Indi World Poetry Slam (SF Bay Area)

What do you get when you combine Poetry with Storytelling, Comedy, Dramatic Monologue, Battle Rap, Song, and Dance? You have a new art form called Performance Poetry! What happens when these new performers compete, judged by members of the audience? You get a Poetry Slam. And what elite final event remains after thousands of poets from across the globe compete for a year? You get the Individual World Poetry Slam 2009.

Seventy-two of the world's top performance poets representing slam venues from around the globe converge for three days of competition, electrifying audiences with their talents. Plus a fantastic array of free day events ANYONE can participate in! Come play with us in Berkeley, CA. Oct 8-10, 2009.

There's too Too TOO MUCH going on to list here. Check the group for full details. Day events are FREE (www.facebook.com/group.php

There will be simultaneous events happening at La Pena Cultural Center (LAP), Long Haul Infoshop (LNH) & The Starry Plough (STP). The venues are all on the same block and extremely easy to go back and forth between.
• • •WEDNESDAY• • •
•Last Chance Slam — Wed (8:30p - 11:30p, STP)

• • •THURSDAY• • •
•Immigration/Migration Open Mic — Thurs (12:00p - 12:45p, LAP)
•Performance Workshop — Thurs & Fri (12:00p - 12:45p, LNH)
•Limerick Slam — Thurs (12:00p - 12:45p, STP)
•APIA Open Mic — Thurs (1:00p - 1:45p, LAP)
•Poetry & Activism Panel — Thurs (1:00p - 1:45p, LNH)
•Queer Open Mic — Thurs (2:00p - 2:45p, LAP)
•Slam & The Academy — Thurs (2:00p - 2:45p, LNH)
•Comedy Showcase — Thurs (2:00p - 2:45p, STP)
•Diaspora Open Mic — Thurs (3:00p - 4:45p, LAP)
•Comedy & Poetry Panel — Thurs (3:00p - 4:45p, LNH)
•Nerd Slam — Thurs (3:00p - 4:45p, STP)
•Youth Slam — Thurs (5:00p - 7:00p, STP)
•Preliminary Bouts — Thurs & Fri (8:00p - 11:00p, LAP STP LNH)
•Karaoke — Thurs LATE NIGHT (11:00p - 1:45a, STP)

• • •FRIDAY• • •
•Women's Open Mic — Fri (12:00p - 12:45p, LAP)
•Performance Workshop — Thurs & Fri (12:00p - 12:45p, LNH)
•12 Tribes Open Mic — Fri (12:00p - 12:45p, STP)
•Higher Ground Open Mic — Fri (1:00p - 1:45p, LAP)
•Publishing Panel — Fri (1:00p - 1:45p, LNH)
•Bad Poetry Slam — Fri (1:00p - 1:45p, STP)
•Labor Open Mic — Fri (2:00p - 2:45p, LAP)
•Poetry & Touring Panel — Fri (2:00p - 2:45p, LNH)
•"Drums Inside Your Chest" — Fri (2:00p - 2:45p, STP)
•Hip Hop Open Mic — Fri (3:00p - 4:45p, LAP)
•Making a Chapbook Workshop — Fri (3:00p - 4:45p, LNH)
•Head-to-Head Haiku — Fri (3:00p - 4:45p, STP)
•Preliminary Bouts — Thurs & Fri (8:00p - 11:00p, LAP STP LNH)
•Erotic Open Mic — Fri LATE NIGHT (11:00p - 1:45a, STP)

• • •SATURDAY• • •
•Kickball & BBQ & Concert — Sat (11:00a - 5:00p, DeFremery Park)
•FINALS! — Sat (8:00p - 10:30p, Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley)