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To be booked as a featured poet: slammaster@dcslam.com
SCREENING PROCESS: We ask that if you have never featured for a DC/Baltimore Slam event (ie. if this is your first time featuring for either DC Slam or SLAMicide) that you provide us with TWO reference contacts from venue hosts/organizers where you've performed and a written sample of your work.
For General Info about Venue: info@dcslam.com
Venue Location Information & Directions (please do NOT send US mail for us to this address, to send us mail, email the SlamMaster in order to get proper mailing address):
DC Slam Poetry Series at
(1 mile north of Van Ness Metro Station)
Modern Times Coffeehouse (inside Politics & Prose Bookstore)
5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
phone: 202.362.2408 - only call to get directions
Our store is located on Connecticut Avenue, right at the intersection with Nebraska Avenue.
It is in the middle between Van Ness/UDC and Chevy Chase Circle.Parking: We have a parking lot in the rear of the store. If you are driving north on Connecticut, turn right at Fessenden Street then make an immediate left. The entrance to the lot is just before you enter the woods, on the left. If you are driving south on Connecticut you will pass the store on your left after you cross Nebraska Avenue. Make a left turn at Fessenden. There is also street parking.
The parking lot fills up quickly for our evening author talks. After speaking with a representative of the DC Police Department, we were told that parking on 36th Street behind the store (past Garrison) is available on both sides of the road until the road narrows. You may also park in the nearby neighborhoods for two hours where posted. However, our neighbors ask that you do not block or park in their driveways. Politics & Prose is also reachable by public transportation.
Metro: Take the Red Line to Van Ness. We are one mile north on Connecticut (a 15 minute walk). You can also take and L1 or L2 bus (heading towards Chevy Chase Circle) from that Metro stop. Or you can take the Red Line to Tenleytown, head to the corner of Nebraska and Fort Dr. NW & catch the M4 BUS (heading towards PINEHURST/SIBLEY HOSP/TENLEYTOWN STATION). Either one will put you within a few paces of the bookstore.
Driving Directions
D.C. NAVIGATIONAL TIP: Streets in DC are organized alphabetically and syllabically (one syllable names first, etc.)
From Arlington, VA Route 50 East or 66 East: Take Constitution Ave. to 18th Street and make a left at 18th. Stay straight through downtown then veer left onto Connecticut Ave. Take Connecticut North, past Van Ness/UDC. Politics and Prose is on the right just past Fessenden.
From Dulles Airport: Take the Dulles Toll Road to 495 towards Baltimore. Exit at Connecticut Avenue South. Go about five miles south on Connecticut. Politics and Prose is just south of Nebraska on the left-hand side.
From Washington National Airport: Follow Route 1 to the 14th Street Bridge. Take 14th Street to K Street. Take a left at K Street. Take K to Connecticut Avenue. Go North (right from K) on Connecticut - past Van Ness/UDC. We are just past Fessenden on the right.
From Baltimore/Northern Maryland: Take I-95 South toward Washington. Take exit 27 to merge onto the Capital Beltway/I-495W toward Silver Spring. Take exit 33 for Connecticut Ave/MD-185 toward Kensington/Chevy Chase. Keep left on the fork; follow signs for MD-185 S(outh). Turn left on Connecticut Ave/MD-185 South. At Chevy Chase Circle NW, take the 4th exit onto Connecticut Ave NW. Keep going until you get to the bookstore. Follow directions listed up top in order to find parking.
Accessibility: Politics & Prose is situated on two floors. Stairs provide quick passage between the floors; an elevator is available for those who need it as well.
DC Slam will be convening on the last Wednesday of the Month (except opening night, which will be Wednesday, June 20, 2007). This event is FREE (though we strongly encourage you to SUPPORT THE CAFE & BOOKSTORE). ALL AGES are welcome!!
DC Slam is a PSI Certified Venue, and the official track (inside Washington, DC) to representing the DC/Baltimore Slam Team at the National Poetry Slam Competition.
DC Slam is Washington, DC's ONLY PSI certified poetry slam venue and the official track to the National Poetry Slam.
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