The best show of the year is here!! Join us on April 3rd for the Grand Slam FINALS and HawaiiSlam’s 5th Anniversary Show. On the night of the show, we will give priority in the line to ticket holders (in other words, we will let them in first), so get your tickets now!!

Our super special feature is Sekou (tha Misfit), a two-time National Poetry Slam Champion who has been featured on ABC World News, Good Morning America, twice on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, MTV, BET, Showtime, Oprah Winfrey’s celebration of Maya Angelou’s 75th birthday, and P-Diddy’s Annual White Party. His poetry is so diverse that he has featured at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, has been commissioned by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Sierra Club, and holds a residency at the annual Mind, Body, & Soul women’s retreat in Jamaica. Do not miss out on this slam legend!!

Plus, we’ve got the 12 best poets from the 2007-2008 season fighting for their metaphoric lives in an all out, three-round elimination match to determine the members of the 2008 HawaiiSlam team. The poets are: Sela, Tui Scanlan, Kealoha, Lyz Soto, Dar’ron, Stri, Intrepid, Jay Kaneaia, Alex Armstrong, TravisT, Liam Skilling, and Vince Murai. As always, the show will have live painters, a guest DJ, and massages in the lounge. This will indeed be the best poetry slam of the entire year (if you’ve ever been to a Grand Slam Finals, you know what we’re talking about). Tickets are $15, and are available at the following locations:

DOWNTOWN AREA
- Bad Sushi (1157 Bethel St. @ Chaplain Lane Intersection... across from rRed Elephant Cafe), phone: 548-7874

WARD/KAKA’AKO AREA
- Jelly’s (420 Coral St. @ Auahi St... across the street from Fisher Hawai’i Warehouse), phone: 587-7001

ALA MOANA AREA
- Pipe Dreams (1420 Kalakaua Ave. @ South King St.), phone: 942-5599

UNIVERSITY AREA
- UH Campus Center Ticket Desk (UH Manoa), phone: 956-7236
- Rainbows Books and Records (University Ave. & King), phone: 955-7994
- Revolution Books (2626 South King St.), phone: 944-3106
- TooGruvz (Puck’s Alley, 2600 S. King St.), phone: 946-7773

WINDWARD SIDE
- Hungry Ear (Kailua, 418 Ku..ulei Rd.), phone: 262-2175

AIEA/PEARL CITY
- Jelly’s (Aiea, 98-023 Hekaha St.), phone: 484-4413

PHONE OR INTERNET
- Phone order by calling HawaiiSlam at (808) 387-9664
- Internet purchase at www.HawaiiSlam.com

The proceeds from this once a year showcase/fundraiser/competition/anniversary will fund the HawaiiSlam Team’s trip up to the Nationals in Madison, Wisconsin. HawaiiSlam has official 501(c)(3) non-profit status through Poetry Slam Inc, so not only will you be able to see the slam poetry event of the year, but you can also feel good about supporting a noble cause in Hawaii!!
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First Thursdays (April 3rd -- Grand Slam FINALS)
LOCATION: HAWAIIAN HUT
410 Atkinson Drive (ground level of Ala Moana Hotel)
Parking available at the Ala Moana Shopping Center
Doors at 7:45pm, Show 8:30pm
$15 Fundraiser to Send the Team to Nationals
Phone: (808) 387-9664
Email: info@HawaiiSlam.com
Website: www.HawaiiSlam.com

First Thursdays is the largest registered poetry slam in the world (600+ in attendance)!! Please forward to anybody who may be interested...