💜 Saturday, March 29, 2025 at UUCS
💙 Doors open at 6:00PM featuring Live Music! 🎶
💚 Event begins at 7:00PM 🎙️
💛 Hosted by the amazing Regie Cabico
🧡 Theme: “Speak Your Story”
🧡 Tickets: Suggested donation $10 (or $15 at the door)
Poetry Slam 2025
Come join us for an electrifying evening of spoken word performances at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Sterling. Whether you’re a seasoned poet or just love listening to powerful verses, this event is sure to inspire and entertain. Bring your friends, grab a seat, and get ready to snap your fingers to some incredible poetry. Don’t miss out on this unforgettable night!
All poets are offered 3-4 minutes to recite or perform their poem to the live audience. Poets can speak their possibilities in any language as long as they provide a written translation of their 3-minute poem ahead of time.
Event Proceeds will be donated to:
Slam Poet
■ Suggested Donation: $15 (Free for youth 18 and under)
includes a Pre-Performance workshop with Regie Cabico from 5:00-6:30pm, plus Poetry Slam admission
■ $70 for 2nd place
■ $50 for 3rd place
■ $25 for Best Youth Poet
FREE “Write Your Story” Poetry Workshops
Write Your Story on March 28, 7:00-8:30 pm for ages 16 and up
Write Your Story for Families on March 29, 3:00-4:30 pm for ages 10 and up
About Regie Cabico
Regie Cabico is a poet and theater artist who has appeared on NPR’s Snap Judgement, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and TEDx Talk. He is the first Asian American poet to take top prizes at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe and 3 National Poetry Slams. He is the founder of Capfire Spoken Word Arts, a queer publishing press and literary events organization to nurture and promote queer BIPOC poets and their allies. He is currently the board chair of Split This Rock.
This project is supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Questions? Contact Denise Dittmar