Omaha Healing Arts Poetry Slam

About Me

The Healing Arts Poetry Slam started in January of 2002 and has since sent 5 teams to the National Poetry Slam (2 of whom made semis). It's like a goddamned butterfly.

Notable Performances:
Dan Leamen (5th at 2007 IPWS)
NPS team Semi-finals 2006
NPS team Semi-finals 2003
John Mark Huscher and Katie F-S (Omaha Entertainment Award Winners, 2006 and 2008)

Notable Performers who have performed at OHA Slam:
Yusef Komunyakaa (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Buddy Wakefield (two-time individual slam champion)
Mike McGee (two-time individual slam champion)
Andrea Gibson
Shane Koyczan
Katie Wirsing (member of 2006 NPS Champion Denver team)
Ken Arkind (member of 2006 NPS Champion Denver team)
Panama Soweto (member of 2006 NPS Champion Denver team)
Sekou tha Misfit (two-time national champion)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/08/2006
Band Website: http://www.omahaslam.com
Influences: People. Writers, really. Good writers especially.
Sounds Like: Poetry. And comedy. Oh, and drama. Maybe a tad bit of political ranting. Maybe some music, some art, some truth, some beauty... that sort of thing.
Record Label: XOXO Independent

My Blog

April Slam Team Finals!

Omaha Healing Arts Poetry Slam Team Finals 4/11/2009 7:30 PM at The Omaha Healing Arts Center1216 Howard St, Omaha, Nebraska 6810212 Finalists compete tonight in the biggest show of the yea...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:57:00 GMT

Upcoming slams (through April, 2009)

December began qualifying for the 2009 Omaha Poetry Slam Team.The top 3 finishers in December-March qualify for the 12-poet Aprilteam finals. (Note: 12 poets will qualify, even if 1 poet makes the top...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:15:00 GMT

May 10 poetry slam

May brings back the Anything Goes slam as it was a blast in April: so costumes, props, covering others' poems, having help from others, it all goes. Yes, bring the '94 Nuyorican Slam team to be ...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:42:00 GMT

Anything Goes at April’s slam!

April’s slam will be different, good people... not only is JW Baz thefeature, it is an Anything Goes poetry slam.What does that mean? It means local, state, and federal laws apply butNOT s...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:12:00 GMT

Slam Team Finals next weekend!

2008 team qualification began in October where 12 poets qualified for the March 8 Team Omaha Finals. The top 5 will make up the 2008 Poetry Slam Team. Qualifiers are: Cameron, Sara Lihz, Joshie, Johnn...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:27:00 GMT

The Great Plains Poetry Pileup!

Hosted By: Matt MasonWhen: Saturday Dec 01, 2007 at 1:00 PMWhere: Kimmel Theatre900 N. Clarkson. Parking near the Anderson ComplexFremont, NE 68025United StatesDescription:Matt Mason Click Here To Vie...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:46:00 GMT

2007 National Poetry Slam recap

Note to self: sleep deprivation is bad. Get more sleep.Now then, Nationals. To sum up: we did nicely. Came in 27th out of 75 teams, missing semis by 2 slots. Still, we were on ...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:54:00 GMT

February Slam with 2 National Champs and a Pulitzer!

So the next slam, February 10th, is special in more ways than Dan Leamen's pants... the show will start with a short set by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa... then a short open mic... THE...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:20:00 GMT

Sean Conlon

Check out his stuff on this site! And then go find more of his stuff to check out and then come to see his shows! Lubb you.
Posted by on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:58:00 GMT

September features!!!

Andrea Gibson and Katie Wirsing are beautiful...like the things you keep locked inside the little music box in your heart! They also rock like the music box! Sample Andrea's poetry above...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:08:00 GMT