Barrio Poetry Slam! A Noche de Spoken Word, Cultura and Community
***FREE***
Come and be part of the magic and fire that will be the BARRIO POETRY SLAM! This event will be open to all but will definitely have SABOR! It will be LIVE yo!
Shea’s and Los Artistas del Barrio Buffalo invites voices from across the community to share original work rooted in heritage, identity, and the Latino experience.
Step up to the mic, feel the rhythm of the words, and compete for prizes in a high-energy slam that celebrates creativity and culture.
Theme of the night:
Arroz con habichuelas More than a meal…Poems about food, memory, family and identity.
If you want to sign up and slam for prize money y’all, check out the link below
Shea’s and Los Artistas del Barrio are also EXTREMELY excited to highlight Boricua poet/slam poet/writer Yamilla Tate join us for the evening! Now living in Buffalo, NY, she will be sharing her work, some of which has been presented at competitions nationally. For more on Yamila’s amazing story, please read her bio below
Other highlights of the Noche de Spoken Word, Cultura & Community:
-Live DJ with DJ Chaz
-MC: Michele Agosto
-Cash Prizes and medals - 1st 2nd 3rd place
-Cash Bar
-Light bites
-Open mic session
Yamilla Tate Bio:
Yamilla Tate (she/they) is a poet/slam poet/writer based in Buffalo. Buffalo born, Puerto
Rican raised, Yamilla’s work focuses on themes of cultural identity and pride, queer
themes, womxn’s lives, and the confusing but beautiful experience it is to be human. She
writes in English and Spanish and she heavily focuses on being proud of your roots,
communities, and being unashamed of who you are. Social justice takes a significant role
in her writing. Yamilla writes with the intention of imbuing her words with the messages of
justice her childhood needed and that others may be needing to hear. While her writing
comes from the lens of her experience, she believes the desire for representation, of finally
hearing something you couldn’t have articulated before, and to feel the freedom of pride in
who you are and where you come from is a universal human want and need.
Yamilla Tate’s work has been featured by the Just Buffalo Writing Center, and she has
forthcoming publications. She has been a featured poet for various events in both the
United States and Canada, including: Beyond Boundaries’ screening of Going to Mars: The
Nikki Giovanni Project, The Pure Ink Tapings, Alt Crawl, among many others. Tate is also a
slam poet who has competed at the national level and in Canada. She formed part of the
Pure Ink 2024 and 2025 Slam Team and traveled to Pompano Beach, FL, and Knoxville, TN
for the Southern Fried Poetry Slam. Tate has also competed in poetry slams in Hamilton,
ON. You can find her taking part in performances/events and vending around Buffalo and
she is currently writing for various projects.
Link to register for Barrio Poetry Slam:
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSevZ2CPr9L.../viewform...
NOTE: Please note that the material shared in people’s poetry may contain very expressive and controversial language.
