Open Mic Poetry at The Dalí

About this event

@ Join us for an evening of community and creativity at Open Mic Poetry at The Dalí. Hosted by former Poet Laureate of St. Petersburg Helen Pruitt Wallace in partnership with Curtis Davis and Dennis Amadeus of Tampa’s GrowHouse poetry collective, this community event invites poets to share their work on stage. The signup list will be posted outside the Museum’s Will Raymund Theater on Thu, December 10 at 5:30pm. Twenty spots will be available for poets in the order they sign up, with three standby slots available if time allows. Each poet will have three minutes at the mic. Whether you’d like to listen, read or perform, all poetry styles are welcome. Please note: mature content may be included, and an adult audience is recommended. This event will also be livestreamed and recorded. If you are uncomfortable with this, please reconsider signing up to read. You can view past poetry performances on the Museum’s YouTube channel here. Location: The Dalí Museum’s Will Raymund Theater or live on YouTube (link below) This event is held on the ground floor of the Museum (gallery access not included). Access to the Museum’s ground floor is free and open to the public. To watch the live stream from home, click below at the time of the program: stream now Helen Pruitt Wallace has published individual poems in several journals and anthologies. Individual books include Shimming the Glass House, and a chapbook, Pink Streets. A former Poet Laureate of St. Petersburg, she is the curator of The Dalí Poetry series. Curtis Davis was born and raised in Tampa, FL. He has been writing and performing poetry since a youth in high school and has since traveled all over the states competing in international, national, and regional poetry slam competitions. In 2018, Curtis was ranked the eight poet in the world after becoming a finalist in the Individual World Poetry Slam held in San Diego, CA. He is the Creative Director of 501c3 Non-Profit Heard ‘Em Say Youth Arts Collective and…