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SUMMARY:GBOMA 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) is returning for its 31st year! GBOMA is an annual poetry competition founded by Gwendolyn Brooks\, Illinois’ third Poet Laureate. This year\, the top contestants were selected by guest judge Dan “Sully” Sullivan\, and are invited to perform their original poems at this live finals event on October 2\, where the audience favorite is awarded the $500 prize.Come out and support the 2025 finalists for the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) as they perform their works live.  Join us for an all-ages event of poetry and community. \n\n\n\n\n2025 GBOMA Finalists \n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara BarrowsChirskira CaillouetMars April CaultonSylvia EwingLisa FarverRocio FrancoGregorio GomezCrystal Vance Guerra \n\n\n\n\n\nWesley Frazier KeysMiguel MarzanaCiara MillerHilesh PatelSayeda QaderSandra SantiagoSamina Hadi-TabassumKara Rose Trojan
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/gboma-2025/
LOCATION:Epiphany Center for the Arts\, 201 South Ashland Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60647\, United States
CATEGORIES:GBOMA
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SUMMARY:¡Slam Diáspora en Vivo!
DESCRIPTION:Schedule\n\n6:30– Doors open/Sign Up7:00– Slam Starts8:30– Open Mic9:00– ¡ADIOS! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nOpen to poets of all styles and ages! From anyone who is just starting\, to anyone who has been writing for decades\, are all welcome to participate. \n\n\n\nRequirements:Slam– 2 poems in Spanish/SpanglishOpen Mic– Any genre of performance art in any language! \n\n\n\nWe believe that poetry pertains to everyone\, and that all of us carry it within us. This slam is to experiment\, play\, and to let the words flow. \n\n\n\nRemember: the point is not the points\, the point is the community. We want to nurture a poetic community\, and invite new people to participate as audience members\, as poets\, and as spoken-word lovers. \n\n\n\nSlam Diáspora is the first Spanish slam in the U.S. and aims to create a space that unites Latinx poets in the US with poets in Latin America\, to form a poetry community despite borders. \n\n\n\nParticipants and winners from last year can participate again! \n\n\n\n\n\n¡Abierto a poetas de todos estilos y edades! Desde quien apenas esta empezando a escribir\, a quienes llevan décadas escribiendo– todos están bienvenidos a participar. \n\n\n\nRequisitos:Slam– Dos poemas (en español/spanglish)Open Mic– Música/Poesía/Cuento etc\, en cualquier idioma \n\n\n\nCreemos que la poesía le pertenece a todxs\, y que todxs traemos poesía adentro. Este Slam es para experimentar\, jugar\, y dejar que la palabra fluya. \n\n\n\nRecuerden: el punto no son los puntos\, sino la comuna. Queremos crecer como comunidad poética\, e invitar a nuevas personas a participar como audiencia\, cómo poetas\, y cómo amantes de la palabra viva. \n\n\n\nSlam Diáspora es el primer slam de poesía en español de los EEUU y busca crear un espacio que une poetas Latinx en los EEUU con poetas en Latinoamérica para fomentar una comunidad poética a pesar de las fronteras. \n\n\n\n¡Participantes y ganadores del año pasado pueden participar de nuevo! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/slam-diaspora-2025-2/
LOCATION:Taqueria El Mezquite\, 1756 W 18th St\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Slam Diáspora
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