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15th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam // Grand Slam Finals!
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Time: May 20, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Davies Symphony Hall
Street: 201 Van Ness
City/State: San Francisco, CA
Info/Tickets/Map: http://www.cityboxoffice.com/…
Phone: 415.255.9035
Event Type: san, francisco, ca
Organized By: Youth Speaks
Latest Activity: May 18, 2011
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15th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam // Grand Slam Finals
Friday, May 20, 2011 7pm
Celebrate the voices of 21st Century America! 15 Years ago Youth Speaks hosted the first ever Teen Poetry Slam. Now, this Olympic-style month-long poetry competition remains the largest, most anticipated event of its kind. Join hundreds of Poets, with an audience in the thousands, as we champion a space where the next generation can speak for itself.
Co-Hosted by Former Youth Speaks Slam Champions
Rafael Casal & Chinaka Hodge
Featuring 17 Finalists:
- Allison Kephart (16, Pacifica)
- Cassandra Euphrat Weston (18, San Francisco)
- EJ Walls (17, San Leandro)
- Gabriela Pelsinger (17, San Francisco)
- Gretchen Carvajal (16, Newark)
- Jade Cho (18, Oakland)
- Josh Merchant (19, Oakland)
- Khatsini Simani (19, Oakland)
- Maricar Bamba (16, San Francisco)
- Marje Kilpatrick (14, Richmond)
- Noah St. John (15, Berkeley)
- Nyabingha McDowell (15, Richmond)
- Obasi Davis (15, Oakland)
- Queen Nefertiti Shabazz (16, Berkeley)
- Shanika-Marshae Walker (19, Richmond)
- Stephanie Yun (17, Oakland)
- Tehan Ketema (14, Berkeley)
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94102-4585
TICKETS
$6 for Youth under 24
$18 General Admission
$50 V.I.P
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