Join WITS this Friday, December 12th, for the ORBIT Slam with super-special guest, Pages Matam!. Pages is an award-winning artist, writer, and performance coach who has coached his youth team to #1 at Brave New Voices and his adult team to #1 at the National Poetry Slam. WITS will host a free youth poetry workshop followed by poetry slam. No registration required. Open to ages 13-19. 6:00 – 7:30 pm at Discovery Green Park (1500 McKinney 77010).
Join WITS this Friday for the ORBIT Slam. Free poetry workshop followed by poetry slam. No registration required. Open to ages 13-19. 6:00 – 7:30 pm at Discovery Green Park (1500 McKinney 77010).
Writers in the Schools (WITS) and Meta-Four Houston will host the Neptune Slam on Saturday, April 4th, at 11 am. Students ages 13-19, bring your best poem to the Stella Link Neighborhood Library for a chance to join the slam team that will represent Houston at Brave New Voices this summer. The event is FREE, and all are welcome to attend.
Photography by Angela LaMonte, Only Once Images
The Meta-Four poetry slam preliminaries are for ages 13-19.
There are two remaining slams before the Grand Slam!
Winners will represent WITS and the city of Houston at the national Brave New Voices festival in Philadelphia.
Participants must recite or perform their own original poems and must attend the workshop prior to the slam in order to compete.
What: Saturn Slam
When: March 28th, 7pm Workshop, 7:45pm Slam
Where: Leonel Castillo Neighborhood Center, 2101 South Street, Houston, TX 77009
Tell all your friends to come out and support youth poetry on Friday night!
photo by goodspero
The three youth poetry slams have produced 9 spoken word poets who will proceed to the Space City Grand Slam on April 26th, 2014. There are still 3 more opportunities to qualify for the big event . The top 6 of the Space City Grand Slam will become the 2014 MetaFour Houston slam team, and will compete and perform all over Texas, and will represent Houston at the Brave New Voices competition in Philadelphia.
The poetry slam preliminaries are for ages 13-19. Participants must recite or perform their own original poems and must attend the workshop prior to the slam in order to compete. The next two competitions will be:
Saturn Slam, March 28th, 7pm Workshop, 7:45pm Slam @ Hope Stone, 1111 Van Buren
Neptune Slam, April 5th, 11am Workshop, 11:45am Slam @ Stella Link Neighborhood Library 7405 Stella Link
These events are free, and the public is welcome to attend.
photo by goodspero
For young people (ages 13-19), if you want to make the Houston slam team, you must compete in one of the preliminary slams.
The top 3 poets in each Prelim will advance to Space City Grand Slam at Discovery Green, April 26th at 6:30pm.
The next prelims are:
* Teenpoloza: Neuhaus Theatre (Alley Theatre), Friday March 7th, 7pm
*Mars Prelim Slam: 2pm this Saturday, March 8th at HPL Smith Neighborhood Library.
Events are free.
Who: YOU!
What: Teen Poetry Slam
When: Friday night, Feb. 28th
Where: Hope Stone (1210 W Clay St. #26, Houston, TX 77019)
Meta-Four Houston, a project from WITS Houston, will perform at Esperson Gallery (815 Walker St. 77002) this Friday. For more information about this free event, click here.
WITS offers writing workshops and poetry slams for young writers between the ages of 13-19. Please join us for Meta-Fourth Friday. Because of the winter weather,it is rescheduled for Friday, January 31st, held 7 -9 PM at Hope Stone, 1210 West Clay, Suite 26, (the cross street is Van Buren) Houston, TX 77019.
This free program will teach you how to write and perform original poetry about issues that are important to you. Share your work in a supportive environment and grow as a writer.
WITS is offering free spoken word workshops for youth ages 13-18 every Wednesday through the Houston Public Library Smith Branch, led by WITS Writer and renowned performance poet Emanuelee “Outspoken” Bean.
Time:3:30-5:00PM
Dates:
December 4, 11, 18
January 8, 15, 22, 29
February 5, 12, 19
Location: Smith Neighborhood Library
3624 Scott St, Houston, TX 77004
(832) 393-2050
Cost: FREE
To find out about other FREE WITS workshops, click here.
Meta-Four Houston poets Jordan Simpson, Daniel Ortiz, and Terrell Cloud perform at the Alley Theater.
