Welcome to the first ever Iowa Poetry Association (IPA) poetry slam! IPA is hosting a series of poetry slams across the state in the search for our Iowa champion. There are 3 qualifying slams around the state, and the top 4 poets from each qualifier will be invited to compete on the final stage at Poetry Palooza this April.

The winning poet from our final stage will go on to represent Iowa and compete for a $2,000 prize at the NFSPS Blackberry Peach National Poetry Slam, which is being held in Des Moines this June 2023!

This qualifying slam, hosted in partnership with Iowa City Poetry, will be on Thursday, March 23, 2023 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Public Space One Close House in Iowa City.

Want to join in the fun and potentially earn your spot as our Iowa rep? Register to compete by sending an email to ipa@iowapoetry.com with “Slam Entry” in the subject line by Friday, March 17.

Competing poets must be 18+ as of this coming June 2023.
Poets who competed in another qualifying slam are not eligible to compete in this qualifying slam.

See our slam structure and rules posted within this event.
If you have any questions, please contact the IPA at ipa@iowapoetry.com or the IPA Poetry Slam Co-Chairs, Kelsey Bigelow and Laura Johnson.

Seeded Plain • David Hurlin • Mustard-in-Law

Seeded Plain formed in 2007 when instrument inventors and builders Jay Kreimer and Bryan Day started recording together after being introduced by colleagues in the Lincoln, Nebraska experimental music community. Together they have toured the US, Mexico, India and Europe, performing concerts and presenting instrument-building workshops. Seeded Plain have released eight full-length albums on labels such as Bug Incision, Gilgongo, Creative Sources and Public Eyesore.

Jay Kreimer is a musician, instrument maker, sculptor, composer and educator. More to the point, he is an alchemist of hardware stores, surplus catalogs, and discarded objects, who assembles new things out of scraps of possibility. Kreimer has performed across Europe, including Dublin, Cork, London, Glasgow, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris, and played at D-22 in Beijing. He presented an interactive talk/performance at the 2008 ISIM conference in Denver, and Santa Cruz. In collaboration with Wendy Weiss, he has shown sound and sculptural work in Beijing, San Francisco, Vancouver, New York, Washington D.C, and showed a major installation in Kansas City and Tulsa. Kreimer also performs with The Mighty Vitamins.

Bryan Day is a sound artist, musical instrument designer, and conceptual artist based in San Francisco. Day's work investigates the delicate interplay between processed natural recordings and the amplified electronic sounds generated by his invented instruments. Using scavenged electronics, repurposed mechanical components, and amplified materials that you might find in your garage or your great uncle's office, he re-imagines them into constructivist sound sculptures. He has performed, taught workshops, and built sound installations globally, including Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In addition to his own audio work, Bryan operates Public Eyesore Records, a producer of unusual and experimental music since the late 1990s. During his days, he can be found designing, building, and repairing exhibits at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

iHearIC is back?!?! Just over three years after COVID ended our Spring 2020 season early, we're doing another showcase of local talent!

Featuring:
Mars Hojilla
dropbear (Gabi Vanek & Justin K Comer)
Rachel Saint
Robyn Groth

We'll be upstairs in the dancehall at Public Space One's Close House (538 S Gilbert).

Admission is FREE but everyone is getting paid. Donate if you can to help us do more shows like this.

Video will be up at patreon.com/ihearic later for those who cannot attend.

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Full Moon live set

in the Art Gardens

by Universal Elements

225-229 N. Gilbert

come by anytime!

A live hardware/ hybrid set with healing frequencies! 6-7p will be live hardware, 7-8p will be a live hybrid set with mixing, live vocals, singing bowl, wooden bongo & chimes.