Providence Poetry Slam, 115 Empire Street, West Warwick, RI (2026)

Speaking truth to power since 1992!

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05/29/2026

Q***R & TRANS OPEN MIC ft. TRU KWENE & WILL LEONARD! — Happy Pride! Come on down to AS220 Main Stage () on Thursday, June 4th for a special all-ages, multi-genre open mic and double feature from Tru Kwene () and Will Leonard (.leonardd).

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Q***R & TRANS OPEN MIC — Doors open and sign-ups begin at 7:00 PM. Show begins right at 8:00 PM. Suggested donation of $5 to $10. No one’s turned away for lack of funds! Open exclusively to all LGBTQ+ artists of all literary & music genres: poetry, prose, rap, more! No covers, original work only. You have 5 minutes — please be considerate of time!

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QUESTIONS? — DM us or email [email protected]! To learn more, visit provslam.org!

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ABOUT OUR FEATURES — Will Leonard (he/they) and Tru Kwene (she/her) are both 2026 Grand Slam Champions at their respective venues. Inspired to write together by a deep love and respect for one another’s artistry, they created a set to not only celebrate the freedom and beauty of living in their truth but to also stand firmly in clear opposition to the system of injustice that harms and claims the lives of q***r people all over the globe. Poem Project: The Reckoning.

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05/15/2026

INTRODUCING THE 2026 PROVIDENCE POETRY SLAM TEAM

CHRISTA · FEBO · JUSTICE · MICHAELIS · RENÉ

05/07/2026

OPEN MIC ft. TATIANA JOHNSON-BORIA! — TONIGHT -- Head on down to AS220 Main Stage () on Thursday, May 7th for an all-ages, multi-genre open mic and feature from Tatiana Johnson-Boria (), author of Nocturne in Joy, winner of the Julia Ward Howe Book Prize in Poetry.

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OPEN MIC — Doors open and sign-ups begin at 7:00 PM. Show begins right at 8:00 PM. Suggested donation of $5 to $10. No one’s turned away for lack of funds! Open to all ages & open to all literary & music genres: poetry, prose, rap, more! No covers, original work only. You have 5 minutes — please be considerate of time!

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QUESTIONS? — DM us or email [email protected]! To learn more, visit provslam.org!

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ABOUT OUR FEATURE — Tatiana Johnson-Boria (she/her) is the author of Nocturne in Joy (2023), winner of the 2024 Julia Ward Howe Book Prize in Poetry. As an educator, artist, facilitator, and mother; she uses her writing practice to dismantle racism, reckon with trauma, cultivate healing, and to explore the complex magic of mothering. She has received fellowships and awards from Tin House, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, MacDowell, the Brother Thomas Fellowship, and St. Botolph Club Foundation, among others. Tatiana is a 2017 Pushcart Prize nominee, teaches at GrubStreet, and has been on faculty at Emerson College, among other institutions. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Academy of American Poets, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, and more. She is represented by Lauren Scovel at Laura Gross Literary.

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04/16/2026

BOOK LAUNCH OF S*X CAMEL BY MUGGS FOGARTY & MINI OPEN MIC — Head down to AS220 Main Stage () TONIGHT Thursday, April 16th for an all-ages, multi-genre open mic and feature from Muggs Fogarty (), former director of the Providence Poetry Slam, and author of S*x Camel (, 2026).

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SPECIAL GUESTS — With Charlotte Abotsi (), Chrysanthemum (), Ilyus Evander (.evander), John-Francis Quiñonez (@), Justice Ameer (), Kleo Sincere (), and Naffisatou Koulibaly (.affisatou)!

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SCHEDULE — Doors open and sign-ups begin at 7:00 PM. Show begins right at 8:00 PM. Open mic begins around 9:30 PM. Suggested donation of $5 to $10. No one’s turned away for lack of funds!

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MINI OPEN MIC — Open to all ages & open to all literary & music genres: poetry, prose, rap, more! No covers, original work only. You have 5 minutes — please be considerate of time!

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QUESTIONS? — DM us or email [email protected]! To learn more, visit provslam.org!

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ABOUT OUR FEATURE — Muggs Fogarty is a writer, performance artist, and vocalist from Providence, Rhode Island. The author of several poetry chapbooks, Muggs is a former director of Providence Poetry Slam and a resident artist of AS220. Muggs can be found fronting music acts Lookers (Almost Ready Records), Bittersweet (Little Lambda Records), their solo loop pedal poetry project (Self Luv Records) and is the host of Chaos Hour on Providence Community Radio. Muggs also practices myofascial bodywork as a cofounder of Angels Collective, a q***r multidisciplinary collaborative in Providence.

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Address

115 Empire Street
West Warwick, RI
02903

Opening Hours

7:30pm - 10pm

Website

http://www.provslam.org/

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