War of the Words

Poetry is not all old-fashioned hearts and flowers. As delivered by members of the Slam Nuba Team, poetry is vital, thoroughly modern and not remotely well-behaved. See for yourself tonight, when National Poetry Month gets off to an invigorating start Friday at Slam Nuba Team Slam Off 2009, at Crossroads...

By Patricia Calhoun

March 26, 2009

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Poetry is not all old-fashioned hearts and flowers. As delivered by members of the Slam Nuba Team, poetry is vital, thoroughly modern and not remotely well-behaved. See for yourself tonight, when National Poetry Month gets off to an invigorating start Friday at Slam Nuba Team Slam Off 2009, at Crossroads Theater, 2590 Washington Street. Sign-up is at 7:30 p.m., and the poems start flowing at 8; you can be a spectator for a $7 cover. But that’s just the start of the slamming action. Saturday afternoon and evening, Slam Nuba will host a series of workshops and performances at Crossroads. “Want to Write a Slam Style Poem?” runs from 1 to 2:30 p.m., followed by “Slam Poetry 101” from 3 to 4. Then there’s the Haiku Battle from 5 to 6:30; bring at least twenty poems and you could win $50. Finally, the Slam Nuba Showcase takes the stage from 7 to 9 p.m. Just $5 gets you into the Saturday events; for advance tickets, call 303-832-0929 or go to www.slamnuba.com.
Fri., April 3, 8 p.m.; Sat., April 4, 2009

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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