Black History Month Poetry Slam
Date and Time
Feb 17, 2024 7:00 pm
Location
Anacostia
Feb 17, 2024 7:00 pm
Anacostia
A poetry slam is a competitive event in which poets perform their work and are judged by members of the audience. Typically, the host or another organizer selects the judges, who are instructed to give numerical scores (on a zero to 10 or one to 10 scale) based on the poets' content and performance.
This is an opportunity for poetry lovers to enjoy the competitive art of late-night performance poetry!
Enjoy two rounds of high intensity poetry, with the audience choosing a winner.
$5.00 + Tax and fees online. $8.00 (tax and fees included) at the door !
1st Place Winner Takes ALL - $100
The Rules:
**** Strongly Encouraged Themes for Poems: Black Joy, Black Liberation, Black History, Black Future.****
$100.00 cash prize.
$5.00 + Tax and fees online. $8.00 (tax and fees included) at the door !
HOSTED BY: MALACHI BYRD
You won’t get five minutes into a conversation with Malachi Byrd, without hearing about Washington, D.C. An author, teacher, songwriter, and arts advocate from the district, Malachi believes superpowers exist in creative writing. An African-American Studies graduate from Princeton University, MalPractice gets his name from his commitment to mastering his crafts, and staying ready so he never has to get ready. If you follow performing arts in D.C., you’ve probably seen Practice rapping, laughing, and hugging everyone in the room. He often asks, art is made of healing properties, so why not use them?