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Poets in the Park Teen Poetry Slam Join Slam Master Cynthia French for a spoken-word poetry competition for teens ages 12-19. Bring your original work and express your creativity. Slam competitors should arrive at Wescott Library by 1:30 p.m. Additional entertainment by local musicans to be announced. Poets in the Park programming also features a poetry writing workshop at the Dakota County Library and a slam documentary screening at the Apple Valley Teen Center. See below.
![]() 2013 Teen Poetry Workshops and Other Opportunities
Teen Writers Workshop: Poetry with Katrina Vandenberg
Poetry Jam at the Apple Valley Teen Center Come join us for an afternoon of poetry writing and sharing and snacks, followed by reading and performing your poems (if you chose). Prize drawings during the event. Staff is available to assist in poetry writing and performance, as needed. Grades 6-12. Louder Than a Bomb Film Screening Saturday, April 20 at 6-9 p.m. Apple Valley Teen Center: 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd. LOUDER THAN A BOMB is a film about passion, competition, teamwork, and trust. It's about the joy of being young, and the pain of growing up. It's about speaking out, making noise, and finding your voice.It also just happens to be about poetry. Every year, more than six hundred teenagers from over sixty Chicago area schools gather for the world's largest youth poetry slam, a competition known as "Louder Than a Bomb". Founded in 2001, Louder Than a Bomb is the only event of its kind in the country—a youth poetry slam built from the beginning around teams. LOUDER THAN A BOMB chronicles the stereotype-confounding stories of four teams as they prepare for and compete in the 2008 event. By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, the film captures the tempestuous lives of these unforgettable kids, exploring the ways writing shapes their world, and vice versa. This project funded in part or in whole from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. |

Coordinated by Caponi Art Park and students from the School of Environmental Studies, and in partnership with Dakota County Library and the Apple Valley Teen Center. Sponsored by Valley Natural Foods.
