Open Call to Artists: Banned Books
2023-07-31 23:30 (America/New_York) | Valley Cottage Library,110 New York 303, Valley Cottage, NY 10989, USA
Call for Art Submissions: Banned Books Trading Card Project
The Valley Cottage Library is currently looking for artists for our Banned Books Trading Card Project. We are going to be creating a set of trading cards depicting the covers of banned and challenged books as reimagined by local artists. Each participating artist will receive a full deck of the trading cards and will be invited to participate in our Banned Books Week Read-a-thon/artists’ reception on October 3rd.
For more information visit http://www.valleycottagelibrary.org

August Poetry Slam @ X House in Nyack
2023-08-05 19:30 - 22:00 | X House,48 South Franklin Street, Nyack, NY 10960, USA
We have a monthly poetry slam the first Saturday of each month at X House in Nyack.
What’s a poetry slam? It’s a performance poetry competition judged by the audience. We use anonymous whole-room voting, so everybody in the audience gets to decide how the slam goes.
If you want to complete in the slam, bring at least 3 original poems, each of duration 5 minutes or less. If you want to read in the open mic, bring up to 5 minutes of whatever you feel like sharing.
We are currently requiring masks to show our immune compromised or otherwise high risk friends that we care about them and we want them to included. N95 and KN95 masks will be freely available at the door, with both ear loop and head strap options.
Workshop (6:30 – 7:28)
Bryan, one of our organizers, is leading a free editing workshop before the slam. If you have a piece you want feedback on, bring it.
Sign-ups (7:30 – 8:00)
Sign-ups for both the open mic and the slam will be open from 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM. Admission is $10 general; $5 for students, seniors, and anyone who can’t afford $10 right now.
Open Mic and Slam (8:03 – 10:00)
The event starts with a short open mic. Any number of people can sign up to read in the open mic; we will randomly select 4 of them to share five minutes of whatever they feel like sharing.
After the open mic is our poetry slam. Any number of people can sign up for the slam; we will randomly select 8 of them to compete in it. The slam is 3 rounds. Poets will perform 1 original poem, 5 minutes or shorter, each round.
The whole audience will anonymously vote at the end of each round. Poets with the fewest votes will be eliminated. Poets with the most votes will advance to the next round.
The poet that has the most votes after the third round wins the slam and $75. Second place wins $50. Third place wins $25.
CART captioning is available with sufficient advance notice.
You can contact us with any questions at rocklandpoets@gmail.com mailto:rocklandpoets@gmail.com
Slam format/rules at https://www.rocklandpoets.org/slam-format-rules
