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Providence Poetry Slam

Longest running poetry slam & open mic venue in Rhode Island! Every 1st and 3rd Thursday at AS220!

Speaking truth to power since 1992!

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08/27/2026

🌊 SO TSUNAMI: The 2026 ProvSlam Team Homecoming Show & Chapbook Release!

📚 One final performance. One brand new book.

🖋️ Don’t miss the return of the Providence Poetry Slam on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at the Main Stage of AS220 (115 Empire Stage). Doors open at 7 PM and show begins at 8 PM. Entry is a suggested donation of $5 - $10. Hosted by Chrysanthemum & Astrid Drew.

🔥 Ranked top six at the NorthBeast Regional Poetry Slam, the 2026 ProvSlam team — Justice Ameer, Christa Coburn, Anthony Febo, Michaelis Lee & René Ramos — dedicated their spring & summer to the art of poetry. This marvelous cohort of poets is back at their home venue for one final performance, during which they will launch their team chapbook!

🎤 Our historic, all-ages open mic is open to all literary & musical genres, including poetry, prose, rap & more! No covers, original work only. 5 minutes per performer.

⚡️ THE 2026 PROVSLAM TEAM!

Christa Coburn (.christa)
René Ramos ()
Justice Ameer ()
Michaelis Lee (.lee)
Anthony Febo ()

08/04/2026

🌊 SO TSUNAMI: The 2026 ProvSlam Team Homecoming Show & Chapbook Release!

✨ One final show. One brand new book.

⚡️ Don’t miss the return of the Providence Poetry Slam on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at the Main Stage of AS220 (115 Empire Stage). Doors open at 7 PM and show begins at 8 PM. Entry is a suggested donation of $5 - $10. Hosted by Chrysanthemum & Astrid Drew.

📚 Ranked top six at the NorthBeast Regional Poetry Slam, the 2026 ProvSlam team — Justice Ameer, Christa Coburn, Anthony Febo, Michaelis Lee & René Ramos — dedicated their spring & summer to the art of poetry. This marvelous cohort of poets is back at their home venue for one final performance, during which they will launch their team chapbook!

🎤 Our historic, all-ages open mic is open to all literary & music genres, including poetry, prose, rap & more! No covers, original work only. 5 minutes per performer.

07/16/2026

SEASON FINALE POETRY SLAM + OPEN MIC! — All good things come to an end! Join us TONIGHT Thursday, July 16th at Main Stage for our final show of the season before we go on summer break in August. Want to compete in the poetry slam? Read below for instructions!

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At 7:00 PM, doors to AS220 Main Stage open, and sign-up lists for both the open mic & the poetry slam go out. The show begins promptly at 8:00 PM. Suggested donation of $5 - $10. No one’s turned away for lack of funds.

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OPEN MIC — Open to all ages + all literary genres: poetry, prose, rap, music, more! No covers, original work only. You have 5 minutes — please be considerate of time! You can only sign up for either the open mic *or* the poetry slam.

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POETRY SLAM — A literary competition in which poets perform their own original work using no props, costumes, or musical accompaniment. 5 random judges from the audience score each poem from 0.0 to 10.0. First place poet receives a cash prize!

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IMPORTANT RULES FOR SLAM COMPETITORS:

* Capped at 8 poets — first come, first served
* Line begins at door between AS220 Bar & AS220 Main Stage
* To compete, come early *before* 7 PM — don’t cut the line
* Competitor round-up (check-in) & draw for slam order is at 7:30 PM
* To compete, bring 3 poems under 3 minutes — 3rd poem is for a tiebreaker
- Our slam has 2 rounds with eliminations — in Round 1, all 8 poets compete, then top 6 scores advance to Round 2
- Questions? Leave a comment, DM us or email [email protected]

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07/14/2026

This Thursday!

07/10/2026

SEASON FINALE POETRY SLAM + OPEN MIC! — All good things come to an end! Join us Thursday, July 16th at Main Stage for our final show of the season before we go on summer break in August. Want to compete in the poetry slam? Read below for instructions!

🎉

At 7:00 PM, doors to AS220 Main Stage open, and sign-up lists for both the open mic & the poetry slam go out. The show begins promptly at 8:00 PM. Suggested donation of $5 - $10. No one’s turned away for lack of funds.

🎊

OPEN MIC — Open to all ages + all literary genres: poetry, prose, rap, music, more! No covers, original work only. You have 5 minutes — please be considerate of time! You can only sign up for either the open mic *or* the poetry slam.

🎤

POETRY SLAM — A literary competition in which poets perform their own original work using no props, costumes, or musical accompaniment. 5 random judges from the audience score each poem from 0.0 to 10.0. First place poet receives a cash prize!

⏰

IMPORTANT RULES FOR SLAM COMPETITORS:

* Capped at 8 poets — first come, first served
* Line begins at door between AS220 Bar & AS220 Main Stage
* To compete, come early *before* 7 PM — don’t cut the line
* Competitor round-up (check-in) & draw for slam order is at 7:30 PM
* To compete, bring 3 poems under 3 minutes — 3rd poem is for a tiebreaker
- Our slam has 2 rounds with eliminations — in Round 1, all 8 poets compete, then top 6 scores advance to Round 2
- Questions? Leave a comment, DM us or email [email protected]

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07/01/2026

☕️ OPEN MIC ft. EMMANUEL OPPONG-YEBOAH, THE BOSTON POET LAUREATE! — Come on down to AS220 Main Stage () on Thursday, July 2nd for an all-ages, multi-genre open mic and feature from Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah ()! This will be our second-to-last show of the season!

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OPEN MIC — Doors open and sign-ups begin at 7:00 PM. Show begins right at 8:00 PM. Suggested donation of $5 to $10. No one’s turned away for lack of funds! Open to all ages & open to all literary & music genres: poetry, prose, rap, more! No covers, original work only. You have 5 minutes — please be considerate of time!

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QUESTIONS? — DM us or email [email protected]! To learn more, visit provslam.org!

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ABOUT OUR FEATURE — Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah is a Ghanaian American poet, editor, and educator living out the diaspora in Boston, Massachusetts. They are both Black & alive.��Born in 1993, Emmanuel is the school librarian at the Joseph Lee School in Dorchester, and Boston’s current poet laureate.��In the past, Emmanuel has served as a high school English teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, and as a teaching artist at organizations such as the Massachusetts Literary Education and Performance Collective, the Cambridge Arts Council, Northeastern University, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.��The pursuit of joy, and that which sustains life, is essential to Emmanuel’s creative practice, and to their practice of living. Emmanuel’s chapbook “not without small joys” (published by Game Over Books Press) explores the centrality of joy as an animating force, especially in the face of human suffering. In his free time, Emmanuel enjoys hot carbs, brightly colored chapbooks, and the long sigh at the end of a good book.

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06/17/2026

You’re invited to ProvSlam’s Black Voices Open Mic & Juneteenth Showcase! 🌟

Join us Tomorrow Thursday June 18 at AS220 () Main Stage (115 Empire St) for a showcase of local Black artists, writers, and performers, hosted by ProvSlam Co-Director Naffisatou Koulibaly (.affisatou)! 🪩

Starring: Charlotte Abotsi (), Seth Larbi (), Michaelis (.lee), and Zyen Smoot-Mingo! ✊🏿

Doors open and sign-ups for the Black voices open mic begin at 7 PM, with the show starting at 8 PM! 🍾

Suggested donation is $5 to $10! 🫧

Address

115 Empire Street
West Warwick, RI
02903

Opening Hours

7:30pm - 10pm

Website

http://www.provslam.org/

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