Open Mics

First Tuesday of every month at 8:00 pm
Upcoming: March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5
Kieran’s Irish Pub
612 1st Ave N Minneapolis 55403

www.slammn.org

Story SlamMN! is the first regular Story Slam series in Minnesota, started by Poetry Slam Master and Rockstar Storyteller, Allison Broeren.

THEMES:
February 7: The Ex-Files
March 6: Sister Act: Sibling Stories
April 3: Almost Famous
May 1: Armageddon: Good vs. Evil
June 5: Superman: Hero Stories

WHAT IS STORY SLAM?
Story slams are open to anybody. Each night 12 Storytellers will have the chance to vie for medals, cash, and eternal glory by telling their 5-minute story as it relates to the theme for the night. Five random audience judges will be selected to determine the storytellers’ fates as the audience gets rowdy trying to influence the scores. The top three winners at each regular slam qualify for the Big Money Grand Slam in July.

RULES
Anybody can sign-up to tell a tale FACT OR FICTION (but with original words by the storyteller) as it relates to the theme of the evening. We will pull 12 contestants names out of a hat that get to compete. Storytellers have 5 minutes to tell their stories, with a 30 second grace period before point deductions start. After 5:30 you will lose a half point for every 10 seconds you are over the limit. If you go too much over time you may get walked off the stage-so practice your story! 5 randomly selected audience members will be given the power to judge your stories from 0-10. We drop the high and low score, and add the 3 in the middle for your final score. The highest score wins! No props, costumes, or musical accompaniments. Notes are permitted, but remember part of scoring is based off of performance too!

17th Annual Erotic Poetry Slam
Saturday, February 11 and Tuesday, February 14, 8:00 pm
Kieran’s Irish Pub
612 1st Ave N Minneapolis 55403

www.slammn.org

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 to miss. Due to popular demand, and the day of love being a Tuesday, we’ve added a second night of sass. Join us on either Saturday, February 11th for a hot weekend night on the town, or on Tuesday, February 14th, to celebrate Valentine’s Day proper. Make sure to make reservations by calling Kieran’s Irish Pub at 612-339-4499 because the show always sells out. Come early for dinner, stay for drinks, sexy time raffles, and poetry that will make your squirm, squish, and simmer. Bring your own 3 minute long poems if you’d like to compete. Open sign-up starts at 7:00, so you never know who will take the stage. You could be one of the judges that helps crown the most erotic poet in the Cities, or you could cuddle up in a corner and sit back and enjoy. www.slammn.org for more details.

SlamMN! is turning the hot up to 10 with the featured poet of the evening, Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz. Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz is the author of five books of poetry (including Dear Future Boyfriend and Hot Teen Slut – written about her time as an “adult” editor for websites) as well as the author of the nonfiction book, Words In Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam, which Billy Collins wrote “leaves no doubt that the slam poetry scene has achieved legitimacy and taken its rightful place on the map of contemporary literature.” At age 19, she founded the three-time National Poetry Slam championship poetry series NYC-Urbana, which is still held weekly at the NYC’s famed Bowery Poetry Club. Aptowicz just finished serving as the 2010-2011 ArtsEdge Writer-In-Residence at the University of Pennsylvania and was recently awarded a 2011 National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Poetry.

Story SlamMN! February
Tuesday, February 7, 8:00 pm
Kieran’s Irish Pub
612 1st Ave N Minneapolis 55403

www.slammn.org

A monumental night at Story SlamMN! is happening on February 7th! We are welcoming our first out-of-state feature storyteller Les Kurkendaal. Les comes to us all the way from Los Angeles, CA. He’s a MN Fringe favorite and a solo performer who travels the country telling us stories. Come see how he’s surviving the MN winter and what stories he spins at SlamMN!

The story slam is open to 12 competitors who throw their name in our hat. They have five minutes to tell whatever story they want that fits the theme the Ex-Files (and hey, who hasn’t dealt with brokenhearted scorned lovers, or been one themselves). Come watch the pain, hilarity, and healing that will ensue. You could even be one of the five randomly selected judges that will help us pick the winner for the evening! The top 3 winners get medals of awesomeness, meager cash prizes, and qualify to compete in our Grand Slam this summer.

Drinks/Doors/Dinner/Sign-Up 7:00 pm; show 8:00 pm. $5.00 Cover.

Open to all ages, but we do not censor our performers in any way.

Folktales Rising
Fourth Tuesday of every month
7 PM to 9 PM
The Book House
429 SE 14th Avenue

Interested in telling folktales? Interested in listening to them? Join us at The Book House in Minneapolis legendary Dinkytown for an evening of telling and listening to stories that have survived the ages and yet remain relevant today. The group meets in the lower level of The Book House, 429 SE 14th Avenue, on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 7 PM to 9 PM. Facilitation by Dorothy Cleveland, storyteller, MN State Liaison for the National Storytelling Network, and member of Northstar Storytelling League. Our first meeting is scheduled for April 27, 2010. This group is free and open to the public and is geared towards UM students and adults. It is the first of several collaborations between The Book House in Dinkytown and the storytelling community. Want more information? Email ourbookhouseindinkytown@gmail.com or call The Book House at 612-331-1430.

Word Ninjas Open Mic
2nd Tuesday of every month
sponsored by Rockstar Storytellers
Kieran’s Irish Pub
NEW LOCATION at Block E:
600 Hennepin Ave Ste 170
Corner of 6th St & 1st Ave North

sign-up 8pm; show 8:30
$3
Open to anyone whose artform is words: storytelling, poetry, stand-up, slam, and anything else.