The Underground Poetry Spot is an arts group that began open mics and student workshops in Syracuse five years ago. They are celebrating their five year anniversary with an all-poetry concert 8:00PM Friday, September 19 at Syracuse Stage.

Former pro basketball star Tommy Hawkins has been named a celebrity judge at Get Lit-Words Ignite's first-ever-in-the-nation "Classic Poetry Slam."

The Spoken Word Almanac Project (S.W.A.P.) is a poetry and media extravaganza recapping and responding to the current news events of the year through an array of words and perspectives from a group of some of New York's finest performance poets.