Green, featuring Rob Dewey on piano, Rich Casey on bass and Spencer McGinnis on drums, has been holding down early Monday nights at the AQ for over five years.

Then, starting  at 8 PM :

** THE GRAND SLAM ** - This is the BIG ONE!

• The top eight point earning poets of the season battle it out to see who will make the (notoriously good) Soap Boxing National Slam Team.  These poets will represent St. Paul at the 2008 National Poetry Slam in Madison, WI - this August.The eight best poets in Minnesota are battling for only four spots on the team, so they will be bringing everything they have. May’s feature spot and side event will make way for four rounds of merciless poetic war.The competition will be ugly – the poetry will be beautiful.This is the ONE Slam that no one should miss.

And Don’t forget…

• The Artists’ quarter hosts the best open mic in the Twin Cities.
• Poetry, Music, Comedy, and performances of all kinds by first time amateurs and professionals alike.
• All non-Slam Mondays
• Doors at 7pm
• Live Jazz by “Green” from 7pm til 9:30pm
• Open mic at 9:30
• No cover – two drink minimum.

 

‘Soap Boxing’ happens every first Monday  the Artists’ Quarter

 
$5 cover  

(free if you compete in the Slam)

18+

Doors @ 7:00

Slam @ 8:00

 

The Slam competition is open to anyone (18+)

three rounds of poetic battle and good times.

Sign up between 7 and 8 pm.

 

for info call (612) 207-7991

or visit:    www.soap-boxing.com

or:              www.myspace.com/soapboxingslam

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What is Poetry Slam?

‘Poetry Slam’ is the competitive art of performance poetry

- and a really good time -
 

Up to ten poets perform in a randomly selected order. Five judges, randomly selected from the audience, score each poem (based on writing and performance) from 0.0 to 10.0. The highest scoring poets move on to the next round/s. The 1st – 3rd place winners win cash prizes.

 

The rules are as follows:

    * Each poem must be of the poet's own construction;
    * Each poet gets three minutes (plus a ten-second grace period) to read one poem, if the poet goes over, points will be deducted from the total score;
    * The poet may not use props, costumes, or musical instruments;
    * Of the scores the poet received from the five judges, the high and low scores are dropped, and the middle three are added together, giving the poet a total score of 0-30.

Poetry Slam was started in 1986 by a Chicago construction worker named Mark Smith. Slam has grown steadily and is now a worldwide phenomenon,

with major Slams occurring in hundreds of venues on five continents.

 

Slam has been the subject of numerous documentaries and movies, spawned HBO’s ‘Def Poetry Jam’ and is responsible for starting the careers of such stars as Sage Francis, Saul Williams, Desdamona and many more.

 

Visit the official PSI website at www.poetryslam.com for more info.