Admit it, GeekDads: you find ideas irresistible. And unconventional ideas expressed in high-octane language? Resistance is futile. It's okay, though – this particular behavioral bug is really more of ...

Hiding what is perceived as unpleasant in something pleasant. The technique is not new. How many pet owners have mixed medicine with food or treats to cure their pets? Parents, meanwhile, find all ...

“Louder Than a Bomb,” uses the now familiar genre formula seen in such competition docs as “Spellbound,” “Planet B-Boy,” and “Murderball,” relying on viewer knowledge of these tropes to plunge into ...

Applause rang throughout a sold-out Nourse Auditorium in San Francisco last month when seventeen-year-old Imani Diltz took the stage at the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Grand Slam finals. As she ...

It’s time for a poetry slam revival, according to Boston Poetry Slam producer Myles Taylor. Slam poetry, which is a competitive event where poets recite spoken-word poetry in front of an audience and ...

This is Notes From the Edge, a series reporting from the sharp edge of the UK’s creative industries. This week, we discover what’s stirring in the world of Slam Poetry, why it matters and how it ...

There are poets everywhere, and if you don’t believe that, you should have been at the Newberry Library on July 25 for a celebration in honor of Marc Kelly Smith, a poet who created and still hosts ...

This was the loud and unapologetic environment I stepped into at Get Lit’s Classic Slam, a poetry competition where more than 50 high schools participate annually. It was, as Tiffany Snow, Get Lit’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... KAYLA PRICE: Slight as a haiku, with a shock of short, tousled hair and electrically earnest, Kayla Price is a relatively new face in Denver’s slam poetry ...

HOW MUCH: $24.95 for Champions Stage on Saturday, March 21, all other events are free, at cicadapoetryslamfestival.com The Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival returns to Albuquerque this month with over 80 ...