Slam Richmond (Live and In-Person)
Schedule
Sat Jun 01 2024 at 05:00 pm to Sun Jun 02 2024 at 11:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
2833 Hathaway Rd, Richmond, VA 23225-1725, United States | Richmond, VA
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Join us for a whole weekend, from June 1st to 2nd for a special workshop event along with our regularly scheduled open mic. The segment is called When I Say Poetry, You Say Rocks! The first workshop will take place on June 1st starting at 5PM and our June 2nd workshop will take place from 1-4PM. Space is limited, so please click on the ticket option to reserve your spot for the workshop!This workshop will be done by none other than Regie Cabico, a spoken word pioneer who has won The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam! Mr. Cabico was a featured poet at the 2022 Whitney Biennial and received the 2006 Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers. He is a lead teaching artist at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He received three New York Innovative Theater Award Nominations for his work in Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind and three New York Foundation for the Arts Poetry and Multidisciplinary Performance Fellowships. His children’s show, Mangos to Apples Tumbling Tumbling From a Filipino Rainbow, premiered at the National Theater in Washington, DC. Mr. Cabico is the author of A Rabbit in Search of a Rolex: Parables, Hyperboles & other Fantasias (Day Eight, 2023). We are honored to host him here at Artspace. Our regularly scheduled open mic will be only on June 1st, starting at 8:30PM.
At Slam Richmond, we value your well-being. We encourage all performers to prioritize their mental health and create a safe space for creativity to flourish. We are all about healthy competition and building lasting friendships. Best of all, the entire weekend event is free! So join us for a lively night of poetry and performance art!
This workshop is made possible by The Virginia Commission for the Arts, Artspace, and Slam Richmond.
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Where is it happening?
2833 Hathaway Rd, Richmond, VA 23225-1725, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
