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Boston Poetry Slam is adding a new show to its roster! Introducing SLAM ADAMS, a monthly poetry slam at the Sam Adams Brewery in Jamaica Plain.

No open mic, no features, and no stress about qualifying for a team — this is a classic, no-holds-barred monthly indie slam with fun prizes and beers of the alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties.

Every first Monday of the month, 6-8 pm / $4 at the door / 21+ / judges get in free.

Come see the inaugural Slam Adams on April 1st.

March into the First Wednesday!!! It’s undeniably Untitled!!!

MILL CITY SPEAKS TEAM FINALS

March 6

6 to 9 pm

Coffee & Cotton @ Mill No. 5

The top slam poets from each of our Mill City Speaks Slam Circuit, once a month since September, now come back together for a metaphorical no-holds-barred battle royale for bragging rights (and American Dollars!). We’ll have twelve poets competing — only the best of the best:

Douglas Bishop, Joe Bordeleau, Shelby Coe, McKendy Fils-Aime, Kay Hurley, Kayla Kennedy, Rikhav Kothari, Kes Maro, Mike Regan, Kris Rouille, Lauren Strainge, and Peter Vann.

Special Guest Host: ZEE!

/// About the Slam ///

These poets have all been vetted through winning, so it’s sure to be fire — at least verbally! If you’ve never seen a slam before, this is the one to get you hooked. If you’ve been to Finals before, you know you’ve got to be there this year, too! The poets will do two rounds regardless of scores, so you’ll get to see everyone twice, which makes for a deep dive into the talent that is Mill City Speaks. 

If you might like to be a judge, contact us at lowellpoetry@gmail.com.

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Sign-Ups Open @ 6pm

Open Mic Starts @ 6:30 pm

Poetry Slam begins after the open reading.

All Done @ 9:00pm

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Free Admission

Food, Drink, and Merch for Sale

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam is celebrating Women’s History Month by featuring five amazing women performers in March. We’re very excited to welcome the first of them, Kayla Kennedy (@thekennedyluck ), this coming Sunday, March 3, 2024.

Doors at 7pm

Kayla Kennedy is a behavior analyst, actress, poet, and author. As a BCBA, she works with families affected by autism and other social disabilities. She is the author of If This is How You Love and a member of the 2023 Mill City Speaks Slam Team. Her poetry has been featured across multiple venues in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, predominantly in Lowell as part of the Lowell Poetry Wheel. Most recently she was named the representative of Slam Free or Die in Manchester NH, for this year’s Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore and has begun work with the youth group, The Winged Poets, as a coach.

Fellow New England poetry community member and WOWPS representative Kayla Kennedy is hitting the stage tonight with a fresh feature that you do NOT WANT TO SKIP! COME GET OUT OF THE COLD WITH US AND WARM YOUR HEART WITH SOME FIRE POEMS

I will be the featured poet at Slam Free or Die on January 18th 2024.

Stay tuned for more information.

Untitled Open mic is a bimonthly open mic held on the first and third Wednesday every month.

At the first Slam of the new year Kayla Kennedy will be hosting!!

Check out the event’s site for more information.

Doors open at 6.

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MANCHESTER, NH – On Thursday, December 14th, 2023, Slam Free Or Die - Poetry Open Mic & Slam continues its popular open mic poetry series at Stark Brewing Company. This week there will be an open mic followed by the qualifier for the Womxn of the World Poetry Slam!! Doors open at 8:00 PM along with sign ups for the open mic. The show starts at 8pm. There is a $3-$5 cover (cash and Venmo) and this is an all-ages show. (*for more details on Slam Free or Die, scroll to the bottom of this description)

About the Slam:

IMPORTANT: Competition at WOWps is limited to poets who live their lives as women. Qualified poets include female assigned or identified individuals.

This will be a qualifier for the first returning national slam since 2018, the Womxn of the World Poetry Slam!! Poets will need to have four poems prepared; a 1 minute poem, a 2 minute poem, a 3 minute poem, and a 4 minute poem. The rounds will go in the following order;

Round 1: 4 Minute Poem
Round 2: 1 Minute Poem
Round 3: 2 Minute Poem
Round 4: 3 Minute Poem

The winner of this week’s slam will represent Slam Free Or Die in Baltimore, Maryland for the Womxn of the World Poetry Slam from March 27th-30th, 2024!

Untitled Open Mic with Mill City Speaks Qualifier Slam

Hosted by Kayla Kennedy

Wednesday, December 6th, 2023. 6 to 9 pm

- Our Third Mill City Slam Team Qualifier of the season!

The slam season is here with another qualifier for our 2024 (yes, it’s coming!) Mill City Slam Team. Poets compete with original works for a chance to win not only a space in our Mill City Slam Finals but also the $70 Grand Prize!

The Untitled Open Mic is hosted at Coffee and Cotton at Mill No. 5. Located in a historic downtown textile building, Mill No. 5 is a destination into what Lowell is; home to independent shops, The Luna Theatre, the Farm Market, and Coffee and Cotton. Coffee and Cotton is the heart of the building, serving up coffee, espresso, and lattes, wine, local craft beer, delicious, made to order, locally sourced options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It is also a venue for live music, game nights, community events, and now our Untitled Open Mic.

