Green is a burning post-bop quartet featuring  Zack Lozier on trumpet, Rob Dewey on piano, Rich Casey on bass, and Scotty Schultz on drums. 

Special guest ED BOK LEE's first book, Real Karaoke People, won a Many Voices Prize from New Rivers Press, a 2006 Asian American Literary Award (Members' Choice), a 2006 PEN/Beyond Margins Award, and in 2007 was a national bestseller in poetry. Lee grew up in South Korea, North Dakota and Minnesota, and holds an MFA from Brown University. Other awards for his various writings include support from the Jerome Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, SASE, Loft Literary Center, and the National Endowment for the Arts.  www.edboklee.com

• Poets and pedestrians alike go toe to toe to the last Irish rhymester standing.
• Anyone can sign up to compete – only one will emerge victorious.
• Pretty or filthy – sweet or sassy – as long as it’s a limerick – you can use it.

The Slam competition is open to anyone (18+) three rounds of poetic battle and good times. Sign up between 7 and 8 pm.