.in/durham/writin’-dirty-southern-slang/100001981512417983", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "104 W Parrish St", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "104 West Parrish Street", "postalCode": "27701", "addressLocality": "Durham", "addressRegion": "NC", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "35.9958336", "longitude": "-78.90048639999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "A Hip Hop South Poetry Workshop", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "2026-02-24", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "lowPrice": "9.31", "highPrice": "9.31", "price": "9.31", "url": "https://allevents.in/durham/writin’-dirty-southern-slang/100001981512417983" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/durham/writin’-dirty-southern-slang/100001981512417983", "price": "9.31", "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Dasan Ahanu", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/dasan-ahanu/22527852", "description": "Dasan Ahanu is a poet, educator, scholar and performing artist born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. In addition to performing across the country, Dasan has hosted or coordinated many Poetry, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Cultural Arts events. His work has been featured on National Public Radio (NPR) where he has is noted for his appearances on “News and Notes with Ed Gordon” and “State of Things with Frank Stasio.” His writing is featured online and in print publications. He has been showcased on NBC 17, featured on the third season of Lexus Verses and Flow aired on TV One, and in a documentary entitled, “Poet Son” that aired on WUNC-TV as a part of the North Carolina Visions film series. He has worked with a variety of North Carolina Hip Hop and Jazz artists and released a number of spoken word recordings. Dasan is a resident artist with the St, Joseph’s Historic Foundation/Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, NC where he has developed poetry and spoken word programming for youth and adults. He has competed regionally and nationally in poetry slam as a founding member and coach of Durham, NC’s own Bull City Slam Team. The team has won two regional championships and achieved a third-place finish nationally. Dasan is co-founder and managing director of Black Poetry Theatre, a Durham based theatre company that creates and produces original poetry and spoken word based productions. In 2004 he was awarded an Indy Arts Award by Independent Weekly Magazine for his work in arts and activism. Then in 2015, he was awarded the honor again, the first time in the award's history that has happened. He is the author of three poetry collections that includeThe Innovator(HWJW Publishing 2010),Freedom Papers(HWJW Publishing 2012), andEverything Worth Fighting For(Flowered Concrete 2016).Dasan is also an alumni Nasir Jones Fellowship with the Hip Hop Archive at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. He scholarly work is focused on art interventions, creative expression, Hip Hop and popular culture. Currently, Dasan is a visiting professor at UNC-Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill and a consultant working with organizations on art based strategies." } ] } ] ```