March 2012
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Mumble Mumble co-produces Encyclopedia Show with...
Hosts Allison Broeren (Rockstar Storyteller, Slam Master of Poetry and Story SlamMN!) and Mike Fotis (Brave New Workshop Improvisor and of Fringe Fame) began The Encyclopedia Show Minneapolis. Together, they have dared to bridge the gaps between storytelling, poetry, theatre, improv, belly-dancing and stand-up comedy. The Encyclopedia Show is a live variety extravaganza that commissions local and...
January 2012
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17th Annual Erotica Slam featuring Crisin O'Keefe...
What: Poetry SlamMN’s 17th Annual Erotica Slam
When: Saturday, February 11th and Tuesday February 14th 8:00 pm
Where: Kieran’s Irish Pub – 601 1st Ave N (Block E) Minneapolis, MN 55403
Cost: $7.00
Make Reservations: 612-339-4499
The Twin Cities sexiest spoken word event is back for it’s 17th year. Named 2010 City Pages Best Of Spoken Word event SlamMN’s Erotica Slam is one not...
January Update
Howdy Slam Fans: SlamMN! ended 2011 on a high note with a standing room only filled room at Semi-Finals. Our top six advanced to finals and now our qualifiers start fresh in 2012 for Poetry SlamMN! 2011 was a great year at Kiearan’s. Some of the high-points:
We spent our first full year at the new Kieran’s and have settled in to our new home
Poetry SlamMN! had a tremendous...
December 2011
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Post Holiday Decathaslam
Family time is over-now escape for some a time of awesome with SlamMN! Poets and non-poets are invited to come sign-up to compete on a team during the Decathaslam of Awesome. 10 rounds of crazy for each team: feats of strength, board games, haiku battle, improv poetry, some real poetry and more! This is the first in a series of fundraisers for the National Team that will be traveling to...
December Story Slam Paid It Forward
It was an intimate room for Pay It Forward stories. Some storytellers did very un-Minnesotan things like brag about the good they’ve done for people, while our champion of the evening phillip andrew bennett low drank himself into a Dr. Pepper coma in the story he shared with us. Other tellers receiving medals were Christy Marie Kent and Katie Knutson. Start preparing for your Jerk stories...
November 2011
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Story Slam December is coming!
Check out our Facebook Invite for all the details!
Poetry SlamMN! November was a special night
Poetry SlamMN! November was a special night at Kieran’s Irish Pub. We were standing room only full and over 20 poets, both new and old, showed up to compete for our 12 performance spots. The judges were consistent, the audience was raucous, and the hostess hilarious (if I do say so myself). Thanks to Chris Rockwell and Josh Ballard for sharing their poems with us during the feature set. ...
October 2011
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September 2011
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Alvin Lau is coming in March!
Just a quick note, all the formal details will come later, but we’re excited to announce that Alvin Lau from Chicago will be our March feature at Poetry SlamMN!
Burning Brothels is coming to Kieran's
Mumble Mumble is excited to have Katherine Glover bringing her fringe show Burning Brothels: Sex and Death in Nevada to our stage in October.
ONE NIGHT ONLY: Burning Brothels: Sex and Death in Nevada by Katherine Glover at Kieran’s Irish Pub Tuesday, October 18 Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm Sliding scale - $8 to $15 See the show that has traversed the Canadian Fringe circuit. Reviewers have...
Announcement: Change to our Poetry Slam Draw
Since SlamMN! has some big money on the line at our slams this season we are tweaking the draw a little bit. Most slams will still only be open to 12 competitors BUT we will do 2 random draws to figure who gets in.
At 7:30 we will open sign-up like usual. If more than 6 people sign-up right at 7:30 we will do a drawing of those people to pick 6 that get to compete for sure. If you don’t...
Minnesota SOAP (U of M Show)
mileswalser:
uslam:
USlam presents:
Minnesota School of Awkward Poetics
A Monthly Poetry Slam Series on the University of Minnesota Campus
FIRST SLAM:
Thursday, September 22th
7pm in 100 Rapson Hall
First year students are encouraged to sign up! First time slammers are encouraged to sign up! First time poets are encouraged to sign up! We love everyone!
Want more information? Email...
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Story Slam Opener was a serious Par-tay!
Thanks to all the came out for the Story SlamMN! season opener last night! Many great life lessons were learned at our story tellers told us what not to do when Par-tay-ing.
1st place went to Brandi Brown and her quintessential college story involving rugby players, special brownies, and ‘falling asleep’ in the wrong dorm room…wearing somebody else’s pajamas.
2nd place...
A Mumble Mumble Update: September
Mumble Mumble will have a very busy September! You should be there for parts of it. Doves will cry if you aren’t. I’m not kidding.
September 6th is our Story Slam Season Opener featuring Ward Rubrecht our first season Grand Slam Champion. A lot of people were saying they were going to tell their first story EVER at a slam this season and we hope that some of you will show up to...
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Poetry Slam August Winners
Congrats to the winners of the Slam Season Opener 1st Place Michael Lee 2nd Place 6 is 9 3rd Place Miles Walser
The following people are qualified for semis in December: Michael Lee 6 is 9 Miles Walser Dylan Garity
John Jodzio is featuring at Poetry SlamMn!...
Poetry SlamMN! is super jazzed to have such an awesom local wordsmith feature at our October slam on October 25th at Kieran’s Irish Pub. He’s releasing his 2nd book in October and we’re excited to celebrate!
John Jodzio is a winner of the Loft-McKnight Fellowship. His stories have appeared in One Story, Opium, The Florida Review and a number of other places, both print and...
August 2011
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Interview with Allison about upcoming season
Check out the interview the City Pages did with our Slam Master about the upcoming season!
Check out our Sister Slam in St. Paul →
2011-2012 Season Starts Soon
Hi Friends of SlamMN!
I’m excited to announce that we survived another year. And by survive, I mean, we smashed it into the ground of awesome! This year promises to be the best year yet. Mumble Mumble is running three monthly shows at Kieran’s. I believe this will be our 17th season of the Poetry Slam! Pretty impressive. Poetry slams will remain in their regular 4th Tuesday of...