The Berkeley Slam ft. Alexander Finn

Wed, 13 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 pm UTC-07:00

3101 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States, California 94705 | Berkeley

Berkeley Poetry Slam
Publisher/HostBerkeley Poetry Slam
The Berkeley Slam ft. Alexander Finn
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THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST!
Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1998, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam! 3rd place at Bigfoot 2023 and 2nd place at Bigfoot 2024 in Portland, OR.
We have a fantastic feature line up for all of you!
don't forget to check us out before the show for the writing workshop, led by one of our crew members.
Doors open @ 7:00PM
Poetry Slam SIGN UP LIST Goes out @ 7:00PM
SHOW STARTS AT 8PM!!!
📝Workshop starts on stage at 7:00PM!!!
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Alexander Finn is a poet, husband, father, author, public high school teacher, mentor, and proud Bay Area native. Born and raised in the 925 in a devout football family, Finn descends from Mexican Californios, Irish immigrants, and the Xolon Salinan people of California’s central coast. A teacher of Creative Writing and Ethnic Studies, Finn lives in Pittsburg where he has been planting seeds and tending his community since 2015. In addition to being the 2023 Youth Speaks Radical Educator Award recipient, and the 2024 PUSD Equity Awardee, Finn coaches one of the top youth poetry teams in the country, The Pittsburg Prodigies, who recently had back-to-back Brave New Voices appearances. After 9 years of youth poetry and arts education development in Pittsburg, Finn is the Executive Director and co-founder of the alumni-created nonprofit, In My Section. He has two published collections of poetry from 2019 and 2021, with a 3rd arriving by the end of 2025. He is proud to honor his ancestral legacies of culture keeping, creating, and inspiring young people to leverage their gifts for a brighter future and a stronger community.
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3101 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States, California 94705

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