The Palatine Poetry Slam was started in 2004 by a Wm Fremd High School Student named Adam Babcock. Our current slam master is Junior Stephen Whitfield. We've been a national competitor several times, but this year (sadly) our team just couldn't make it.
The Palatine Poetry Slam is a place where anyone, regardless of age, sexual orientation, religion, or skin color, can get up on stage and be heard uncensored. The Open Mic portion of each Slam event invites all kinds of performers: musicians, comedians, short story writers, poets, etc. We try our best to bring in quality featured performers from all over the country, and in some cases, from all over the world. Come check us out!
Louder Than A Bomb, the 9th edition of the Chicagoland youth performance poetry festival presented by Young Chicago Authors, is a highlight of Chicago's spoken word callendar. With more competitors than the National Poetry Slam or Brave New Voices, LTAB showcases participants in all Chicago metropolitain area slam teams from schools and independent clubs in workshops, showcases and a poetry slam competitions where the top performers appear in a large club/theatre setting for finals night and go on to perform at Brave New Voices, summer of this year in Chicago.
LTAB Bouts also feature some of the city and the worlds best award and slam winning poets to compete internationaly and are a great way for a student to spend a 3 day weekend with a group of friends in a safe urban arts environment.
February 21 CROSSING THE STREET festival openning and performance, site TBA February 26-March 1 LTAB POETRY SLAM Preliminary rounds at Columbia College, Downtown/South Loop March 2- Casmir Pulaski Day, an Illinois state holiday- LTAB POETRY SLAM semi final rounds at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Downtown/Near North March 8 LTAB POETRY SLAM FINALS and festival closing, Vic Theatre, Lakeview/North Side
Check out one-time Team Palatine poet Billy Tuggle on WORDSLINGERS Sunday, Sept. 21st, 8pm on WLUW-FM 88.7/WLUW. org or find it in the archive if you miss it!
Paths cross and bridges grow, no doubt, Meanwhile, you might want to know what This Slamophone trip is about.
It all started with the idea Poetry's too live, too diverse, each syllable - unsellable, every ephemerical verse being too fierce to be coerced Speech is the one right we have left Tongue slamming, spinning, tables turning, and France cannot be left for deaf.
So with a camera in hand, we' ve taken the country by storm videalistic is the spirit, originality the norm. We started out with 50 vids, now we are up to 360, from Montreal down to Marseille, from Pointe-à-Pitre to Gai Paree.
Take any door and come on in. Be curious, you will be served : 360 clips around our way, 360 clicks around the word …
THE PALATINE POETRY SLAM! This Tuesday night, 6:00 at the Palatine Metra/Union Pacific Station- near Dirty nellies, 180 N. Smith Street. For more details, hit up me, the slam mistress up at myspace. com/andicaye or myspace. com/palatinepoetryslam
Feb 26 featured poet is Jon Sands! Hailing from Cincinnati, posted up in New York City and repping the LouderARTS slam team that finished 3rd in the 2007 National Poetry Slam!
Join Andi Kauth and myself as we show big fat love and support for our teammate DENNIS FLORINE as he is the featured artist for IN ONE EAR at the Hearland Cafe with your host Pete Wolf.
Dennis is a singer/songwriter/poet who has served the last 3 years on the Palatine, Illinois poetry slam team.
In One Ear is every week at the Hearland- 7000 N Glenwood Ave @ Lunt Ave., one block north of Morse Ave in Rogers Park on Chicago's great north side. It is a 10pm start, $3 cover and it is ALL AGES!!!!!!!!!!!!..
From the mean cul-de-sacs of Chicago's northwest suburbs comes TEAM PALATINE!!!
Check out the NEXT ISH next week at the Dallas Invitational Poetry Slam and the 2007 National Poetry Slam in Austin.
DENNIS FLORINE Grand Slam champion/ 3rd-time NPS competitor ANDI KAUTH! Palatine slammistress/ 2nd-time NPS competitor BILLY TUGGLE! PolyRhythmic/ Temple of HipHop/ 4th-time NPS competitor PETER BARLOW! in his first National Poetry Slam
While we're away, we're leaving LISA RIDERELLI- alternate of the year- in charge!
