The 2015 Albany Word Fest may be concluding on Saturday, April 18 with the Word Fest Invitational Slam at the Steamer No. 10 Theatre, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t have more poetry lined up. Nitty Gritty Slam returns to The Low Beat on Tuesday, April 21 for the second Team Nitty Gritty Semi-Final for Season Four.
This edition of Albany’s poetry slam series will be a special slam with just the top seven points leaders in the second half of the season competing for a spot in the Grand Slam to be part of Team NGS 2015. The top seven points leaders are L-Majesty, Eliza Ryan, Daniel Summerhill, ILLiptical, Poetyc Visionz, Jimmy, and Stephen Roberts.
This lineup of poets is a great mix of performers who each bring their own style and level of experience to the stage. In the fourth season of NGS we have seen many new poets step up to the mic and slam for the first time and we have welcomed back some of out local, seasoned veterans. We have even had a couple out-of-towners come and take some points (and money).
This event and the tournament to choose members for the 2015 slam team, to represent Nitty Gritty Slam at the National Poetry Slam in Oakland next August. The top two poets at the end of NGS #92 will then move on to the Grand Slam. Poets who do not make it to the next level of the tournament are invited to come back and take part in the Last Chance / Wild Card Slam on May 5.
* NOTE – This slam will not be an open slam. Only the top ten poets will be able to slam. The open mic will be for all poets and spoken word artists who want to step up to the mic with a special two poem limit.
If you’re not into competing in the slam, but want to get on stage and share your work, we have an open mic hosted by Kevin Peterson before the slam. Sign up begins at 7:00pm, open mic starts at 7:30, and then Thom Francis starts the slam at 8:00pm. Admission is $5.00 ($3.00 with student ID). This is an 18+ show.
If you can’t make it out to the show that night, be sure to follow along on Twitter –@NittyGrittySlam and #NGS92.
Albany Poets, Urban Guerilla Theatre, and The Frequency North Reading Series have brought slam back to Albany with the Nitty Gritty Slam at The Low Beat (335 Central Ave.) on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday’s of each month.
For information on the rules and format of the Nitty Gritty Slam and to meet the team, go to http://nittygrittyslam.com
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