03
Dec
We are back Tuesday and ready to break your faces with words and such. If you've been keeping up you know that last week Shawn Randall won putting Taylor Mali in his 3rd week at 2nd place. Will Taylor Win this next one or will someone else Patrick Ewing him??
PLUS (and moreover) we also have the MIGHTY MIKE MCGEE on the track, sun!!
Bio:
Born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, McGee is the oldest of eight children from several marriages. He has spent most of his life in and around San Jose, California, where he started his career in spoken word, poetry slam and performance poetry in 1998. McGee is the first slam poet to win both the American National Poetry Slam Individual Grand Championship (2003) and the Individual World Poetry.
Proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqiDT4rUR98
Break down of the night:
6:30 Sign Up
7:00 Open Mic
7:35 Feature
8:15 Slam
9:30 Nerf gun yoga work out
$8 / $5 with a Student I.D.
and as always you can follow us on twitter @urbanaslam
#wedothispoetrythangforreal
Lastly, here is the schedule for the rest of the calendar year!
12/11/12 – CHRIS AUGUST
12/18/12 –SCOTT WOODS (Semifinal 2)
12/25/12 – OFF
1/1/13 – OFF
04
Sep
We're opening the season with our IWPS QUALIFIER, here're the poets you'll be hearing from in the slam:
INGAMAR RAMIREZ!
RICO FREDERICK!
THULI ZUMA!
IAN KHADAN!
SHAWN RANDALL!
CYN THOMPSON!
TODD ANDERSON!
JARED SINGER!
Who will earn the right to represent NYC-URBANA at iWPS?? You gotta be there to find out!!
You should know the break down by now but in case you forgot:
Open Mic - 7pm
Slam - 8pm
$8 at the door ($5 w/ student ID)
Also our shows are no longer live streamed, so you have to put pants on to come out and see what's going on! (That or read the tweets via @urbanaslam on twitter.)
31
Jul
Yea. We are at the end of the road leading to the National Poetry Slam! So join us for the summer closeout show where we have our 2012 Team (Joanna Hoffman! Jared Singer! Jeanann Verlee! Ingamar Ramirez!) perform a feature set before we get into our first ever Call Out Slam!
It will be tournament style. A poet will be randomly selected and will have to call out another poet participating in order to advance. We've got CASH and other things on the line. Here are the poets you'll be hearing from in the slam:
Connor Dooley
Catalina Ferro
Lynne Procope
Ken Arkind
Aaron Samuels
Mason Granger
Karen Grace
Chad Anderson
Youuuuuuu prolly wanna check this out, folks!!!!
Connor Dooley
Catalina Ferro
Lynne Procope
Ken Arkind
Aaron Samuels
Mason Granger
Karen Grace
Chad Anderson
Youuuuuuu prolly wanna check this out, folks!!!!
7:00 Open Mic
7:40 Urbana Team Feature
8:00 The Call Out Slam
$8 dollars ($5 with student I.D.)
16
Jul
Oh thas right we at a new venue bringing in the same awkward sun!
Join Urbana Poetry Slam as we bring our team to do battle with teams BOSTON-CANTAB! COLUMBUS-WRITING WRONGS! and NYC-INTANGIBLES! In preparation for the National Poetry Slam in Charlotte, NC this August!
Four teams, four rounds, and a some serious bragging rights at stake! This is the shit getting real-time right here.
***This will be Urbana's FIRST NIGHT at CULTURE PROJECT! 45 Bleecker (at the corner of Lafayette)! PLEASE COME OUT to help us celebrate!***
The New Venue is literally two blocks away from our old venue. Literally. It is technically impossible to miss. IMPOSSIBLE WE SAY!
Open Mic and Team Slam
7:00 PM
$10/$8 (students)
* * * * *
The Urbana Poetry Slam Summer Series Continues:
JULY 24 – New York City Regionals
at Culture Project (45 Bleecker)
Teams: NYC-Nuyorican! NJ-LoserSlam! NYC-louderARTS! NYC-Urbana!
JULY 31 – Urbana Poetry Slam Team Showcase and the Call-Out Slam
at Culture Project (45 Bleecker)
Featuring Team NYC-Urbana: Joanna Hoffman! Jared Singer! Ingamar Ramirez! Jeanann Verlee!
First-ever Call-Out Slam with a cash prize!
Thanks as always for your continued dedication to, and support of Urbana Poetry Slam!
