MONDAY NIGHT POETRY — SPECIAL EDITION: INAUGURAL SUNDANCE SLAM
Schedule
Mon Jun 03 2024 at 06:30 pm
Location
125 W 3rd St, Reno, NV 89501, United States, Reno, NV | Reno, NV
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A LIVE POETRY EVENT - JUNE 3rd, 2024 Shim’s THE INAUGURAL SUNDANCE SLAM
Doors: 3pm - Slam: 6:30pm
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ROUND 1: POSITIVITY ROUND
What’s the most poetic compliment you’ve ever received?
What’s the most loving thing you can say to a stranger?
What helps you focus on the good in life?
What is the most uplifting piece you’ve ever written?
What is the most hopeful poem you can pull from your quiver of arrows?
Write an original poem or share one you already have hovering around 3 minutes in duration which is the most positive creation you can come up with.
Participants will be judged by audience ballots handed out on the evening of the event.
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ROUND 2: COLD READINGS ROUND
Participants who make it to the second round will spin the wheel to decide which reading they will draw and given a few minutes only to prepare a performance/ reading of the assigned material. Only three finalists will be chosen by assessment criteria to move on to the final round.
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ROUND 3: SUNDANCE ROUND
Write an original poem or share one you already have which somehow incorporates the word “SUNDANCE” hovering around 3 minutes in duration.
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By now you’ve probably heard or read about Sundance Books and Music closing its doors for good on the last day of May. This #indiebookstore has served as a community gathering place, browsing establishment, Nevada Humanities LIT CRAWL Headquarters, date night destination, book club favorite, music aficionados hang out, National Poetry Month reading site, Book Release hot spot and so much more over the last 39 years!
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We felt led to create an annual event which honors the literary impact as well as the essence of everything the bookstore has stood for across nearly four decades. We feel a sense of duty to keep the passion alive the best way we know how.
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In the same spirit as a “compliment slam” we bring you the most positive poetry slam imaginable. We will have a blind date with a book gift exchange, three rounds each with their own unique challenge (details to follow) and community building in the Biggest Little City.
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All participants and audience members strongly encouraged to wear YELLOW ?⭐️???☀️?? to imbue the evening with the sunshine it so richly deserves!
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There will also be a “Blind Date with a Book Gift Exchange for those wishing to participate. Simply bring a book you love that you’re willing to part with wrapped in a non-descriptive outer shell of some sort (brown paper bag encouraged) with a note of about what you love about the book on the outside. Note: Do not include the author or title in your description. Everyone who brings a book will be able to take one home which someone else has brought in to participate in the exchange.
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I’m honored to serve as Poet Laureate for City of Reno Government in collaboration with Reno Big Arts Little City as the 5th to do so since the creation of the position. My tenure will run from January 2024 through December 2025.
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125 W 3rd St, Reno, NV 89501, United States, Reno, NVEvent Location & Nearby Stays: