

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Second Rodeo Slam! - Featuring Ian-Khara Ellasante
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for another Second Rodeo Slam on January 23rd!

Please bring your own mug to help out our gracious hosts at Second Rodeo Coffee.

5pm - Poets Reception - get delicious food and drinks from Second Rodeo Coffee!
5:30pm - Open Mic w/ harpist T. E. Hellewell
6pm - Featured poet Ian-Khara Ellasante w/ harpist T. E. Hellewell
6:30pm - 3-2-1- Slam (3 timed rounds with a 10 second grace period and point deductions for going over time. Must be original work. No props, costumes or musical accompaniment. Judges are chosen at random from the audience and will judge poems 50% on content, 50% on delivery. There will be prizes but it's just for fun.)
7:30pm - end


Ian-Khara Ellasante is a Black, queer, gender-infinite poet, parent, and cultural studies scholar whose work moves across the intersections of identity, history, and imagination. Their poetry and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, earning recognition as a Cave Canem fellow, recipient of the New Millennium Award for Poetry, and finalist for the 2024 National Poetry Series. Today, Ian-Khara teaches at Bates College, located on the occupied and unceded lands of the Wabanaki peoples, the People of the Dawnland, where they continue to explore how literature can both honor lineage and create new futures.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/south-portland/second-rodeo-slam-featuring-ian-khara-ellasante/200029548900859
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, rodeo, open-mic, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 28

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: South Portland
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Second Rodeo Coffee Shop
- **lat**: 43.64739
- **long**: -70.24055
- **full address**: Second Rodeo Coffee Shop, 124 Sawyer St, South Portland, ME 04106-2128, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Trans Poetics Archive (https://allevents.in/org/trans-poetics-archive/27211577)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Second Rodeo Coffee Shop, 124 Sawyer St, South Portland, ME 04106-2128, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Trans Poetics Archive
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, rodeo, open-mic, live-music
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Second Rodeo Slam! - Featuring Ian-Khara Ellasante ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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