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!
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 called it “funny and informative” and “a frank and fascinating look at the world’s oldest profession.”
NOTE: This may be the only performance in Minneapolis, as I have been unable to resist the urge to write a new show for next year.
More info: http://katherineglover.net /burning-brothels/
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 get in during that selection your name will go in the hat with all the other names that throw in between 7:35-8:00. The rest of the names will be drawn at 8:00. They will all then be mixed together and randomly selected to see what order performers will go in.
Yay!
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, I’M LOOKING AT YOU.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 uslamminnesota@gmail.com
Be there. Be SOAPy.
Spencer is one of our local poets and helps out with SlamMn! He performed in NYC on 9/11.
Spencer Retelle. feature performance at Got No Fear - The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Remembers 9-11. Nuyorican Poets Cafe. New York City. September 11, 2011. photograph by Jonathan Weiskopf.
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 went to Vicki Joan Keck who actually brought her old journal from the early 70’s up onto stage with her where she divulged what happened between August when she was searching to God about how to stay pure…until March when she hilariously shared with us what having an apartment full of foreign exchange students move in can do to a sweet Midwestern gals world view—complete with a song list attached to each man.
3rd place went to Allison Broeren sharing a story about how politics influenced her partying in college when she held a birthday party election night toga party…and how speech kids can out drink hockey players any night of the week.
Ward Rubrecht was the feature and told some tales of growing up in small town Wisconsin and almost killing his dad on multiple occasions.
Big props to William Everidge who told a story for the first time ever last night!
We hope to see you in October at our show. The Mask: Stories of what we hide is the theme.
Now Qualified for the Grand Slam:
Brandi Brown
Vicki Joan Keck
Allison Broeren
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 do that! Keeping with our movie theme of the season bring your tales of Boogie Nights: Stories of Par-tay-ing. $5.00 cover. 8:00.
September 10th Speak Easy Twin Cities Series Opener Mumble Mumble is really excited to try something new! We are doing a monthly parlor kind of show in houses. Seating is really limited, so reserve a seat now. Now! Did you do it? Why are you still reading? Seriously people… The first month will feature storytelling and poetry sets by your very own Slam Mistress Allison Broeren, Fringe Sensation and Rockstar Storyteller Amy Salloway, and Poetic Beard God and Hamline Slam Master Lewis Mundt. This show is so underground I can’t even tell you what time it starts here. Check out the links.
September 13th Word Ninjas Open Mic We’re not always competitive at Kiearan’s Irish Pub! Join us for our monthly spoken word open mic. Bring 5 minutes of whatever you’d like to do in the name of words. $3.00 suggested donation. 8:30.
September 27th Poetry SlamMn! Qualifier Slam. We’re so happy to have Moksha Yoga sponsoring our qualifier slams this season. 12 poets sign up to compete. 3 minutes a poem that they wrote. Winner gets $100, 2nd $60, 3rd $40 and they all get collector medals. Whoa. Who though poetry could be so fun! Check out our mainpage and Poetry Slam for all the rules and other details. $5.00 cover. 8:00 show.
See you on the flip side Slam Kittens.
Hieu Minh Nguyen. representing SlamMN! from Minneapolis, MN at the 2011 National Poetry Slam. seminfinal bout 3. The Brattle Theatre. Cambridge, Mass. August 12, 2011. photograph by Jonathan Weiskopf.
Michael Lee. representing SlamMN! from Minneapolis, MN at the 2011 National Poetry Slam. seminfinal bout 3. The Brattle Theatre. Cambridge, Mass. August 12, 2011. photograph by Jonathan Weiskopf.
