# Event Details - **Event Name**: Riffin & Runnin ATL - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm – Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 09:30 pm - **Event Description**: An Interactive FREEstyle Poetry and Performance Experience. Conversation, Improv, and Eloquence all in one night!About this EventPrepare yourself to experience the unpredictable magic of poetry made in the moment, right on the spot! Join Dasan and Bluz for a night where these Spoken Word artists throw out their notebooks and dive into the deep end of creativity and imagination. No scripts. No safety nets. Just pure, unfiltered poetic chaos. Watch as our talented wordsmiths take audience stories and flip them into spontaneous verses, rhymes, and maybe a few delightful disasters. They will even add in a few newly written poems and some classics to help round out the fun. Don’t miss Dasan and Bluz Riffin n Running their mouths. It's fast-paced, it's insightful, and ingeniously unique. You’ve never seen anything like this! Featuring special guests poets.Over the past years, the three-time Emmy Award-winning poet, spoken word artist, and musical storyteller Bluz has shared his truth on the streets, on stages across the country, and in boardrooms. For more than two decades, Bluz has pushed the boundaries of his art form and brought other artists and creatives along with him. He has been a 2010 Southern Fried Poetry Slam Grand Champ and the Slam Master and Coach of the 3-time National Poetry Slam championship team, Slam Charlotte. Bluz has toured numerous major colleges and universities, shared the stage with several distinguished speakers and poets, and opened for many national recording artists.A self-described introvert with a very public profession, Dasan Ahanu is an award-winning poet, playwright, cultural organizer, performing artist, and scholar. He is a Southern storyteller who uses stories to deepen our understanding and awareness of what's happening around us. Dasan is an alumnus of Harvard University's Nasir Jones Fellowship and was North Carolina's 2023 Piedmont Laureate (poetry). A respected recording artist and member of the Recording Academy, Dasan has collaborated with many Jazz, Soul, and Hip-Hop artists in North Carolina. He has published extensively, performed nationwide, and authored seven poetry collections. Dasan has been active in poetry slam, participating in regional and national competitions as a founding member and coach of the Bull City Slam Team. He is the co-founder and managing director of Black Poetry Theatre, an African American theatre company that creates and presents productions centering on spoken word and Hip Hop. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/e6b08130-bb45-11f0-904d-c38d3c089d5d-rimg-w1110-h740-dc171319-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/e71a1870-bb45-11f0-a828-97e3d3b6f322-rimg-w1131-h740-dc100e14-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/east-point/riffin-and-runnin-atl/100001908633928459 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, dance, theatre, spoken-word, performances, sports, music, contests, live-music - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 2 ## 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%2Friffin-runnin-atl-tickets-1908633928459 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 12.51, max: 12.51, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: East Point - **state**: GA - **country**: United States - **location**: ArtsXchange - Southeast Community Cultural Center - **lat**: 33.696093 - **long**: -84.43219739999999 - **full address**: ArtsXchange - Southeast Community Cultural Center, 2148 Newnan Street, East Point, 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/events7/banners/8ec7aabedd52a270c34fbb00d89d7d4004a22b640a8f039cbbadacb2711d7594-rimg-w1200-h675-dc181818-gmir.jpg?v=1762456939 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/bdc74a37e313ad0bff48ab2020180bdcf1029ef0434e250a6d2f6bcbe46db1e3-rimg-w400-h400-dc010101-gmir.jpg?v=1762456939 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** ArtsXchange - Southeast Community Cultural Center, 2148 Newnan Street, East Point, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 12.51 up to 12.51 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Dasan Ahanu - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, entertainment, dance, theatre, spoken-word, performances, sports, music, contests, live-music - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Riffin & Runnin ATL ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Riffin & Runnin ATL", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/8ec7aabedd52a270c34fbb00d89d7d4004a22b640a8f039cbbadacb2711d7594-rimg-w1200-h675-dc181818-gmir.jpg?v=1762456939", "startDate": "2025-11-15", "endDate": "2025-11-15", "url": "https://allevents.in/east-point/riffin-and-runnin-atl/100001908633928459", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "ArtsXchange - Southeast Community Cultural Center", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "2148 Newnan Street", "postalCode": "30344", "addressLocality": "East Point", "addressRegion": "GA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "33.696093", "longitude": "-84.43219739999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "An Interactive FREEstyle Poetry and Performance Experience. 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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." } ] } ] ```