A teen's poetry slam performance is exploding on social media because of its profound outlook on the teen's place in society as a young, white male. Fourteen-year-old Royce Mann titled the piece, ...

The Kimball Art Center will add some audio to the visual with a slam poetry session on Friday. “Gazing Eyes and Giving Ears,” featuring the talents of locally based storytellers Sammi Walker, Chris ...

One by one, poets shrug their way to the stage, pausing for a breath before diving in. Without fail, someone from the crowd offers the rallying cry: "Let's go, poet!" The room answers in its own ...

WILLIAMSBURG — This Friday, Williamsburg will be center stage for the state’s biggest slam poetry event when the Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship comes to the Kimball Theatre. Originally called ...

With 20 eighth graders circled around her in the Aspen Middle School library Wednesday afternoon, Mercedez Holtry introduced herself by performing three poems. The first was about her name — ...

When McDaniel High School librarian Nancy Sullivan originally started the first youth poetry slam competitions in Portland in 2005, she didn’t have any concept of the new event’s staying power.

The Seventh Annual Exit 36 Slam Poetry Festival is set to captivate audiences with a dynamic blend of poetry, writing workshops and artists talks. This three-day extravaganza, scheduled for December ...

At Piano Slam 2024, then junior Edwina Tony from Miami Norland Senior High passionately delivers her spoken word poem, “From Permed to Proud.” Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has ...

RENSSELAER, N.Y. (WRGB) — Nearly two dozen students from several local schools competed in the 3rd Annual Capital Region Poetry Slam at Doane Stuart, performing their original works before a packed ...

The Exit 36 Slam Poetry Festival returns for its eighth year from December 11 to 13, 2025, at the Ali Cultural Center and the Pompano Beach Cultural Center. This three-day event showcases 40 competing ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The fourth annual Food 4 Thought Poetry Slam is returning to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture on Saturday, Oct. 5. Ahead of the event, 8News got an inside look at what ...

Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.” The music-poetry mashup is at the ...