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It's Open Mike and Slam Poetry Night at the Bel Air Branch. Please join guest slam poets Chris August and Grandma Dave Schein on Friday, April 21st at the Bel Air Branch as we celebrate National Poetry Month.

For those of you unfamiliar with Slam Poetry, Wikipedia says, "Slam poetry is a postmodern form of performance poetry that occurs within a competitive poetry event, called a "slam", at which poets perform their own poems (or, in rare cases, those of others) that are "judged" on a numeric scale by randomly picked members of the audience. It can also consist of several poets performing without being judged."