Union Square Slam is starting off this New Year right and a NEW SHIT SLAM, featuring the New Orleans powerhouse Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa!!

(Please note: the Bureau is closed on Mondays. We open at 6 PM on Mondays for the Union Square Slam.) 

6:00pm: Free Writing Workshop with Sara Emily Kuntz
7:00pm: Sign Ups
7:30pm: Open Mic
8:00pm: Feature
8:30pm: Slam
ALL AGES // $5

About our Feature:

Born in Kenya, Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa is a 24 yo Black, Immigrant, Queer, Womyn poet based in New Orleans, LA where she is the 2015 Grand Slam Champion. An award-winning spoken word and slam poet, FreeQuency is also an Anti-Racist and Reproductive Justice organizer who has spent most of her life living and writing at the intersection of art, serive, education, and activism.

About our Slam:

All slammers who are competing to represent Union Square Slam nationally in 2016 and beyond, at either IWPS, WOWPS, or as part of the Union Square Slam Nationals Team, MUST participate in BOTH a New Shit Slam and a Theme Slam at any point during the slam season. (9/14/15 – 4/28/15). You may compete in any or all of these slams, whether or not you intend to go out for the team, however, preference may be given to competitors that have qualified for Semis or Finals.

::NEW SHIT SLAMS::

New Shit is defined as:
– any piece of work that has not been heard on the USS mic.
– any work that has been on the USS mic that has been overhauled/edited (at least 50% new material)

We will take up to 8 poets in each New Shit Slam. The points you earn will be added to your total in the quarter (1,2 or 3) and help you in qualifying for that semifinal. Your participation in one New Shit slam, regardless of placement/score, meets your requirement for Final Stage Participation.