$5. online and at the door.
Sign up in advance to perform at https://kellycenter.org/contact/
Doors open at 7:30 pm. 8:00 show.
BYOB optional. Beer and wine only. $5 additional BYOB fee per alcohol drinker at the door. Glasses and ice provided.
New Avenue Cafe will be open for snack and refreshment purchases.
Free Parking in Oakmont Municipal lot behind Kelly Center off Darby Road.
Open Mic Poetry Slam will feature local poets sharing their work 5 minutes at a time. Bring your favorite beverages for a fun time in Havertown.
Do you want to get on stage and perform your poetry? Email https://kellycenter.org/contact/
Your Host, Katch Campbell is both a scientist and a writer. With a masters degree in science from UPENN and an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts she works by day as a clinical educator for Big Pharma. In her spare time she is raising two teenagers, training for triathlons, and attempting to perfect the chocolate cake recipe. She is Treasurer and one of the Poetry Faculty for the River Pretty Arts Foundation, a reader for Zo magazine, and volunteers for HBA of Greater Philly. Her work can be found at Zomag. QueenMobs. and in the Paddle Shots Anthology. https://zomagazine.com/katchcampbell-why/
Confirmed Readers:
Blake Melvin AKA The Show is a traveling spoken word artist from the West Philadelphia area. Blake is the perfect balance of nature's good and nurture's evil. He uses his "stew" (poetry with multiple ingredients to create substance) to personally help him separate the two, while becoming the freedom his audience is seeking. Blake uniquely blends conversational prose and hip hop cadences with a one man show stage presence, seemingly capturing the audience's love and attention. A featured poet, self published author, #freethinker, and a #rawartist, Blake is one to keep an eye on in this new class of emerging poets. https://www.blakemelvin.com/about
Audrey Lee is a writer and student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who attends Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where she is earning her B.A. in creative writing and American studies. She is the winner of the 2016 DeSales University Poetry Contest and her writing has been recognized by Columbia College of Chicago, the University of Virginia, Ithaca College, and the University of Iowa. Her work has been featured in or is forthcoming from The Sierra Nevada Review, DIALOGIST, The Indiana Review, Glass: a Journal of Poetry, and Teen Vogue. She is a former resident at Sundress Academy for the Arts, and a former intern at Apiary Magazine. You can find her at www.audreymorganlee.com.
Elizabeth Austin https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/elizabeth_austin
Cassandra M.