Please come out to support Collective Purpose at the San Diego County Fair on June 27, 2009. They will be performing in the 5th Annual Gospel Festival on the Plaza Stage at 2pm with a live band.

ELEVATED! featuring the I.E. Youth Slam Team

Collective Purpose presents…

ELEVATED!

1st & 3rd THURSDAYS

The premiere open-mic in San Diego is giving you the best poets, singers, and musicians.

Come out and get your fix!

Thursday, 5/21/09 @ 9 PM

The night's feature will be the Western Regional Champion Inland Empire Youth Slam Team. These young poets are insightful, creative and wise beyond their years. Their poems are inspiring, revolutionary and at times comical. Their diverse perspectives create an all-inclusive performance that keeps audience members at the edges of their seats.

Come experience the resurrection of spoken word! Elevated! is a creative arts experience that is guaranteed to uplift, inspire and move you through spoken word, music, and visual art. Elevated! features nationally, internationally, and locally renowned poets. The open mic encourages up-and- coming artists to showcase their skills and talent. Come to listen, express, and get ELEVATED!

Eveoke Dance Theatre
2811 University Ave
San Diego, CA 92104

$5 at the door

10 POETS...5 SPOTS...1 MIC

THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2009

@SDAI: MUSEUM OF THE LIVING ARTIST

1439 EL PRADO (in Balboa Park)

doors open @ 7:30

$5 Cover

The San Diego Poetry Slam is hosting its annual Grand Slam competition in historic Balboa Park at the San Diego Art Institute's Museum of the Living Artist. The Grand Slam will determine who is crowned San Diego Grand Slam Champion for the next year. Rudy Francisco, Ant Black, Simply Kat, Gil SOTU, Jerrica Escoto, Succinct, Taili Mugambi, Viet Mai, Jro, and Deacon Blair (2008 Grand Slam Champion) will perform their best slam poetry in the competition. The top 5 finishers will make up the 2009 Slam team. The team will represent San Diego in West Palm Beach, Florida in August, competing against 83 teams from around the world in the National Poetry Slam. Last year's team ranked in the top 20 of the world in San Diego's return to the national competition. Please come out and help us select the best poets to represent San Diego, as we try to win it all!