Father of poetry slam coming to Palatine.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 24, 2004 ;     261 words ......Writer Those curious to learn about poetry slam have an opportunity next week in Palatine...Marc Smith highlights Palatine's fourth Poetry Slam at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Durty Nellie...of slam, Babcock said. Babcock said a poetry slam is much more than just a few poets reading...

RAW ART POETRY SLAM TEAM TO TRAVEL TO NEW MEXICO TO COMPETE.(LIFESTYLE)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  July 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Rob Thomas The Capital Times At a poetry slam, the truth gets delivered in three...80 other teams at the 2005 National Poetry Slam. They're going there to make a strong...working in conjunction with the Milwaukee poetry slam community, they're aiming to host the...

POETRY SLAM TEAM HOLDING FUND-RAISER

Dayton Daily News;  May 21, 2003 ;     513 words ......getting involved in Dayton's monthly Poetry Slam competitions - to be later voted into...job is to act as the CEO of the Dayton Poetry Slam events. This includes being the MC at...meetings and preparing for the National Poetry Slam Competition. Poetry slams are held on...

SF Poetry Slam Team Chosen

Albuquerque Journal;  July 1, 2005 ;     552 words ......lounge, but it was the beginning of the Santa Fe Poetry Slam team. Despite poetry slam being a monthly part of local poetry/hip hop...represented at any of the increasingly popular poetry slam competitions across the country -- until now...

Detroit-eclectic at poetry slam

Michigan Citizen;  April 30, 2005 ;     480 words ......different events -- a classical concert and poetry slam. In the ticket line, folks dressed in...The DSO is presenting the Detroit Poetry Slam Competition," says Marilou Carlin, a...This is not a rental; we sought out the poetry slam." According to Carlin, the Poetry ...

Texas State U. poetry slam a little less slammin' than expected

University Wire;  March 1, 2007 ;     393 words ......Student Center, the echoes of poetry slam performers could be heard as...for a spot on the Texas State Poetry Slam team. Tuesday evening the Student...Campus Activities hosted a poetry slam in the LBJ Amphitheater. Four...

GET LIT! 2007 POETRY SLAM EVENTS TO FEATURE YOUTH, TEENS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 9, 2007 ;     443 words ......annual literary festival, will host two poetry slam events sponsored by Burger King in downtown...from local youth and teens. The Youth Poetry Slam for ages 12 and under will be held at...Square, 808 W. Main Avenue. The Teen Poetry Slam for ages 13-19 will be held at 6:30...

THE WORD OF NOW SPOKEN WORD TEAMS FACE OFF THIS WEEK IN MADISON FOR THE...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  August 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ......which will compete in the National Poetry Slam, a five-day celebration of words exploding...week in 10 Downtown Madison venues. Poetry Slam, Inc., which is billing its annual festival...perfor- mance poetry - the idea of a poetry slam is to zap a live wire on literary creativity...

Poetry slam a quirky performance art

University Wire;  April 20, 2004 ;     573 words ......microphone Thursday night at a poetry slam at High on Rose. While poetry...perceived as quiet and gentle, a poetry slam is anything but that -- it's...writing and performance. The first poetry slam was at Chicago's Green Mill Tavern...

Haiku Champion Says It Takes More Than Words Strategy was a key to success...

Albuquerque Journal;  August 14, 2005 ;     448 words ......champion Saturday during the 2005 National Poetry Slam at the Harwood Art Center of Escuela...And to us poets and us here at the poetry slam, we know what a big deal that is." The poetry slam, which started Wednesday and concluded...

Poetry slam winners announced at Providence

SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  May 18, 2008 ;     142 words ......School recently hosted its fourth annual Poetry Slam. Initiated by Soteria Papagiannopoulos...Mary Colbert, PCHS English teacher, the poetry slam continues to grow each year. With nearly...1-10. Below are the winners of the 2008 Poetry Slam.

UNM team wins college poetry slam

Albuquerque Journal;  April 16, 2006 ;     346 words ......University of New Mexico's Word Revolution poetry slam, which includes three members of the 2005 National Poetry Slam championship team from Albuquerque...first place at the 2006 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational competition at Texas State...

QUEENSBOROUGH POETRY SLAM STUDENTS RECENTLY WIN COMPETITION!

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 9, 2006 ;     380 words ......release: For the second month in a row, Queensborough Community College Poetry Slam students win the Intercollegiate Poetry Slam at the Bowery Poetry Club. Poetry Slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on...

Destin second graders present poetry slam.

Destin Log (Destin, FL);  September 9, 2006 ;     305 words ......school's first graders gathered to view a poetry slam presented by Summers' and Heather Taylor...the second graders' trial run of their poetry slam. At 6:30 that night they would perform...to assign the students to present a poetry slam. She came across the idea from a discussion...

CITY POETS TO GO WORD TO WORD CONTEST WINNERS WILL BE ON MADISON HOST TEAM...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  May 15, 2008 ;     437 words ......about 85 squads entering the National Poetry Slam here Aug. 4-9. Words will flow like...operations director for the National Poetry Slam. It's an inviting atmosphere. I've heard...team narrowly missed a spot in National Poetry Slam's 25-team semi-finals last year in Austin...