PROVIDENCE SLAM

Providence Slam is one of the oldest and most respected national Poetry Slam venues. Known for bringing quality, consistent work to regional/national poetry events and for a strong community built around it's home venue of AS220, The Providence Slam Team won the National Poetry Slam in 1996, hosted Nationals in 2000, and has advanced to Semi-Finals at The National Poetry Slam 10 times in it's last 14 attempts.



It's the objective of this venue to maintain and provide a space where individuals, whether they consider themselves artists or not, can come to share and learn from one another. Writers, singers, musicians, carpenters, doctors, janitors, lawyers, and waitresses; we are not defined by our job titles. Everyone is welcome at the Providence Slam.



Bring flyers for community events and actions. We will post and announce them. Bring your songs, poems, and rants. The stage is open to you.



Bring your ears, anger, smiles, and tears. You will consistently hear some of the highest quality spoken word in the country.



Our venue is AS220. We are blessed to have an art/community action fortress for a home court. They provide for and protect our reading without trying to profit or change us and we are lucky unspeakably lucky to be here.

Check them out.



AS220.

115 Empire St.

Providence, RI 02909



WE NO LONGER RUN EVERY THURSDAY!!

OUR NEW MONTHLY SCHEDULE IS:



1ST THURSDAY: OPEN MIC, FEATURE, OPEN SLAM

*OPEN MIC LIST GOES UP AT 7:30PM/DOORS OPEN AT 8PM

(Open Mic Slot is 3 minutes)



3RD SUNDAYS: MUSIC AND POETRY OPEN MIC, FEATURE, LATE NIGHT SLAM

*Open Mic and Feature: Open to Musicians, Singers, and Writers. Singers and Musicians get 8 minutes (THIS INCLUDES TALKING/INTRO RAMBLING) and Poem presenters get 3 minutes (3 MINUTES SHARP.) Open Mic list goes up at 7:30/Doors at 8pm/LATE NIGHT SLAM QUALIFIERS HELD AFTER MUSICIANS OPEN MIC!



4TH THURSDAY: WRITER'S CLUB



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UPCOMING SHOWS



July 18th: Derrick Brown hosts the most ridiculous regional competition in New England. Come join us as teams from Manchester, Hampshire College, New Jersey, New York, and Providence go head-to-head in themed rounds. Lots of poetry with a dash of competitive eating. All followed by the man, the mystery, the founder of Write Bloody Press, Derek Brown. NO OPEN MIC or open slam tonight.



August 5: Extended open mic. All writers, musicians, comedians, lyricists, and awesome people. The mic is yours all night long. Come and share.



August 15: NO SHOW. AS220 is closed. We're going to the beach.



September 2: Providence Team feature, including performances by Kai Huang, Phil Kaye, Megan Thoma, and Jamila Woods. Youth Poetry Slam.



September 19: Musician and Poets Open Mic featuring Dave Dersham. This also kicks off out 2011 adult slam season. Come compete for a spot in semis.



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