On Saturday, November 16th, the WITS spoken word team, Meta-Four Houston, will perform at TedX Youth Houston. For more information about this event, click here.
If you are between the ages of 13-19, come join us for Meta-Fourth Fridays, held Fridays from 7:00-9:00 PM at Hope Stone, 1210 West Clay, Suite 26, Houston, TX 77019. Bring a friend or come solo and meet some new friends.
These free workshops will teach you how to write and perform original poetry about issues that are important to you. Share your work in a supportive environment and grow as a writer.
Dates for Meta-Fourth Fridays, all free and open to teens 13-19:
September 27
October 25
November 22
December 20
Tell your friends!
Today Meta-Four Houston will compete at Brave New Voices 2013 in Chicago. Special message from WITS Houston = We Love You Guys!
The Writers in the Schools Meta-Four Houston Team is performing in one last poetry slam, Veterans versus Newbies, before heading off to the Brave New Voices international competition in Chicago.
Our team is the Texas Youth Poetry Slam 2013 State Champs! Come see them this Saturday, August 3, 2013, at the Alley Theatre–Neuhuas Stage, 615 Texas Avenue.
Suggested donation is $10 and proceeds will help send Meta-Four to Brave New Voices in Chicago. Doors open at 6 PM, and the slam starts at 6:30 PM.
Come out and support Meta-Four, a spoken-word program of WITS youth, as they engage in a battle of words with the Houston V.I.P. team.
Where: The Artery, 5401 Jackson, Houston, TX.
When: Thursday, July 25th. Doors open at 7:30 PM, and the POETRY SLAM begins at 8 PM.
Minimum donation of $7. Hosts are Robyn Adams and Lupe Mendez.
Night WrITerSWednesday, June 19th at 6:00 PM
MKT Bar at Phoenicia , 1001 Austin Street, Houston, TX
See the listing on CultureMap
Sponsored by Momentum Audi and Phoenicia
On June 9th, Meta-Four Houston, the spoken word team that will represent Houston at Brave New Voices in August, presented some poetry before the Society for the Performing Arts performance of the Blue Man Group. Meta-Four Houston is a program of Writers in the Schools (WITS).
Houston, we have a team!
After competing at Space City Slam in a series of six poetry competitions, six young poets were chosen to represent WITS’s performance poetry team, Meta- Four, and the city of Houston at the international youth poetry slam festival and competition, Brave New Voices, in Chicago, August 7-11.
The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee announced the winners, who rode in the grand prize winning car “Big Red” in the Houston Art Car Parade. Congratulations to Outspoken Bean, the Meta-Four coach, and to students Sarah Portugal, Terell Cloud, Jennifer Layer, Jordan Simpson, Tiffany Ike, and Daniel Ortiz! See you in Chicago!
Thanks to the support of United Airlines, who generously donated round trip tickets, Meta- Four will be flying all the way to Chicago free of charge! Also a special thanks to the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance and Travelers Insurance for their continuous support of Meta-Four and the Space City Grand Slam.
This Saturday 18 young poets will compete, and the winners will become the Meta-Four Houston Team for 2014. These performance poets will represent Houston in the Brave New Voices International Festival in Chicago (August 2013).
When: 10 am – 12 noon
Where: HPL Central Library Downtown – 4th floor
Cost: Free
The MC will be Outspoken Bean. DJ will be King Henry. The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee will announce the winners.
Meta-Four Houston is a program of Writers in the Schools (WITS). WITS is thankful to these awesome partners:
Travelers
City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance
Join other youth for a Meta-Four Youth Poetry Slam hosted by Outspoken Bean, the 2013-14 Houston V.I.P. Slam Champ!
Writers in the Schools provides a safe, encouraging environment where teens of diverse backgrounds and economic circumstances can explore and express their truths through workshops and poetry slams.
Youth ages 13-19 are encouraged to participate in free year-round weekly workshops and monthly open-mic events hosted by Writers in the Schools. In the spring and summer, youth poets are selected through a series of slam competitions to represent Houston in the annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival.
The next FREE Space City Slam is:
April 6 (Sat) @ Houston Public Central Library 10-12pm
Bring your friends for a poetry workshop and slam. Spread the word!