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General Discussion / Queen City Poetry Slam in Cincinnati, OH is Looking for Features for 2013 Season

« on: December 03, 2012, 11:35:33 AM »

Hello Everyone!

Queen City Poetry Slam is currently seeking features who plan on touring across Ohio (or the Midwest, in general) in 2013 and would like to make Cincinnati, OH one of their stops.  We operate on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month. 

Our schedule is behind Writing Wrongs and Writers' Block, both out of Columbus, OH and are less than two-hours driving distance from Cincinnati.  They operate every Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.  If you already scheduled a date to feature at their venues and are looking for a place to feature Thursday of that same week, then let me know! 

We had plenty of features during 2012, such as Rachel Wiley, Hanif Abdurraqib, Wil Gibson, Chris August, Tatyana Brown, and John Survivor Blake. 

To inquire about featuring and find out more details, please send an e-mail to: brian.j.sullivan.jr@gmail.com or queencityslam@gmail.com.

Also, you can find out venue information (address, photos, links) by checking out our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/QueenCitySlam

Thank you!
Brian

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General Discussion / No Slam Venues in Cincinnati, OH or Kentucky. Advice Would Be Helpful. :)

« on: September 03, 2011, 01:09:31 AM »

Hello PSi Forum Members,

    This is my first topic posting in the PSi Forums and I just wanted to say that I have been writing since 2004 and reading at venues since 2009 (first at Loser Slam in Long Branch, NJ).   I recently moved to Cincinnati, OH for my job.   Since I have moved, I find myself looking for poetry locations around the Cincinnati, OH/Northern Kentucky area.

So far, I have located open mics, but no PSi certified slam venues that are close by and have been considering starting my own.   I saw a post earlier by the GaelicSamurai that mentioned there are no slam venues in Kentucky.   If I were to form a slam venue, Northern Kentucky (Covington, Newport, etc. ) seems like a nostalgic area for it.   Otherwise, I'm pretty much focused on Cincinnati, near the Downtown area.

Loser Slam gave me a good idea as to the feel of a slam venue so I'm already down for that.   My issue is a few things:

1) How do I draw in a crowd?  I am still getting to know people out here.   Attending some of the open mics has given me the opportunity to network (as well as my huge network on FB from across the country).

2) What determines if the location is sutable for hosting slams?  There are all sorts of random areas around Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.   I have been specifically looking for Coffee Houses and their hours vary.   There are bars and concert halls that do small gigs so a slam venue might be possible, but the issue is age restriction (21+).

3) What is better: charging a cover or asking for donations?  If I am to maintain a non-profit slam venue that has dues to cover and poets to bring to NPS & iWPS (yes, I am totally down for the idea of helping the community), I have to find a way to accrue these funds.   Unless you can give me a better describtion of how this is accomplished, I would really appreciate it.

4) What are the conditions towards features?  How does that get handled?

And any other additional feedback would be helpful.

Thank You,

B Sully