pictures from way back when - february slam

Because my computer has been screwed up for a while, I'm just now getting to posting these pictures from the February slam:


Emily S!

Steve R!

certification and tentative national team

Now that we've had six slams, I certified the venue! I haven't sent in evidence yet, as I'm not sure to do that digitally, but I emailed Nationals and asked them how to send in evidence, so when I hear back from them, I'll do that.

On Wednesday's Slam, the following people garnered top five honors and compose the national team for Corvallis (dependent upon acceptance):

Brian D
Eric N
Mike P
Michael F
Julia S

I've got to run - so busy - but I'll post more later!

EDIT: I just emailed in our evidence!

Pints and Poetry in the news

Check out the Corvallis Gazette-Times article:

Tables became communal property and the bar was lost in a sea of standing guests at Iovino’s Ristorane on Wednesday night, as the restaurant was packed to capacity for the Corvallis Poetry Slam finals.

For the past six months, local poets have braved the stage at Iovino’s to share their words, or sometimes shout them, sing them, warble them, whisper them, weave them. There aren’t many rules in a poetry slam, other than a time limit, and a panel of judges whose words, and scores, the poets must abide by.

Sometimes, guest poets stop by, such as an Iowa poet who opened the poetry slam finals Wednesday with a rendition of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” and commented that at a recent poetry slam in Seattle not half as many people showed up as were crowded into Iovino’s that night. read more

Pints and Poetry March 15th: "The Finals"

That's right PnP heads! This coming wednesday, March 15th is the Seventh volume of the Pints and Poetry Slam at Ioviono's, and it's the Final round to determine a slam team to represent Corvallis in the National Poetry Slam Championships in Austin, Texas. This night promises to be one of the best for the series so far; we have the top five readers from the January and February slams, and we have a feature in the form of Jim Coppoc:

Jim Coppoc is an award-winning poet and teacher; a Lecturer in English at Iowa State University, where he teaches composition and creative writing; and the Special Projects Coordinator at Iowa State’s Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities. In addition to his many creative and scholarly efforts, Coppoc has spent most of his life exploring the many media of performance art, having worked as musician, actor, stand-up comic, network radio D.J., and performance poet. Coppoc is the author of two chapbooks of poetry and two plays, editor of the forthcoming Tens: an Anthology of SlamFusion Poetry in the Midwest, and runner-up for the 2004 Frieda Stein Fenster Award for Millennial Poetry. Coppoc’s first full-length book of poetry, Blood, Sex & Prayer, will be released by Fractal Edge Press in the summer of 2005.

The poets who qualified for the finals in the last two slams are(in no particular order):
Brian D
Nicholas
Three
Ed!!(?)
Michael
Eric
Hubb
Mike P
Daniel
Jerry

We're gonna be starting, as always, at 9pm at Iovino's Ristorante (126 SW 1st St. in Downtown Corvallis), so come eat, drink, and see some great poetry performances on Wednesday March 15th!

Peace, Pints, and Poetry,

Colin