Slam! at NYU

12/09/2017

Thank you to all the brilliant poets who slayyed the stage on Wednesday December 6th!! Literally the heart of this club 💙

Congratulations to our new CUPSI 2018 team which will be coached by Crystal Valentine;

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Sejahari
Ugochi
Golden
Khalid
Lia
Christina

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12/07/2017

SLAM IS IN 914, NOT 4TH FLOOR

10/18/2017

Hey hey ! Tonights meeting will be in
Kimmel 901 at 8:30-10:30pm and the featured poem to check out is by none other than Gigi Bella!! AKA The brilliant feature for the second preliminary slam going down tomorrow night at Kimmel 802!

Link below to one of Gigi's poems!!

GiGi Guajardo is an award-winning performance poet, artist and social justice advocate. She was recently named the 2017 Albuquerque Women's Slam Poetry Champ...

10/15/2017

Friendly reminder: PRELIM SLAM #2 at NYU Kimmel 802 8PM-10PM THURSDAY OCT 19 !! Bring your poems, your boo, and your friends!!

09/28/2017

Missed the talent that slammed on Wednesday September 27th for the first Prelim Slam??

Lucky for you the poetry don't stop! Check out this slam centering femme voices of color! Woot!

In collaboration with AWE, join us for an evening of relaxation and poetry as we welcome members of Sad Girls Club members to the stage. Hosted byspoken word artist Lametrius White and Art Hoe Collectives Alia Kadir Light bites will be provided by The Sosta and drinks will be served by Dona Chai. TH...

09/27/2017

1st Prelim Slam is tonight! Don't regret not spilling the tea in that poem or watching your bestie slay when you know you got poems! The feature is Mason Granger so get ready for the show and get cozy in Kimmel 905 /907 for this years first slam team qualifier! !

09/21/2017

Meet at the bottom of the Kimmel steps by 6:15 to leave for Langston Hughes House for the open mic at 7pm!!

09/20/2017

Hi everyone! We're happy to announce our official Fall 2017 slam schedule. Come check us out!

09/14/2017

Come visit our Operations Chair, Donna Gary at New Women Space on Friday night! She will be event facilitating this dope event on behalf of New Women Space!

Every 60 seconds, a child of an immigrant does not attend medical school. Often, these lost souls turn to drugs, or worse, comedy. Tales of triumph, dangerously low THC levels, and lost-and-found virginities. Please, join us to hear their tragic stories. Tanael Joachim is a standup comedian who has…

09/13/2017

HEADS UP AT 8:30PM IN KIMMEL 901

This week we are
TOPICS: Welcome to the new year! We'll be talking about our plans for the semester, how to give great feedback for great poems, and, of course, our CUPSI team. If you don't know about it come thru!

Once the semester gets started, we'll be hosting a ton of exciting poetry events.

Save-the-Dates:

OPEN MIC AT THE LANGSTON HUGHES HOUSE: NYU CMEP and the I, Too Arts Collective are hosting an open mic at the Langston Hughes House from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, September 21st. If you're interested in attending, we'll be taking a group of SLAM! at NYU members!

SLAM! AT NYU'S FIRST PRELIMINARY SLAM FT. MELISSA LOZADA-OLIVIA: Our first competition of the semester will be from 8:30-10:30 on Wednesday, September 27th! We'll talk more about our annual slam tournament at our first meeting and in our next email. SIGN UP THRU NYU ENGAGE!

POEM OF THE WEEK: Ashley August's phenomenal poem F**kboy Purge.

Ashley August is black and alive --an afro-latina, actress, author, playwright, activist, grand slam champ, hip-hop ju**ie, professional shower krumper, Moes...

05/05/2017

Make sure to attend BLM @ Pratt's "Art > Gentrify" event tomorrow at 12:30! Poets from NYU, Barnard, Hunter, and Rutgers will be performing works.