2019 Capturing Fire Semi Finals #2

2019 Capturing Fire Semi Finals #2

Date and Time

Jun 1, 2019 6:00 pm

Location

Takoma

235 Carroll St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20012

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Description:

Join us as the top queer poets from North America compete for the title of 2019 Capturing Fire Slam Champion.

The Poetry Slam is the Olympics of Performance Poetry where poets perform 3 minute works without musical accompaniment, costumes or props. The result is political theater that is sharp & passionate with all the emotions of the rainbow.

Poets competing in the semi-finals include Kay Ibrahim, Wes Ryan, Fira Astrali, Dennis Scherle aka D'Skribe, Mia Willis, Michael Marbella, Heather Beamish, Robyn Sidhu, Charles Hines, Anita, Sarah Larson, Tyler Larson, Lin Ezra and more.

Bout Managed by Natalie E. Illum

Tickets are $10.00 (only TEN DOLLARS?!)
capfireslam.org

or buy a $25.00 pass to see Semi Finals #2 and The Finals!

(A $5 savings!)

Capturing Fire is made possible by The DC Commission for the Arts, Humanities DC, Slam Find & Poets & Writers as well as our individual donors Eryca Kasse and TOpoet.

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 (Indicated with an *) and Finalists include:

2010: Chris August*, Tara Hardy, Kit Yan
2011: No Capturing Fire this year
2012: Joanna Hoffman*, Sam Sax & Sophia Walker,
2013: Gabe Moses*, Adele Hampton & Keith Jarrett,
2014: Shyla Hardwick*, Adele Hampton & Gabe Moses
2015: Timothy DuWhite* Shyla Hardwick
2016: Jillian Christmas*, Kay Kassirer
2017: Nico Wilkinson

2018: Mia Willis

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