Oberlin College and Conservatory

OSLAM Grand Poetry Slam

Friday, November 20, 2015 at 6:00pm to 8:00pm

’Sco (Dionysus Club), Wilder Hall
135 West Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074

Yes yes y'all, the time is here, it's all been leading up to this! Get ready for a night of fire and love with OSLAM'S GRAND POETRY SLAM. 

12 OSlam team poets have been prepping all year for a chance to duke it out against each other in the biggest poetry slam of the year. We'll be battling in three rounds, starting with 12 poets, then eliminating to 8, and on to the final round with 6 poets.

Each poet will perform a 3-minute poem for the numerical scores of five judges, after which the top 5 poets of the night will travel on a team together to compete at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI), the superbowl of college slamming with schools across the nation.

Bring your spirits and open hearts. Get ready to feel the flames. 

OUR 5 JUDGES
•Caroline Jackson Smith: Professor of Africana studies and theatre 

•Kazim Ali: director of the Creative Writing Program

•Meeko Israel: spoken word poet, Oberlin community leader

•Kristen Surla: Asian & Pacific Islander Diaspora community coordinator at the MRC

•1 random student, to be selected at the grand slam, that has no affiliation with any of the 12 poets. 


FINALS POETS


Nina Sahar
Dominique Pearson
Hammango Man
Misaël Syldor
Jane Werntz
Zachariah Petrie Claypole White
Naomi Liss
Andrés Emil González
Justin Jimenéz
Maya Berkley
Deborah Johnson
Annika Hansteen Izora
With your MC's B.J. Bato Tindal and Alison Kronstadt!

TICKETS
$5 in advance, $7 at the door.
Tickets are now on sale at the Wilder Hall front desk! We'll also be tabling:

WEDNESDAY 
Mudd: 1 PM - 5PM

Wilder: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

THURSDAY 
Mudd: 1 PM - 5 PM

Wilder: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

GET HYPE

oslampoetry.com

Event Type

Arts, Performing Arts, Observatory Viewing

Cost

$5 in advance, $7 at the door

Group
OSLAM
Contact Person

Annika Hansteen Izora

Contact E-mail Address

oslam@oberlin.edu

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