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Be Heard MN Youth Poetry Slam Finals

Sat, Mar 30, 2024

Talks and Lectures

A teenager with dark long hair wearing a black sweatshirt speaks into a microphone on a stand in front of a crowd. — 2016 Be Heard Slam. Photo by Uche Iroegbu Photographic. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Event Details

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When Sat, Mar 30, 2024

Where The Loft Literary Center

Price $10 ($5 Seniors and students)

Please note the location change for this event. The finals will be held at the Loft Literary Center.

Join longtime Walker collaborators TruArtSpeaks for the final round of the Be Heard MN Youth Poetry Slam Series. Witness some of the most innovative writing and unforgettable performances from the next generation of Minnesota poets.

Tickets can be purchased at truartspeaks.org

Finalists and Performers

Announcing the 2024 Be Heard MN Youth Poetry Slam Finalists: Lessli, Edgar, Hawti, Alyssa, Nevaeh, Shaun, Isabel, Addie, June, and Gracie.
Hosted by poet and author Danez Smith, with DJ Just Nine.