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Poetry with a Purpose: The 2018 Be Heard Team Send Off ft. Amir Sulaiman
POETRY WITH A PURPOSE: TRUARTSPEAKS WELCOMES INTERNATIONALLYRENOWNED
POET AMIR SULAIMAN TO MINNEAPOLIS
Sulaiman to perform at the annual Be Heard MN Team Sendoff Show on June 29
TruArtSpeaks is excited to announce that
internationally-renowned poet Amir Sulaiman will
be performing as part of the organizations
annual Sendoff show this June.
Each year, the six highest scoring poets from the
Be Heard MN Youth Poetry Slam Series form a
team that represents the state at the Brave New
Voices international youth poetry slam festival.
They write and practice together all spring, and
the Sendoff is a chance for the whole community
to hear their work one last time before BNV.
This year, the Sendoff will feature performances
from the team, their coaches (Michael Lee and Hieu Minh Nguyen) and a very special
guest, poet Amir Sulaiman:
Amir Sulaiman is a poet, recording artist, Harvard Fellow, actor, screen writer and
producer born in Rochester, New York. His poems cross subjects of love, tragedy as
well as what it means to reconcile humanity with the unprecedented trials of
modernity. He has performed his works across the US as well as many other countries
including England, Belgium, Senegal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Australia,
Iran and the Netherlands, and continues to tour world-wide. Amir was first introduced
to a National audience in 2005 when he was featured for two seasons on Russell
Simmons' groundbreaking series Def Poetry Jam on HBO.
Event Details:
Poetry with a Purpose: The 2018 Be Heard MN Team Sendoff Show
Featuring Amir Sulaiman, Michael Lee, Hieu Minh Nguyen, and the 2018 Be
Heard MN Youth Poetry Slam Series Cohort
Friday, June 29, 2018 at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis
6:30pm. $10 advance, $12 at the door. All ages.
Please contact info@TruArtSpeaks.org for more, or visit www.TruArtSpeaks.org.
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LocationThe Loft Literary Center (View)
1011 Washington Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
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