It's been 5 years since Arizona had a bonafide shoot out for the top team of slammin' poets, and now the wait is over as we celebrate the first lyrical shooting insanity of the inaugural Copper State Slam Championships!

Anthology, Inc. and Black Box Theater along with sponsors Lawn Gnome Publishing, Brick Cave Media and ConNotations Newszine invite you and your friends to join us for two days of spoken word fun

The When: Friday, July 27th and Saturday, July 28th, 2012

The Where: The Black Box Theater, 1330 E. Florence Blvd. Casa Grande, AZ 85122

The Who: A total of eight teams of four poets each will be allowed to compete, including four teams that are respesenting Arizona at the 2012 National Poetry Slam in Charloette, NC!

Tickets:

Friday $9 Online / $12 Door
Saturday $12 / $15 Door

Event Pass (covers both days. available online only) $20
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/257466

Hotel:

Room rate of $59 at Comfort Inn in Casa Grande. Each room is two queens beds and offers a full hot breakfast each morning. Their number is: 520-421-9878. Just need to ask for the Black Box Theatre room rate. Please feel free to pass along to anyone coming down.

The tentative itinerary includes:

Friday Itinerary 7/27:

7pm-9pm- Magic Show, Team Registration

9pm, Prliminary Bout #1 (1st 4 teams) Top 2 advance

11pm Preliminary Bout #2 (2nd 4 teams) Top 2 advance

1am- Naughty Open mic and other strangness...

Saturday Itinerary 7/28:

10am-12p- Open Mic for attendees

12p-1p- Publishing Panel/Discussion With:

Aaron Johnson of Lawn Gnome Publishing
Patti Hultstrand of AZ Publishing Services
Bob Nelson of Brick Cave Books

1pm-2:30pm- Youth Improv Class

3pm-4pm- Arizona State Youth Poetry Showcase

4pm-5pm- Legends of AZ Slam

FINALS at 7pm

10pm Musical Mayem Cabaret/Post Slam Celebration