Seven Poets to Vie for Coveted CUPSI Spots
Victoria Garber, Arts Editor
December 9, 2016
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry, Recent Stories
OSLAM will hold its annual Grand Slam in the Cat in the Cream Saturday at 8 p.m., showcasing an art form steeped in resistance and empowerment to conclude what has been an emotionally and politically fraught semester for many. Poetry slams are the competitive art of performed poetry, putting dual focus on...
Project Unbound Combats Human Trafficking With Fundraiser
Brendan Eprile
October 28, 2016
Filed under ARTS, Music
Over 1,200 children have been rescued by The Human Trafficking Collaborative of Lorain County in the past 10 years. To raise money for its cause and increase awareness, student-run anti-human-trafficking organization Project Unbound’s 3rd Annual Voices Against Human Trafficking gathering will bring to...
Johnson Converts Insults to Compliments in Poetry
Louise Edwards, Arts Editor
February 26, 2016
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry
Editor’s note: This article contains a racial slur. Spoken word poet Janae Johnson opened her performance Saturday at the Cat in the Cream with a “basketball poem.” She filled the room with empowering lines: “She’ll be picked last, but she’ll outshoot the entire team” and “He mad — ...
OSLAM Switches Focus with Love-Centric Slam
Max Van Cooper
February 19, 2016
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry
The night before Valentine’s Day, the Cat in the Cream filled with excited OSLAM fans. The large audience spilled onto the floor; friends huddled in from the cold with coffee and cookies. OSLAM is best known for its gripping political and emotional poetry, but the group’s Feb. 13 performance focused...
OSlam Sponsors Kai Davis to Support Poets of Color
Kyle Roach
October 2, 2015
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry
OSlam, Oberlin’s slam poetry team and club will welcome writer and performer Kai Davis for a night of spoken word poetry Saturday night. Davis is a Creative Writing and African-American Studies major at Temple University, and her work has been featured at the San Francisco Opera House, The Kimmel...
Feature Photo: The Conductor
Danny Evans and Louise Edwards
September 25, 2015
Filed under ARTS, Music
College senior Colin Seikel, performing under the moniker The Conductor, strums his guitar while singing a song from his new album, Blastoff. Seikel teamed up with OSlam poet and fellow College senior B.J. Tindal for a poetry and music showcase at the Cat in the Cream this past Wednesday night. Seikel, ...
Feature Photo: OSlam
Vida Weisblum, Arts Editor
May 8, 2015
Filed under ARTS, Features, Literature & Poetry
College sophomore Annika Hansteen Izora passionately delivers a spoken word poem at OSlam’s final slam showcase. The showcase was a cumulative display of all the hard work that OSlam members have invested in creating a repertoire of moving, powerful poetry. Poets reprised old favorites and presented...
Fundraiser Works to Increase Human Trafficking Awareness
Sage Mitchell-Sparke
March 6, 2015
Filed under ARTS, Features
Over 20 million people worldwide are living in slavery. Last Friday at the Cat in the Cream in “Project Unbound: Humans Against Trafficking,” several victims of the modern slave trade shared their stories. College first-year Sarah Blum organized the event, which was dedicated to raising funds and...
Slam Poetry Gains Momentum on Campus
Vida Weisblum, Arts Editor
October 10, 2014
Filed under ARTS, Features, Literature & Poetry
Oberlin’s student-run slam poetry organization, known as OSlam!, is undergoing a critical transformation to manage an overwhelming interest in slam poetry on campus. Last year’s OSlam! participants began auditions Thursday to select finalists for eight additional spots on their performance team,...
Slam Poets Deliver Honest, Moving Performances in Accessible Environment
Clara Shannon
April 25, 2014
Filed under ARTS, Literature & Poetry, Recent Stories
As the lights dimmed, the excited chatter of faculty and students filled the tiny Lord Lounge in anticipation of Oberlin’s OSlam! Poetry Showcase on Tuesday, April 22. Three illuminated microphones sat in wait for performers. Abruptly, the chatter burst into explosive applause as the group members...