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03/11/2004 Entry: "8th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam"

The 8th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam kicks off into high gear this weekend, with THREE rounds of preliminaries. There's over 100 brand new poets mixing it up with the veterans and the Oakland slam champs. Please join us in supporting these young writers. Tickets available at the door at all preliminary events. (see details for more info...)

PRELIMINARY #1
Friday, March 12 7 pm (doors at 6:30)
Oakland Box Theater 1928 Telegraph (Oakland)
$8 general, $4 youth under 20

Rickena Bates Emcees, Paul S. Flores hosts
Dj Funklor on the turntables

PRELIMINARY #2
Saturday, March 13 2 pm (doors at 1:30)
Intersection for the Arts 446 Valencia (SF)
$2 general admission

Aimee Suzara Emcees, James Kass hosts

PRELIMINARY #3 (RECENTLY ADDED)
Saturday, March 13 7 pm (doors at 6:30)
Youth Speaks 2169 Folsom Street (SF)
FREE

Tomas Riley emcees, Rafael Casal hosts

SEE YOU AT THE SLAM!

Youth Speaks
...because the next generation can speak for itself.

2169 Folsom Street Studio 100
San Francisco, CA 94110

415.255.9035 ext. 10
415.255.9065 fax
www.youthspeaks.org

established in san francisco, 1996
established in new york city, 1999
established in seattle, 2002

You can't write poems about the trees
when the woods are full of policemen

Bertolt Brecht