{"title": "Slam Poetry and Spoken Word", "start": "2026-11-10T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-10T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "LaGuardia Community College", "address": "Thomson Avenue 31-10, 11101 Long Island City", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word", "society/queer"], "description": "Slam Poetry and Spoken Word is a poetry event where students perform spoken word. It is run by LaGuardia Community College's Women's Center & LGBTQ+ Hub together with Casa De Las Americas, and invites students to express themselves, connect, listen, and reflect as a diverse community.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/slam-poetry-and-spoken-word-79263/", "official_url": "https://www.laguardia.edu/event/slam-poetry-and-spoken-word/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-10T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-10T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "LaGuardia Community College", "address": "Thomson Avenue 31-10, 11101 Long Island City", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Latine Queer Studies Reading", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "College of Staten Island", "address": "Victory Boulevard 2800, 10314 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "society/queer"], "description": "A public evening of queer Latine poetry, at which the Brooklyn-born poet Emanuel Xavier reads from his new book of poems, \"Still, We Are Sacred.\" It is a CC CLUE event hosted by the LGBTQ+ Resource Center and the English Department of the College of Staten Island, and refreshments will be served. Xavier's work bridges spoken word, literary poetry, and queer cultural history, and he has written several collections including Love(ly) Child, Pier Queen, Americano, If Jesus Were Gay, Nefarious, and Radiance. The reading takes place in the Green Dolphin Lounge in building 1C on the college's campus at 2800 Victory Boulevard, admission is free, and it is made possible by funding from the New York City Council to the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Institute with support from the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/latine-queer-studies-reading-52069/", "official_url": "https://www.csi.cuny.edu/latine-queer-studies-reading", "image": ""}, {"title": "Kate Rigg with Slanty Eyed Mama", "start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "La MaMa", "address": "East 4th Street 66, 10003 New York", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word", "music/rock"], "description": "Kate Rigg with Slanty Eyed Mama is a residency at La MaMa built around the spoken word, rock and comedy duo of the same name. Slanty Eyed Mama is award-winning lyricist and singer Kate Rigg (Lady-K) and electric violinist Lyris Hung, who met while studying at the Juilliard School and create a fresh American Asian sound. Their work has taken them twice to the Smithsonian Institute, to headline the PBS Special \"Race is the Place\", and to stages such as LA Grand Performances, the Perth International Festival and the Vancouver Comedy Festival. On November 1 they lead \"Speak Up! Speak Out! Speak Up!\", a free workshop for ages 14-22 on turning stories and feelings into powerful spoken word with improvised musical accompaniment.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/kate-rigg-with-slanty-eyed-mama-53459/", "official_url": "https://lamama.org/kateriggwithslantyeyedmama/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/63d467e6a125927dea076c1e3563ecf6e80e82fe036cc990b3a1d1794f1f8a4f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Poetry Aloud", "start": "2026-10-31T15:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Brooklyn Poets", "address": "144 Montague St, Brooklyn", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "Poetry Aloud is a weekly gathering where participants read poetry aloud from collections in the bookstore and discuss them informally. It is hosted by Brooklyn Poets, whose book offerings celebrate a diverse range of poets and themes with a focus on contemporary poets. Everyone chooses a collection, spends about ten minutes picking poems to share, and reads aloud in a circle, with conversation about the books, individual poems and personal reflections. The group is free and open to the public, with donations welcome to support the programming.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/poetry-aloud-71104/", "official_url": "https://brooklynpoets.org/events/all/poetry-aloud-103126", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b0e519ec0157736afbb6eca197ff8beb99e843c651a9b9766a5ba83e9ee8485d-1200.webp"}]}