In 2017, Denver will become one of the hubs for the National Poetry Slam, the biggest slam event of its kind in the country and certainly the largest for Colorado. This major throwdown of America’s ...

Copper State Poetry Slam organizer Jeremiah Blue is even-handed in assessing Phoenix’s stature: “We are fairly solid, in terms of slam poetry.” The city’s best slam poetry teams will see just how ...

They are teachers, a student, a loan officer. During the day, their voices are neither booming nor fiery, their movements not filled with emotion. But when they start performing, they become the ...

A group of Lafayette poets will bare their souls and flex their performance muscles at one of the country’s largest slam poetry festivals this week. Five artists with Lafayette-based nonprofit ...

Santiago, an 8-year-old at Stevens Elementary School, pushed up his glasses as he nervously began reading his poem Wednesday to a crowd participating in the annual Poetry Slam at Spokane Community ...

Instead of the caged bird, it is the caged word that sings in slam poetry. At least, this was the case at this week’s Providence Poetry Slam Semifinals, where the raw, poignant emotion of nine ...

On Sept. 29, the featured poet was Ashley Crooks-Allen, known under the stage name Lyrical Ley. Crooks-Allen earned their master’s degree from the University of Georgia in 2022 with a doctorate in ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Ngoma Hill at Monday’s poetry slam. Credit: Brian Slattery Photos On Monday afternoon, halfway ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The 6th Annual Exit 36 Slam Poetry Festival will feature Grammy-nominated ...

This year has been a good one for Tank and the Bangas, the soulful, jazzy, theatrical New Orleans ensemble featuring slam-poet-turned-singer Tarriona “Tank” Ball. The group followed its Essence ...

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- In honor of February being Black History Month, Cares Advocates for Families is teaming up with local community organizations such as, North of Main, or NOMA for a Black History ...