College Open Mic 10.19.18 (Poetry Slam Edition)
Date and Time
Oct 19, 2018 9:00 pm
Location
Brookland
625 Monroe St NE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20017
Oct 19, 2018 9:00 pm
Brookland
College Night Open Mic! A Busboys and Poetry Event Every third Friday of the month. For two hours audiences can expect a diverse chorus of college students voices and a vast array of spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians, comedians and other talents from freshmen to graduate students.
Each month, we feature a different college/university or an individual alumni artist. A great alternative to the college night life!
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POET OUT!!
HOWARD UNIVERSITY BISON POETRY SLAM CUPSI QUALIFIER
The best writers and performers will compete over a series of preliminary poetry slams or qualifiers, convening at Busboys and Poets for a chance to go to finals and try to obtain a slot on the team that will represent Howard University at the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI) and other local and national competitions, showcases, and community engagements in arts and activism.
Join us on this night of celebration of words, necessary voices, and crucial stories being told with Bison Pride!
A small open mic will precede the Poetry Slam.
There will be some give aways and prizes won via small trivia at the Poetry Slam!!
Proud Washington D.C. native Malachi Byrd is a twenty one year-old junior at Princeton University. The captain and co-founder of ContraVerse, his high school slam team, Malachi led the team to the 2014 Louder Than a Bomb – DMV title. He also is a 2-time member of the DC Youth Poetry Slam Team, including the 2014 winners of the Brave New Voices International Poetry Festival. A rapper, poet, scholar, and activist, Malachi has won numerous awards and scholarships, and has performed on television (including two episodes of Lexus Verses and Flow), radio, at protests on the national mall, the Kennedy Center, the White House, and South Africa. He is the self-proclaimed first Senator of Washington D.C., (Vote Byrd 2032) and will use his education to help tackle problems of inequality and inequity in urban environments. An African-American Studies major and Creative Writing minor, Malachi uses his poetry as introspection, self-discovery, self-critique, and activism. He never shies away from his Blackness and makes that evident in his second release of poems, Which Picture Would They Use? (2015). His first fully published book and mixtape, dually named Crowning Too Early (C.T.E.), is currently available.
