April Poetry Slam featuring Selah Geissler

Hello everyone!

Vol. 8 of the Pints and Poetry Slam is Tonight!

Wednesday, April 19th
Iovino's Ristorante
126 SW 1st St.
Corvallis
Sign up begins at 9:00
Slam starts around 9:30

Our feature for tonight is Selah Geissler. Here's some info about her:

...three time grand slam champ at First Thursday's in Honolulu - the largest registered slam
...HawaiiSlam team member since 2003 - competed in the NPS semi-finals in 2005
...co-host of re:verses, a monthly event featuring poets followed by an open mic and, once in a while, we slam
...performer for GirlFest Hawaii 2004 & 2005, an annual womyn's festival benefit
...host of hawaii's first GirlSlam during GirlFest 05 -- we featured Rachel Kann, Bridget Grey, Andrea Gibson and Mush
...scheduled to perform for GirlFest Bay Area 2006 at Berkeley
...give free writing and expression workshops at a drop-in center for homeless teens on the island
...affiliated with Youth Speaks, Hawaii Chapter -- free poetry workshops for teens and a monthly teen slam
...featured in "HawaiiSlam: Poetry in Paradise," a documentary on Hawaii's first team at nationals

She's pretty rad, and it should be a fun night, as usual. Hope to see y'all there!

Michael

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P.S. I'll promote the following poetry events in Eugene as well:

2nd EUGENE POETRY SLAM PLAY-OFF ROUND THIS SATURDAY!

The top poets from the 2006 Slam Season compete to see who goes on to the FINALS in May:

SATURDAY, APRIL 22nd - featuring Selah Geissler

HAIKU SHOWDOWN
SAM BOND'S!
Wednesday, May 3rd - more info to come...

JOHN DOOLEY FEATURES & SLAM FINALISTS ROCK THE OPEN MIC!
TSUNAMI BOOKS!
Thursday, May 11th - more info to come...

EUGENE POETRY SLAM FINALS
TERRITORIAL!
Saturday, May 13th - you already know...