THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA!
Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world, every week, since 2000.
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This week we have Taylor Mali in the house! He’s a poetry slam legend, published author with Write Bloody Press, and the guy whose online videos all your teacher friends who’ve never went to a slam before keep emailing you.
Sign ups for the slam start at 7:30. Slam starts at 8:15. The season is in full swing so earn you way to compete for a spot to represent Berkeley at the National Poetry Slam in Oakland in 2014.
Your host for the night will be Dre, with musical accompaniment by Three Blind Mice
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Bio:
Taylor Mali is one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement and one of the original poets to appear on the HBO series “Def Poetry Jam.” A four-time National Poetry Slam champion, he is the author of two collections of poetry and a book of essays, “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World.” In April of 2012, Mali completed a 12-year project of convincing 1,000 people to become teachers and marked the occasion by donating 12 inches of his hair to the American Cancer Society.
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Upcoming Features:
March 5th The San Francisco State CUPSI Team
March 12th Jesse Bradley
March 26th Last Chance Slam
April 2nd Berkeley Slam team semifinals #1 featuring Jade Sylvan
April 9th Berkeley Slam team semifinals #2
April 16th Berkeley Slam team finals
April 23rd Shawn William
April 30th Carrie Rudzinski
THE STARRY PLOUGH
3101 Shattuck Avenue, 510-841-2082
(1 block uphill from the Ashby BART).
EVERY WEDNESDAY
$7 – $10 sliding scale (most nights)
Cash Prizes!
Sign-up: 7:30 p.m. Show: 8:15 p.m.
ALL AGES before 10 p.m.
Slam Rules and Info: https://berkeleypoetryslam.wordpress.com/about/
Berkeley Slam History: https://berkeleypoetryslam.wordpress.com/history-2/
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