Started a couple summer's ago as Palatine's contribution to the pre-National Poetry Slam warm-up circuit, the Palatine Poetry Slam Grudge Match was the best way for an all-ages crowd to witness an all-star event while giving team Palatine a chance to warm up for the big festival and competition. Mental Graffiti/Chicago won the first event and last year, Milwaukee were the victors.
Renamed the Great Lakes Classic, slam mistress Andi Kauth actually co-signed her team mate and tag team partner's- me- audacity. Since the Palatine slam is bringing in some of the best and rising performance poets from Chicagoland, why not invite another couple teams from the area to get their battle on for a little prize before [4 of 5 teamsgo to] NPS '07 Austin? Why not give it a waaayyy cooler name? Why shouldn't you show up for just $5 to see...
CHICAGO-GREEN MILL CHICAGO- MENTAL GRAFFITI PALATINE SPOKEN WORD U. of Minneapolis and the defeding champions MILWAUKEE
Not only is there a 3-figure prize to the winning team, but a short open mic and a very special auction. The members of team Palatine will be auctioned off for a dancing date in Millenium Park with the money going to support our trip to Dallas [Dallas Invitational Poetry Slam] and Austin.
It's all Tuesday, July 24th at Durty Nellies- 180 Smith St. in Palatine starting at 6:00pm sharp. Come help the Palatine Poetry Slam make this annual event a destination event for teams on their way to the National Poetry Slam
ANDI KAUTH & BILLY TUGGLE: ENTER THE LIONS SUMMER '07...
Two fifths of the Palatine, IL Poetry Slam team, a classic Batman & Robin duo, Andi and Billy will be all over a bunch of stages together this summer, hopefully one near you.
Yeah, I said it. Near you!
7/18 CHICAGO,IL Heartland Cafe "In One Ear" 7/19 GRAYSLAKE, IL Jesse Oaks Bar 7/24 early PALATINE, IL Durty Nellies, Palatine Grudge Slam featuring the Palatine, Chgo./Mental Graffiti, Chgo/Green Mill, Milwaukee and Spoken Word Univ. of Mpls. slam teams 7/24 late CHICAGO, IL Trace Lounge "Safe Smiles" presented by PolyRhythmic, featuring Tara Betts & Rich Vilar 8/5 DALLAS, TX The Dallas Invitational Poetry Slam with Team Palatine 8/7-12 AUSTIN TX The National Poetry Slam with Team Palatine 8/25 CHICAGO, IL The Bucktown Arts Festival
The 2007 Team Palatine also stars Dennis Florine, Peter Barlow and Lisa Riderelli. For the 3rd year in a row, the Palatine Poetry Slam is one of 3 Chicagoland teams and 4 from Illinois to compete at NPS and this year's only Illinois enty in the Dallas Invitational. Late this summer and thru the fall, Billy will continue the 3rd leg of the Fear of a Dread Planet Tour.
Woah! Dennis Florine is the feature! I'll for sure be there :) Crazy finally seeing a little poster of me for Palatine! It's been quite awhile. Will we be good for all the electrical equipment that I need?
Mental Graffiti- Chicago's freshest spoken word since 1997!
Monday, May 21st @ Funky Buddha Lounge- 728 W Grand Ave. at Halsted St & Milwaukee Ave...
This all-star event will send 5 poets to the National Poetry Slam to rep Mental Graffiti in August. Special guests include guest host Dasha Kelly, Tennesee Mary Fons and more...
Finalists: Dan Sully, Alvin Lau, Robbie Q Telfer, Billy Tuggle, J.W. Baz, Tim Stafford, Emily Rose, Tristan and Dan Vaughn!
That's 4 hosts of the Chicago area's best readings, 5 "Def Poets", 7 previous NPS competitors, 9 dope writer/performers.
Join us. Together we will rule the galaxy... or at least give you one hot night of performance poetry.
