Tag: National Poetry Month

Art, Poetry

Get Lit Celebrates Poetry Month and its 13th Annual Classic Slam

Elijah Isaiah Johnson

With the pre-Golden Hour sun higher up and a touch brighter than usual for 4:00 PM, the Wilshire Ebell Theatre was rolling out the literal red carpet for some of art’s unsung and most prolific offspring: Get Lit’s Words Ignite Annual Classic Poetry Slam in its 13th incarnation, continuing to raise the next and support the current generation of young poets, writers and thinkers.

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Art, Poetry

Get Lit Closes Out Poetry Month with Annual Classic Slam Competition Finals

Elijah Isaiah Johnson

After a record breaking cold spell across usually-sunny California, the customary 80-degree weather had begun to pick up again in mid April; as the sun set over South Broadway’s historic Ace Hotel Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, the golden views and massive crowds were a fitting way to welcome in students, poets, writers and songwriters from far and wide to the annual 2023 Classic Slam Competition Finals.

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