About this Event
We are back for another poetry open mic at Guilder Cafe inside of the downtown Powell's Books!
This show is going to be on a WEDNESDAY instead of the normal Thursday, due to scheduling conflicts with Powell's closing early on our normal monthly date.
Join us on Wednesday, MAY 1ST, for an IN PERSON poetry open mic!
Sign-ups start are at 5:30 PM, show begins at 6:00 PM.
This show is just a poetry open mic with a feature. If you wish to attend a poetry slam, please come out to our third Thursday show at our other venue (Literary Arts).
At this show, poets typically get 3 minutes on the mic to share a poem or two *very* short poems. If sign ups are light, an announcment at the start of the show will be made that poets may have more time on the mic.
Just poetry on the mic - no music or stand up.
This show is all ages.
This show is free to attend, but we will be accepting donations. Suggested donation is $5.
Guilder Cafe
1035 W Burnside St.
Portland, OR 97209
COVID is still a very real thing, please be smart and safe and, if you are feeling ill the day before/of, please stay home and do not come to this event. While not mandatory, masks are strongly encouraged.
We will have a feature from RJ Equality!
RJ Equality Ingram lives next to a cemetery in Portland, Oregon & works as a used bookseller for Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette. RJ received their MFA in creative writing from Saint Mary's College of California & their BFA from Bowling Green State University. Recent work can be found in Deep Overstock, Miniskirt Magazine, The Citron Review, & Phoebe Journal. RJ’s poetry has also been featured in The Poet Heroic podcast & Talking Earth on KBOO. The Autobiography of Nancy Drew from White Stag Publishing is RJ's first collection. RJ's cat Brenda lost a leg posing for thirst traps. Twyla, Brenda’s missing leg, magically reanimated herself & was recently adopted by RJ & their husband Michael. Follow for more updates @RJEquality/@RJ_Equality
Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below.
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Our open mic goes for an hour, followed by a reading from our feature. We will take as many sign ups that come our way, but we will only get through as many folks as we can in an hour, so come early to ensure a spot on the open mic. First come, first served. Poets get 3 minutes to share on the mic.
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Powell's books meets ADA requirements. There are entrances and bathrooms there are accessible, and the building has both ramps and elevators throughout. Please reach out for more information.
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(1) – Slamlandia is committed to the safety of our community and all of its members. This includes but is not limited to performers, audience members, venue staff, volunteers, featured poets, and Executive Council members. We will not allow any act of hate, bigotry, harassment, or violence within our space and will prohibit the entrance of those who have committed these acts in or outside of our space.
(2) – The Slamlandia community is a community based in consent. It is the responsibility of individuals initiating contact to receive enthusiastic consent for the following activities:
☆ Physical contact
☆ Discussion of personal or heavy topics
☆ Discussion of poetry shared on stage
(3) – Slamlandia does not censor our mic and space - with the exception of hate speech. Hate speech includes, but is not limited to threats of violence, the use of slurs for a group you do not belong to, racism, sexism, transphobia, transmisogyny, homophobia, classicism, and ableism.
☆ Marginalized voices expressing anger toward the group of people oppressing them does not fall under the category of hate speech.
☆ In the event that a performer is using hate speech on stage, an Executive Council member will end their performance and ask them to leave the stage.
☆ In the event that a performer uses hate speech, it is the responsibility of the Executive Council to explain to the performer why this was a violation of our hate speech policy to the best of their ability and point them to resources for further explanation
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Powell's City of Books, 1005 West Burnside Street, Portland, United States
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