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2008 Poetry Slam Finals
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When: Friday, May 16, 2008, 8 p.m.
Where: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, 650 South Griffin Street, Dallas
Cost: $10
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The Poetry Slam is back once again. If you have never been to a Poetry Slam then you definitely do not want to miss this years Finals. Come out and enjoy a night of wonderful poetry done like no other.
Hosted by Sista Sondra of the Rickey Smiley Morning Show
Information from the venue.
Some nearby drink specials on May 16th
- Gilley's Dallas: 6 pm - 2 am: $3 well, wine & domestics
- Miguel's Cantina: 4 pm - 7 pm: $3.75 margaritas, $2.75 well drinks, $2.50 Mexican beers
- 2505: 10 pm - 4 am: $3 wells, $3 domestics, $3 shot specials
- Pearl at Commerce: 4 pm - 8 pm: $3 wells and domestic longnecks, Pearl beer cans $2 all the time
- Tuk Tuk Asian Cuisine: 5 pm - 7 pm: $3 beer, $3.50 wine
Some nearby restaurants
- Off The Bone Barbeque
- Potbelly Sandwich Works (Dallas / Renaissance Tower)
- Tuk Tuk Asian Cuisine
- Carmine's Pizzeria (Dallas / Downtown)
- Seventeen Seventeen
Some nearby events on May 16th
- Buster Brown Band, Brooklyn Jazz Cafe, 8 p.m.
- Emily Elbert / Tyler Dow Bryant, Opening Bell Coffee (South Side), 8 p.m.
- Spring Celebration Series, Majestic Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
- Jimmy Baldwin, Lee Harvey's, 6:30 p.m.
- Brown Sugar, The Loft, 9 p.m.
Event posted May 13, 2008
Last updated May 13, 2008
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