Walt Whitman 200th Birthday Performance by Capturing Fire
Date and Time
May 31, 2019 7:00 pm
Location
Takoma
235 Carroll St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20012
May 31, 2019 7:00 pm
Takoma
Happy Birthday, Walt Whitman! Artists from the 9th Annual Capturing Fire Festival celebrate the iconoclastic DC Poet who, in all his queerness, kicked off Modern American Poetry with politically-charged and erotic works.
Listen to poets DC poets Danielle Evennou, theater artist Jack Shamblin, Charlie C Petchi of Toronto's Hot Damn It's A Queer Slam, J Mase III of Awqward Talent, Brooklyn's Drew Pisarra, author of Infinity Standing Up and vocalist and instrumentalist Jake Blount and Shannon Cain fiction writer and Director of Le Maison Baldwin in Saint Paul de Vence, France.
Hosted by The First Queer and Asian American Poetry Slam Champion, Regie Cabico.
Plus more surprises.
This event is funded by Humanities DC, Poets & Writers, The DC Commission for the Arts & Humanities
ABOUT CAPTURING FIRE
Capturing Fire promotes trans and queer artists of the poetry slam and encourages allyship, risk and artistic career growth as poets make invaluable professional and personal friendships so that a Queer literary lineage is set in motion.
Past Capturing Fire Slam Champions and Finalists include:
2010: Chris August*, Runner Up: Tara Hardy, Kit Yan
2011: No Capturing Fire this year
2012: Joanna Hoffman*, Runner Up: Sam Sax & Sophia Walker,
2013: Gabe Moses*, Runner up: Adele Hampton & Keith Jarrett,
2014: Shyla Hardwick* Runner up: Adele Hampton & Gabe Moses
2015: Timothy DuWhite* Runner up: Shyla Hardwick
2016: Jillian Christmas*, Runner up: Kay Kassirer
2017: Nico Wilkinson
2018: Mia Willis
