Louder Than A Bomb KC

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Cultivating  Writers - Splash Join us on Saturday March 20th 2021 for the first of a two part virtual workshop sponsored by Race Project KC. Students will reflect, share, learn, examine, discuss, and create pieces of writing that call for equitable quality education as it relates to race, equity, and inclusion. Student writing ...

Louder Than a Bomb KC 2020 kicks off tonight with two bouts at the Johnson County Central Resource Library. We need five judges for each bout. No experience necessary. We do ask that judges not have a direct affiliation (and, therefore, potential bias) with a team in the particular bout. Teams are listed with on their bout's signup. Signups have been low this year. Please help where you can!

LTABKC 2020 Judging Louder Than a Bomb KC is a youth slam poetry competition that takes place around March of every year. Each bout requires five judges. Judging requires no prior experience or expertise. Judges should arrive at least 15 minutes before bout start time. Each bout lasts 60-90 minutes. All events have two...

The final deadline to register
for LTABKC 2020 is tomorrow!

LTABKC 2020
Registration Deadline is Feb 1!
ltabkc.org

Early Bird Registration for LTABKC 2020 is Friday, December 20.

Only your commitment is necessary to secure your team's registration and the $200 early bird fee. (Payment arrangements can be made later.)

We're also one month away from Crossing the Street. On Saturday, January 18, 10a-3:30, all participating poets will gather at the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center for a day of workshops and collaboration, with special guest Elizabeth Acevedo as the keynote speaker.

Registration for Louder Than a Bomb KC 2020 is open! Register by December 20 for Early Bird fee. Final registration deadline February 1.

Registration – Louder than a Bomb – KC Slam Poetry | Youth Empowerment | Revolution

LTABKC 2020 Informational Video

LTABKC 2019 Stakeholders Info See the video

LTABKC's 6th Annual Slam Poetry Festival was uplifting and powerful right up to the last poem--specifically, Blue Valley North's Daniel Park's "C***k" performance, which is etched into LTABKC folklore. (You had to be there.)

Our deepest gratitude to all participating teams, their coaches, sponsors, teachers, and poets who continue to support LTABKC and the community it serves. The work they put in to keep this festival edgy, relevant, and transformative fuels the fire of our organization. From here, we are going up!

Further gratitude to the community organizations who support LTABKC by offering space for poets to be heard--Rockhurst University, Johnson County Library, Kansas City Public Library, Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, and the Black Archives of Mid-America. And a special acknowledgement of the American Jazz Museum's continued partnership with LTABKC.

The point is not the points; the point is the poetry. But we still need to shout out the judges who volunteered their focus for the excruciating task of assigning points to adolescent poetry.

Each year, LTABKC and the American Jazz Museum send the winning team to Brave New Voices, a national slam poetry event held this year in Las Vegas, July 17-20. Congratulations and well wishes to Sumner Academy of Arts & Science of Kansas City Kansas Public Schools who will be representing KC this year!

If you’ve been around LTABKC community for some years, you know what a gift Unique is to the art form. Check out his EP Cult Rapstar on all streaming services.

Cult Rapstar Unique Sixteen · Single · 2019 · 6 songs.

Congratulations to the 2019 LTABKC poets who made it an inspiring preliminary round. See everyone at semifinals on March 25 and 26 at the American Jazz Museum!

MARCH 25
Shawnee Mission South
Blue Valley North
Raytown
Winnetonka

MARCH 26
Sumner
Lincoln Prep
Shawnee Mission West
Blue Springs South

LTABKC 2019 kicks off in one week! We still have vacancies for judges and need your help! Check the link to sign up.

Judge Signup Louder Than a Bomb KC is a youth slam poetry competition that takes place around March of every year. Each bout requires five judges. Judging requires no prior experience or expertise. Judges should arrive at least 15 minutes before bout start time. Each bout lasts roughly 90 minutes. New in 2019, a...

Starlight Offers Performing Arts Scholarships For the 14th straight year, Starlight Theatre will award $2,500 performing arts scholarships to ethnically diverse middle school students across the metro. Qualified Kansas City students in grades 6, 7 and 8 are invited to apply by Friday, March 29, for a Vincent Legacy Scholarship.

The Kansas Streetcar Authority is organizing a Black History event at Ruby Jean's Juicery on the KC Streetcar line and would like to feature some local poets, storytellers, ciphers, rappers, and you get it. Want stagetime? Wanna get the word out? Wanna have an impact? The event is Friday, February 22, 5-7p, and all artists are encouraged to sign up. If this fits you, contact Communications Director Donna Mandelbaum at [email protected].

Louder Than a Bomb KC 2019 kicks off in THREE WEEKS! New this year, every team will have two preliminary bouts and teams can only repeat two poems throughout preliminaries and semifinals. Come out and support slam poets from 20 metro area schools! See Events for further detail.

Monday, February 25, 6-7:30
Rockhurst University:
Lincoln Prep
Barstow
Blue Springs South
Turner

Monday, February 25, 7:30-9
Rockhurst University:
Raytown
Shawnee Mission NW
Washington

Tuesday, February 26, 6-7:30
Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center:
Sumner
University Academy
Wyandotte
Blue Valley SW

Thursday, February 28, 6-7:30
American Jazz Museum:
Winnetonka
Blue Valley Northwest
Highland Park
Schlagle

Thursday, February 28, 7:30-9
American Jazz Museum:
Liberty Academy
Olathe Northwest
Shawnee Mission South
Shawnee Mission West

Saturday, March 2, 12:30-2
Johnson County Central Resource Library:
Winnetonka
Shawnee Mission NW
Blue Springs South
Blue Valley SW

Saturday, March 2, 2–3:30
Johnson County Central Resource Library:
Lincoln Prep
University Academy
Highland Park
Washington

Saturday, March 2, 3:30-5
Johnson County Central Resource Library:
Sumner
Blue Valley North
Turner

Tuesday, March 5, 6-7:30
KCPL Central:
Raytown
Barstow
Wyandotte
Schlagle

Tuesday, March 5, 7:30-9
KCPL Central:
Liberty Academy
Olathe Northwest
Shawnee Mission South
Shawnee Mission West

Register for Louder Than a Bomb KC 2019 by February 1.

Registration – Louder than a Bomb – KC Slam Poetry | Youth Empowerment | Revolution

Louder Than a Bomb KC 2019 Final Registration Date is
February 1!

LTABKC.ORG

LTABKC 2019 Stakeholders Info See the video

Register your team for
Louder Than a Bomb KC
by December 15 to get the early bird rate of $200! (Payments made by February 1.)

Poetry of Resistance Contest
Ages 12-18
Cash Prizes
Entry deadline March 1, 2019

News Martha Rabbani October 31, 2018 Poetry of Resistance Contest Martha Rabbani October 31, 2018 “You can cut all the flowers, but you can’t stop spring” Calling all youth to submit your poetry for social justice to the first International Youth Poetry Contest of the Social Justice Club. Who can p...

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