BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 RDATE:20120311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 RDATE:20121104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120124T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120124T220000 LOCATION:The Platteau GEO:45.4486305685896;-122.669563058166 SUMMARY:CUPSI Qualifier Slam\, Featuring The Good News Poetry Tour!!!!! DESCRIPTION:Friends\, Poets\, Countrymen\, On one magical day each year\ , God smiles down upon us all and allows us here at Apocalips to bring yo u the greatest show ever. I refer of course to our CUPSI qualifier slam\, which somehow contains a lifetime's worth of beauty wrapped up into a si ngle perfect evening. For those who don't know\, CUPSI is a national comp etition for collegiate slam poets. It is a 4 day competition full of suns hine and laughter and every last one of the best things\, like if heaven had an orgasm (but better). And on January 24\, we are giving YOU the cho ice of who's going to represent us. The slam will be two rounds of L&\ ;C's most gorgeous poets competing for a spot on the team. POETS\, BE SUR E TO BRING 2 PIECES. It's gonna be brutal\, y'all. But in the best kind o f way. But\, wait\, there's more. Because Apocalips loves y'all so much\ , we have not one\, not two\, but THREE FEATURES for the evening. Here's a little bit about them: Hieu Nguyen was a member of the 2011 Minneapoli s slam team\, which placed 5th in the nation. He also co-coached the 2011 University of Minnesota team at CUPSI where they came in 4th. He is also quite possibly the most adorable man you will ever meet.http://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=LREpK6IXgTE&\;feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=LREpK6IXgTE&\;feature=player_embedded)#! Dylan Garity was also a member of the 2011 Minneapolis slam team which placed 5th in t he nation. He founded the Macalaster slam\, and was a member of the Macal aster teams at CUPSI in both 2010 and 2011. In 2010\, Macalaster tied for third place. In 2011\, they won the whole competition. His poems are rum ored to have wish-granting powers.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maZmu2f- mKQ&\;feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maZmu2f- mKQ&\;feature=player_embedded) Neil Hilborn was also a member of the 2011 Minneapolis slam team\, as well as a member of the 2010 and 2011 Mac alaster CUPSI teams. In 2010\, he was honored with "Best Persona Piece" a t CUPSI and in 2011\, he won "Best Love Poem." In his spare time\, he fli es hot air balloons and domesticates small lions.http://www.youtube.com/w atch?feature=player_embedded&\;v=n6T8WDjImRo (http://www.youtube.com/w atch?feature=player_embedded&\;v=n6T8WDjImRo) DON'T MISS THIS SHOW. S ince we've got so much beauty to share with y'all\, we're gonna get start ed a little bit earlier than usual. SIGN-UPS AT 6:30\, SLAM STARTS AT 7! IN THE PLATTEAU! If you haven't started writing yet\, you should probabl y start right about now-ish. WRITE BRIMSTONE! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Friends\, Poets\, Countrymen\,
On one magical day each year\, God smiles down upon us all and allow
s us here at Apocalips to bring you the greatest show ever. I refer of co
urse to our CUPSI qualifier slam\, which somehow contains a lifetime's wo
rth of beauty wrapped up into a single perfect evening. For those who don
't know\, CUPSI is a national competition for collegiate slam poets. It i
s a 4 day competition full of sunshine and laughter and every last one of
the best things\, like if heaven had an orgasm (but better). And on Janu
ary 24\, we are giving YOU the choice of who's going to represent us. The
slam will be two rounds of L&\;C's most gorgeous poets competing for
a spot on the team. POETS\, BE SURE TO BRING 2 PIECES. It's gonna be brut
al\, y'all. But in the best kind of way.
But\, wait\, there'
s more. Because Apocalips loves y'all so much\, we have not one\, not two
\, but THREE FEATURES for the evening. Here's a little bit about them:
Hieu Nguyen was a member of the 2011 Minneapolis slam team\, w
hich placed 5th in the nation. He also co-coached the 2011 University of
Minnesota team at CUPSI where they came in 4th. He is also quite possibly
the most adorable man you will ever meet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LREpK6IXgTE&\;f
eature=player_embedded#!
Dylan Garity was also a member
of the 2011 Minneapolis slam team which placed 5th in the nation. He foun
ded the Macalaster slam\, and was a member of the Macalaster teams at CUP
SI in both 2010 and 2011. In 2010\, Macalaster tied for third place. In 2
011\, they won the whole competition. His poems are rumored to have wish-
granting powers.
ht
tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maZmu2f-mKQ&\;feature=player_embedded
Neil Hilborn was also a member of the 2011 Minneapolis slam
team\, as well as a member of the 2010 and 2011 Macalaster CUPSI teams.
In 2010\, he was honored with "Best Persona Piece" at CUPSI and in 2011\,
he won "Best Love Poem." In his spare time\, he flies hot air balloons a
nd domesticates small lions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&\;v=n6T
8WDjImRo
DON'T MISS THIS SHOW. Since we've got so much b
eauty to share with y'all\, we're gonna get started a little bit earlier
than usual. SIGN-UPS AT 6:30\, SLAM STARTS AT 7! IN THE PLATTEAU!
If you haven't started writing yet\, you should probably start righ
t about now-ish.
WRITE BRIMSTONE!