Soap Boxing Poetry Slam, is teaming up with Minnesota’s own Button Poetry to create Button Poetry Live. They have already won a $40,000 matching grant from the Knight Foundation, they are also raising $10,000 with Kickstarter to open the show. Button Poetry is globally known, and this monthly event will feature a poetry slam competition as well as nationally known and local poets. There also will be live music, raffles and more. The first show of the series will feature World Poetry Slam Champion Rudy Francisco and local phenomenon Neil Hilborn at Camp Bar in Downtown St. Paul, and will be hosted by Sierra DeMulder.
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