Space City Grand Slam
Thursday, April 6, 2023
The MFAH and Writers in the Schools (WITS) present the Space City Grand Slam. This event is the culmination of Space City Slam, a series of youth poetry slams held across Houston in February and March.
Tonight, the aspiring young poets perform original work in competition for a position on WITS’s award-winning poetry team, Meta-Four. Serving as this year’s coach is Outspoken Bean, Houston’s poet laureate.
Plan Your Visit
Admission to this program is free. The performance takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater on the lower level of the Law Building, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. On Thursdays, the Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with free general admission, and parking is free in all garages for MFAH visitors who arrive after 5 p.m.
About Writers in the Schools
The largest literary arts organization in Texas, WITS works to transform literacy and creativity in Houston. Leading the city’s poetry movement, WITS sponsors the youth and adult poet laureates. The nonprofit organization also partners with schools and collaborates with hospitals to provide creative writing activities to children.
General admission to the MFAH is free on Thursdays, courtesy of Shell Oil Company.
All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation; and the Texas Commission on the Arts. Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ballard; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tate; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Virginia and Ira Jackson; the Favrot Fund; CFP Foundation; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of John Wynne; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.