SlamCharlotte Poetry Slam

Overview

Blumenthal Performing Arts' monthly Poetry Slams are hosted by SlamCharlotte, Charlotte’s own two time national championship team of spoken word poetry (2007 & 2008). SlamCharlotte strives to promote poetic growth, performance enhancement, and increased camaraderie among the poets and the community through the monthly slam competitions. SlamCharlotte’s current Slammaster, Bluz, is the 13th ranked individual poet in the world.

FEATURED ARTIST

Talicha Johnson is an American poet and an aspiring novelist. She was a member of Charlotte’s Respect Da Mic Slam team in 2010, and has competed on a national level at both the Women of the World Poetry Slam and the Individual World Poetry Slam. 

In 2014 she released a debut poetry album and in September of 2015 she will release her first collection of poetry, Falling in Love with Picking Myself up. 

Her work has appeared in Germ Magazine, The Four Quarters Magazine, The Legendary  and Boston Poetry Magazine.