Rochester Institute of Technology will host the HBO Def Poetry Slam, at 8 p.m. on April 18. Headlined by poets Bassey, Roger Bonair-Agard and muMs (of HBO’s Oz), student poets from RIT and the ...

This Baltimore hip-hop, soul and spoken word duo is comprised of David Ross (Native Son) and Femi Lawal (The Dri Fish). Although the two perform independently, it is their collective energy that has ...

Seventeen years after the HBO show ‘Def Poetry Jam’ went off the air, co-creator Danny Simmons is reviving the spoken word showcase in Philadelphia. Danny Simmons, creator of Def Poetry Jam, has ...

To some theatre folk, Broadway means you've unequivocally made it. No need to worry about being on the radar of reporters, critics, assigning editors, listings editors. You've done Broadway. You're in ...

Poet Britteney Conner redefined consent in her spoken word poem "Consent" at the Rustbelt Regional Poetry Slam in Detroit. In her poem, posted to Button Poetry, Conner defines consent in multiple ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I’m always amazed when I think of how boys and girls can stand on a stage and spell words I’ve never heard of and will likely never use in any stories I might write. Think of the ...

RUSSELL SIMMONS DEF POETRY JAM: Performance poetry. Directed by Stan Lathan. Staceyann Chin, Mayda del Valle, Poetri. (Through July 28 at Theatre on the Square, 450 Post St., San Francisco. Through ...