/// About the Slam ///

This is the second qualifying slam for the Mill City Speaks 2024 Poetry Slam Team. Poets will go three rounds, leaving only the best of the best for the final MONEY round. Winner gets $70, and runner-up gets $30 (Real Cash! American Dollars!).

The Poets should sign up in advance because there is no guarantee (but maybe a chance) to have a space open on the night of the event. Contact lowellpoetry@gmail.com if you’re interested in competing.

However, judges will be chosen on the night itself! No particular qualification except wanting to participate in the fun. Anyone willing to put numbers to poetry is eligible. For more info, as we said, contact lowellpoetry@gmail.com.

Sign-Ups Open @ 6pm

Open Mic Starts @ 6:30 pm

Poetry Slam begins after the open reading.

All Done @ 9:00pm

Free Admission

Food, Drink, and Merch for Sale

Also streaming online

We have a packed slam for you tonight with featured competitors from Poetry Night at the Cantab and Untitled Open Mic !!!! You absolutely do not want to miss what’s coming this month, what a phenomenal way to kick off November

IMPORTANT: Doors do not open until 7:45 and the open mic list will be shortened so the slam can start at 9:00 PM. Please spread the word to your fellow community members!! See you all in a couple of hours

MUST BE 21+
Doors at 7

$10 adv/$10 at the door

The second of two consecutive Sundays featuring a four-team regional slam. The Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam will host three guest regional teams. Always a super-popular event, this evening will feature teams from NH, RI, and one of our own two teams.

MUST BE 21+
Doors at 7

$10 adv/$10 at the door

The first of two consecutive Sundays featuring a four-team regional slam. The Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam will host three guest regional teams. Always a super-popular event, this evening will feature teams from CT, Boston Poetry Slam, Lowell, and one of our own two teams.

The First Wednesday is the First!

Extra-special extravaganza!

Mill City Speaks Poetry Slam Team FINALS!

We will choose our slam team for 2023 in a no-holds barred metaphorical mash-up featuring the winners from our monthly slam series which started in the Fall of 2022.

Only the best of the best will compete for glory — and cash prizes — in our Lowell, Massachusetts version of the internationally famous poetry slam!

Special Guest Host: Ryk McIntyre

Preceded by, of course, our unsurpassed, unparalleled, unrivaled UNTITLED OPEN MIC!

Bring your own musings, sketches, songwriting or whatever to share with our listening community.

Hosted at Coffee and Cotton at Mill No. 5. Located in a historic downtown textile building, Mill No. 5 is a destination into what Lowell is; home to independent shops, The Luna Theatre, the Farm Market, and Coffee and Cotton. Coffee and Cotton is the heart of the building, serving up coffee, espresso, and lattes, wine, local craft beer, delicious, made to order, locally sourced options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It is also a venue for live music, game nights, community events, and now our Untitled Open Mic.

The evening will begin with an open mic and end with a set by this months featured Poet, Kayla Kennedy.

Whether you choose to share your own poetry or simply appreciate the work of others, this is sure to be an exciting night of spoken word.

Light refreshments will be served. Parking and the event will be at Hale trading post.

In Person -

Coffee and Cotton

Mill No. 5 250 Jackson St. No. 401 Lowell, Mass. 01852

AND Online! -

Virtually on Zoom and streaming on Facebook Live

/// About the Slam ///

The format is as follows: order chosen by random, and then all poets do one poem. The top four scorers from the first round go on to do a second poem. Then the top two scorers from the second round do a third poem to determine the winner.

The winner gets $70; second place gets $30.

Slam rules are standard: poems must be original (read by the author); they must run three minutes or less, including any introductory remarks (there is ten second grace period, but if you go over 3 minutes and 10 seconds, you lose 0.5 points for every 10 seconds over that time); no props or musical accompaniment, other than what you can do with your own body (it's OK to sing, clap hands, or beat your chest, but no harmonicas, recorded backing, etc.). It's OK to read off a text, tablet, phone or other device, but poets that perform without a net tend to get higher scores.

This is the third qualifier slam for our Mill City Speaks 2023 slam team. The winner and runner-up earn a place in our finals, which will happen in April or May. We will be doing other qualifying slams into the new year.

Please join us for Shadows in the Spotlight, a powerful evening of art, poetry, and conversation in honor of the exhibition “My Mechanical Sketchbook ''—Barkley L. Hendricks and Photography. Organized by Brandeis University professor, poet, playwright, and actor Will C., this program will expand upon the themes of the exhibition in dynamic and provocative performances by featured spoken-word artists.

The evening will feature the Lizard Lounge slam poetry team, presenting original work and recitations of poems by Langston Hughes.  

Visitors are encouraged to spend time in the exhibition prior to the program, which will officially begin at 6:20 PM. Following the evening’s performances, all are invited to join in conversation at an outdoor reception, which will be held under the lights of Chris Burden’s sculpture Light of Reason (2014), weather permitting.

Untitled Open Mic

A bi-monthly all ages open mic focused on providing a platform for writers and poets that is held on the first and third Tuesday of every month at Brew'd Awakening Coffeehaus on ZOOM. Each event we have a feature (local to traveling) poet hosting a cash prize poetry slam.

On March 15th, the feature will be poets who contributed to Speak Easy, our Mill City anthology of poetry from the workshops over the last year or so. This will be entirely online, so you can participate as long as you have internet access during the event.

As with other Untitled events, we will open the Zoom at 6pm, begin the open reading at 6:30, and start the feature about 7:30.

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