Events
The who what where when and why of the Soap Boxing Slam
Hey - don't forget
The Artists' Quarter hosts the hottest open mic in the Twin Cities.
Open Mic every Monday
Doors at 7 pm
Head Space, plays live jazz until the open mic at 9:30 pm
Get there early for sign up, and for great jazz
21 +
no cover - two drink minimum
NEXT SLAM
Sunday August 1st
The EROTIC SLAM
The most popular event in the Twin Cities Slam scene causes August to get even hotter with a special Sunday Pre NPS party and Slam (Because the National Poetry Slam activities kick off on Monday the 2nd). Poets break out their best poetry about love, sex, and all things from sweet to naughty to downright perverse. It’s sexy fun - no one will want to miss.
The other summer events:
Wednesday July 28th
The BIG Slam!
at POP! St. Paul
6 west 6th street, downtown St. paul (this is one of the NPS venues)
Doors at 7pm - Slam at 8pm . 18+ . $5
An annual Twin Cities Slam tradition.
This is a NPS style 4 x 4 bout. That means four teams, each doing four poems.
All three Twin Cities teams (SlamMN, Soap Boxing, and Punch Out Poetry) will be joined by the college all-star team for this annual pre-NPS scrimmage.
If you want to know just wahat to expect at NPS and/or get to know the teams - here's the perfect chance.
Check back often - There will also be plenty of other events, festivals and performances by the Slam team throughout the summer months.
*Note*
Sign-ups to compete now close at 8:00
since that is when the night will begin.
We have to show mercy to those with day jobs.
St. Paul SlamMaster and Slam team coach - Matthew Rucker
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The St. Paul ‘Soap Boxing’ Slam team has been crowned the champions of the 2009 National Poetry Slam.
The 20th annual National Poetry Slam (NPS) was held in West Palm Beach, Florida from August 4th through 8th. This competition (basically the Olympics for poetry) brought 68 4 to 5 person teams together from the US, Canada and Europe.
This is the third year that the Soap Boxing Poetry Slam (held at the Artists’ Quarter every first Monday) has sent a team to NPS. The team advanced to semi-finals the first two times it was at NPS. The team ranked 15th place overall in 2007 and 13th place in 2008 but did not make it to finals (reserved for the top 4 teams) until this year.
This year’s finals set St. Paul against 3 teams who were not new to the finals stage: Albuquerque - who won NPS in 2005, San Francisco - who won in 1999, and Nuyorican Poets Cafe (New York) - the only team make finals 11 times.
Team members Khary (6 is 9) Jackson, Michael Mlekoday, Kyle (Guante) Myhre, Sierra DeMulder and team alternate Jenn Parks had been writing, rehearsing and fundraising since the team was selected in May, coached by St Paul SlamMaster Matthew Rucker. All That hard work paid off as this is the first time a team from Minnesota has even made the final’s stage, let alone took home the trophy.
On behalf of the St. Paul Slam team, I would like to personally thank everyone who supported us by coming to the Slams, buying raffle tickets and team DVDs, and making contributions of money and/or goods. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Special thanks to Slam friend - the Smitten Kitten!
A secial thanks to one of Soap Boxing's favorite supporters
