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Poetry Slam and Open Mic
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After a day of writing workshops, the evening poetry slam and open mic offers an opportunity for attendees to take the stage and share their own work. This event is essential to the festival as it speaks to the heart of spoken word: listening and sharing, call and response, acceptance and vulnerability. This slam and open mic is a time not only to experience spoken word, but to embody it.
Made possible through a partnership with Iowa City Poetry Slam.
Date: Saturday, November 6
Time: 6:30pm -8:30pm
Location: In person or virtual attendance. Old Capitol Senate Chamber, 21 N. Clinton Street (gold-domed building on Pentecrest)
Tickets:
- Adults 19+ $5 or Fest Pass
- Teens 13-18 FREE
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