Slam poetry in Chicago is getting a shot in the arm from Frankie’s Tee, a media platform and talk show founded in 2024. Hosted by west-side natives Tanya “Tee” Smith and Frankie Fabre, Frankie’s Tee ...

The annual Slam Poetry Competition returns with chances to win cash and clout for the best spoken word poems. An $100 prize ...

As a young man, growing up on the city’s Southwest Side, Marc Kelly Smith aspired, for a very short time, to a career in architecture. That didn’t quite work out but Smith would eventually find not ...

Poet Zachary Kluckman invites Logan into his home studio to share his creative process, recounting his journey from being an introverted student to performing slam poetry in front of big crowds.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I suspect most TV viewers enjoyed rooting for Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old from Plano, Texas, as he stood on a stage last Thursday inside a National Harbor, Maryland, theater and ...

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Every Wednesday night, Boston Poetry Slam takes over the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge — and it's a packed house. The Boston Poetry Slam hosts weekly open mic nights at the Cantab Lounge.

The Z Experience Poetry Slam on Monday saw a lot of changes from previous years, in introducing new hosts and a new competition format. But its commitments to making voices heard, diving deep into ...

WILLIAMSBURG — This Friday, Williamsburg will be center stage for the state’s biggest slam poetry event when the Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship comes to the Kimball Theatre. Originally called ...

After a brief winter hiatus, the Flagstaff Poetry Slam is back in action. The weekly event takes place on Wednesday evenings at Firecreek Coffee Co. in downtown Flagstaff and rounds up local poets and ...