black poets society reading and thriving theatre

Both of these events are on Wednesday, September 28! I thought I'd promote some other awesome activities going on here in Corvallis. Sorry about the late notice.

A. BLACK POETS SOCIETY is hosting a poetry reading at Sunny Side Up
7:30 p.m., Black Poets to read their poetry and an open mic
Donations will be collected to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina

Those reading include:
1.) Brian Dekker
2.) Brandon Grundy
3.) Emily Shulz
4.) Oktavio
5.) Sara Call
6.) Mike P.
7.) Colin W.
8.) Randa Smith
9.) Eric Noack
10.) Stephisha Walton
11.) Michael Faris
12.) Sammy Butler
13.) Ed
14.) Dr. Ingram

B. THRIVING THEATRE to perform improv at Iovino's
funny, unfiltered improv
9:30 p.m., 2 dollar beers

We Want You to Come to the Next Slam!

First Pints and Poetry Slam a Success!

Last night, Volume 1 of the Corvallis Pints and Poetry Slam was a huge success, with 12 poets in the competition and 7 poets/artists in the open mic, and I have no idea how many people in the crowd. We're looking forward to next month!

The top three poets of the night (walking home with some kick-ass Goodwill prizes) were:
1. Brian D
2. Sam R
3. Eric N

And here are some pictures!


First place winner Brian D, who always seems to have his hand in front of his face


Second place winner Sam R


Third place winner Eric N


Lisa T, who made it to the final round


The Prophet Mike P


Colin W, during the open mic


Derek H, during the open mic

Note: if anyone pictured does not want their picture included on this site, please email me, and I'll take it down

I just returned from Goodwill Industries, where I bought super rad (okay, maybe not so super rad) cheap prizes for tonight's poetry slam. I also bought some sweet ass children's luggage to carry the prizes and the scoreboards in - some poor kids name Katie and Karl have lost out on some sweet luggage.

Here's the info for tonight:

Pints and Poetry Slam, Volume 1
September 14, 9:00 p.m.
open mic intermission
free admission
Iovino's Ristorante
126 SW First Street, Corvallis

Hope to see you there!

Announcing First Corvallis Slam!

Details for the first Corvallis Poetry Slam:

Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Iovino's (on 1st Street)
sign up: 9-9:30
start: 9:30ish

Come and sign up to read or slam your poetry! You just need three poems, each under three minutes. Prizes will be awarded!

Otherwise, come to watch, chear on, or be a volunteer judge!

More details to come!