Poetry
slam teams from 25 high schools in DC, MD, and VA come together to
share their individual and group poems in this month-long festival
celebrating the power of the written and spoken word.
PRELIM
SLAMS _ $5 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (5 High Schools x 4 Rounds of Poetry
Slam)
Five
high school poetry slam teams from the DMV area compete in four
rounds of spoken word competition. The two top-scoring teams from
each Prelim move on to Semi-Finals. Each team consists of 4-6 poets
representing the high school's poetry club.
_
Prelim 1: Sun. May 4, 5:00 _ 7:30pm (Oxon Hill, Wilson,
Washington-Lee, McKinley Tech, Woodlawn High)
Busboys
and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St, NW, Washington, DC 20001
_
Prelim 2: Thurs. May 8, 7:00 _ 9:30pm (Friendly, Dunbar, Hayfield,
School Without Walls, Frederick Douglass High)
Busboys
and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St, NW, Washington, DC 20009
_
Prelim 3: Sat. May 10, 2:00 _ 6:00pm (Ballou, Robinson, TC Williams,
Bishop McNamara, ConneXions High)
Hayfield
Secondary High, 7630 Telegraph Rd, Alexandria, VA 22315
_
Prelim 4: Sun. May 11, 5:00 _ 8:00pm (Madeira, Roosevelt, Archbishop
Carroll, Blair, Phoenix High)
Busboys
and Poets Hyattsville, 5331 Baltimore Ave, Hyattsvile, MD
20781
_
Prelim 5: Weds. May 14, 7:00 _ 9:30pm (Chavez Capitol Hill,
Falls Church, HD Woodson, Parkdale, Anacostia High)
Busboys
and Poets Shirlington, 4251 Campbell Ave, Arlington, VA 22206
WORKSHOPS
Tues.
May 6, 4:30-6:30pm @ MLK Library Teen Space
901
G Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20001
Gallery
Pl/Chinatown Metro
Tues.
May 13, 4:30-6:30pm @ MLK Library Teen Space
901
G Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20001
Gallery
Pl/Chinatown Metro
Tues.
May 20, 4:30-6:30pm @ MLK Library Teen Space
901
G Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20001
Gallery
Pl/Chinatown Metro
Tues.
May 27, 4:30-6:30pm @ MLK Library Teen Space
901
G Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20001
Gallery
Pl/Chinatown Metro
OPEN
MIC?S
Sat.
May 17, 5:00 _ 8:00pm Busboys and Poets Youth Open Mic _ $5
Busboys
and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Gallery
Pl/Chinatown or Mt. Vernon Sq. Metro
Fri.
May 23, 5:00 _ 8:00pm Floetic Fridays _ $Free
Metro
TeenAIDS Freestyle Youth Center, 651 Pennsylvania Ave, SE,
Washington, DC 20003
Eastern
Market Metro
Semi-Finals
SUN.
MAY 18, 2014 1:00 _ 6:00PM _ $5
Thurgood
Marshall Center, 1816 12th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
U
Street/Cardozo Metro
The
teams who place 1st and 2nd in Prelims come back for two Semi-Finals
Bouts with 5 teams in each. Again, in each Semi-Finals Bout, the
teams placing 1st and 2nd advance to Finals.
LOUDER
THAN A BOMB 2014 BLOCK PARTY
SAT.
MAY 31, 2014 1:00 _ 5:00PM _ $FREE
GWU
Kogan Plaza, 22nd & H Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20052
Foggy
Bottom/ GWU Metro
MC
Olympics | Food | Games | Performances
GRAND
SLAM FINALS
SAT.
MAY 31, 2014 6-9PM _ $15 ADV/ $20 DOOR
Dorothy
Betts Theatre
GWU
Marvin Center
800
21st St, NW, Washington, DC 20052
Foggy
Bottom/ GWU Metro
Featuring
Slam Champion from Los Angeles, Rudy Francisco
And
the top 4 teams from this year?s slam tournament.
The
Louder
Than a Bomb-DMV Teen Poetry Slam Festival is a joint
venture between poetryN.O.W. and Split This Rock, with generous
support from Busboys and Poets, George Washington University, and
the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities. Part of the global
Louder Than a Bomb network, LTAB-DMV is one of many regional
LTAB?s across the world working with Young Chicago Authors to
bring their successful after-school team poetry slam program to
teenagers everywhere. Email
SLAM@SplitThisRock.org for
more information.
