The Prose Bowl: A Night Of Spoken Word with Get Lit
- The Crawford, 474 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena
It’s a celebration of L.A. poetry at LAist with Get Lit - Words Ignite! Get Lit youth poets, standout local artists, and a nationally-renowned featured poet will get together for a night of spoken word performance hosted by Get Lit’s Mason Granger (he/him). Come early to enjoy sips, a DJ set, and tons of cool people to connect with in the name of poetry. Drinks and music start at 6 p.m. and the show kicks off at 7 p.m.
Featured poets are the West Hollywood Slam Team and Poetic Unity.
GET LIT YOUTH POETS
- Auris Barrios
- Ariana Lee
- Samantha Rios
- Brianna Macklin
- Sam Luo
This program may contain some mature language or themes.
ABOUT WEST HOLLYWOOD SLAM TEAM
West Hollywood Slam Team is West Hollywood's (Los Angeles) first official poetry slam team! They are a group of gender, sexually, and racially diverse poets, making their mark in the slam world. They competed and won the 2024 Chillist Slam Competition and recently competed in Portland, Oregon at The Big Foot Poetry Regional Slam.
The West Hollywood Slam Team is composed of:
- Brian Sonia-Wallace: Recent Poet Laureate of West Hollywood and published author @rentpoet on instagram
- Nate Lovell: Winning slam coach and competitor @thenatelovell on instagram
- Missy Fuego: Published author, and multi-title-holding slam champion @missyfuego on instagram
- Tee: LA Poetry Brothel resident, and member of Pride Poets @allfearsaside on instagram
- Pastiche Queen: Multiple-Title Holding Slam Champion, Award-Winning Playwright, Trans Representative of Hollywood Fringe Equity & Access Committee. Instagram: @PasticheQueen
- Raul Herrera
ABOUT POETIC UNITY
Binta Yade is a poet and presenter from Sydney, Australia but is now based in South London, United Kingdom. Through her work, Binta aims to question and reflect on the realities of the world we live in by exploring things like racism, colonialism, and generational trauma - and more importantly by shining a light on the pockets of joy and love that exist across our shared experiences. Binta is member of Poetic Unity a charity based in Brixton, London helping thousands of young people find their voice worldwide. Follow Binta @8intayade on Instagram and for more go to @PoeticUnity on Instagram/TikTok.
Blaize is a talented actor and poet based in North London, United Kingdom. Blaize has a talent for capturing the depths of human emotion. His introspective poetry is a reflection of the struggles and triumphs we all face. Blaize is member of Poetic Unity a charity helping thousands of young people find their voice worldwide. Follow Blaize @MyselfBlaize on Instagram and for more go to @PoeticUnity on Instagram/TikTok.
Ryan J. Matthews-Robinson also known as Ragz-CV is a dynamic spoken word artist from Brixton, South London. Renowned for his authentic style, weaving personal experiences into powerful evocative verse. Ryan is an award-winning poet with over 10 years’ experience performing on hundreds of stages worldwide. Ryan is the founder and CEO of youth charity Poetic Unity which uses poetry as a tool to support thousands of young people every year worldwide. Follow Ryan @RagzCV on Instagram and for more go to @PoeticUnity on Instagram/TikTok.
Temi Mwale is a commitment to living fully expressed, whole, free and passionately in devotion to community healing and transformative justice. She builds towards racial justice and abolition as a community organiser, educator and creative. Born and raised in North-West London, Temi has dedicated 12 years to grassroots community building there, whilst forging powerful connections with communities across the UK and the world. Temi is the founder of 4FRONT, a community-led youth organisation on a mission to heal communities by building peace, knowledge and power. She serves as a trustee of Poetic Unity a charity helping thousands of young people find their voice worldwide. Follow @temimwale on instagram.
ABOUT MASON GRANGER
Mason Granger is the Deputy Director at Get Lit. Originally from Philadelphia by way of Willingboro, NJ, Mason is a poet with 19+ years of professional experience on stage & in classrooms across 49 states and six countries as part of the performance poetry trio, The Mayhem Poets. In 2014, he created SlamFind, a digital platform to connect fans of poetry videos with the poets & live poetry venues where these videos are born. Connecting the poetry community to itself and the rest of the world continues to be the foundation of his work to this day.
Between 2016-2018, Mason was the official videographer for Poetry Slam Inc., producing several iconic poetry videos that continue to garner millions of views across multiple platforms. In the spirit of his mission of always keeping the ‘live’ in ‘live poetry’, he also hosted the weekly PoetNY open mic at Bowery Poetry Club in NYC from 2017-2019 while also serving as Executive Director of Bowery Arts & Science through 2019.
Now as a Los Angeles resident in his fourth year with Get Lit, Mason continues to pursue creative projects while helping to shape the future of spoken word poetry education in the state of California and beyond.
*Get Lit Players
The Get Lit Players (GLPs) are our award-winning performance troupe of youth poets. They’ve performed at the United Nations, Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center and White House — to name a few! Every year they perform live for over 50,000 of their peers, and their videos have been watched online over 300 million times. Each of our Get Lit Players will spend the next year honing their skills and enjoying exciting and unique workshops, paid performance and networking opportunities, and a lifetime of support from Get Lit’s community.
ABOUT GET LIT
Los Angeles-based nonprofit GET LIT ignites student engagement, literacy, and young voices around the globe using the power of spoken word, technology, and community.
ACCOMMODATIONS
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