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From Dylan Thomas to William Butler Yeats, from John Donne to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, if you're passionate about dead poets, you should head out to Taft Street Coffee tonight for the Dead Poets Slam. The free event will feature a poetry slam-style competition with a catch: all the poetry recited must have been written by a dead poet:

This is organized as a poetry slam, and competitors are encouraged to have two poems from their chosen dead poet ready. The audience will give scores and we'll discover who is the most slammin' of the deceased bards.

ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE; all you need to do is find TWO poems by a deceased poet and read them passionately on stage to compete for this best selection and best reading score.

And to further encourage you to give your best reading, there are even prizes!  Of course, you don't have to participate in order to attend; an audience is needed, too. The Dead Poets Slam will get started at 8:00 p.m., but you'll need to be there at 7:30 p.m. to sign up.  And forget about using E. E. Cummings "she being Brand"; that's our bag, and a surefire way to woo the ladies. Dead Poets Slam
Admission: Free!
Date and Time: December 30, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Taft Street Coffee, 2115 Taft Street

The Chron picked this up a few days ago, but we feel it's worth a second mention. The Rice Design Alliance in conjunction with the Houston Chapter of the AIA announced two Houston architects, Murphy Mears Architects, (Kirby Mears, Walter Murphy, Kyle Humphries, Jamie Miller, and Gina Lyons) and Stephanie Eugster as finalists in the recent 99K House Competition. The finalists were selected out of 182 entrants proposing a sustainable, affordable house that addresses the needs of a low-income family in the Gulf Coast region.

Okay, photographers, try to ignore the painfully tight jeans and embarrassingly mop-like 'do for just one moment - '80s arena rocker and power balladeer Billy Squire wrote a song just for you. You got it. Everybody wants you. Oh, you're so used to being in such high demand, aren't you? And who wants you now, pray tell, Houstonist? Well, none other than the United Way of Greater Houston. "But Houstonist," you ask, scratching your head...

There's absolutely no question in our minds that Houstonist readers have amazing skills when it comes to ye olde shutter box. And although we'd love to hoard your talent under our beds and keep it for ourselves for a rainy day (which will be, um, tomorrow), we know your talent deserves more exposure than that. But you can't blame us for trying. That's why we want to be sure that you know to enter the...

Literary Salon @ space125gallery Join Houston Arts Alliance on tonight. August 2nd, from 7PM -9PM at space125gallery for an evening of poetry and literature. "Meet the Authors" reception begins at 6:30PM. Featured artists: Laurie Clements Lambeth PhD, University of Houston Creative Writing Program Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Award Recipient Winner 2006 National Poetry Series Open Competition Cambor Fellowship Recipient, Inprint David Stuart MacLean MFA, New Mexico State University Fullbright Scholar Mary Gibbs and...

The Houston Texans have known their list of opponents for months, but did not have dates for games until today when the NFL published the regular season schedules for 2007. The Texans face several noteworthy opponents on their home turf this season. The home and season opener looks to be winnable with the Kansas City Chiefs visiting on September 9th. Competition kicks it up a notch as Peyton and the Colts land on the 23rd...

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo to feature Food & Wine Extravaganza at Astrodome As Rodeo season approaches, and Houstonist pulls out our stiffest Stetsons, rugged Justin boots and tightest Wranglers, we look forward to an event that doesn't require carefully avoiding cow patties. And we're not talking burgers. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo international wine and food tasting extravaganza, Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup and Best Bites Competition, is back for 2007 and is set...

Hail, Caesar! The 22nd Annual Caesar Salad Competition is tonight from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel in the Allen Center, located at 400 Dallas Street, and it is open to the public. Admission is $35/per person at the door and that buys you the right to sample traditional and creative caesar salads prepared by some of Houston's finer restaurants, restauranteurs, and chefs, vote for your favorite caesar and sample a...

Houstonist will strive to apprise you of food and beverage adventures (either or both) - as they are discovered. To that end - here are a few ways to relieve your wallet - and appease the "food baby" - and possibly your sense of adventure: • Now Crave This, A Perfect Pastry Competition: The National Association of Catering Executives (NACE): • Rombauer Wine Dinner: Kiran’s Restaurant • For the Love of Lobster: Trevisio •...

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Torontoist immediately wins our heart by using the word "Jackass" in a headline. In fact, we love their use of it so much that we're going to use it as much as possible throughout this post. For example, it looks like there are Toronto-area jackasses besides those who misuse the sidewalk: look at the crap on sale on Toronto's craigslist. But it looks like Toronto doesn't contain the kind of jackasses who pee in public...

Galveston played host to the 20th annual American Institute of Architects Sandcastle Competition this weekend. About 20,000 people showed up – luckily, none of them bullied their way through and kicked down the sculptures. The 89 entries put anything that Houstonist tried to build with Galveston’s muddy sand to shame. Entries included a Monopoly: Houston edition, which featured local landmarks (we guess you'd use sand dollars for currency). Many of them were comical, like the...

Baseball fans winter is over and spring is here! Opening Day is officially starting and so are the festivities! Today kicks off NL Champions Week with a street festival that begins at 11 a.m. and lasts until 5 p.m., which should give you plenty of time to get in your seat or favorite spot before the 6:05 p.m. first pitch. Hurling tonight will be Roy Oswalt, who's making his fourth consecutive opening day start...

So here's what's kickin' this week at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: Monday • AQHA Cutting Horse Competition: begins 8 a.m. at Reliant Arena • Rodeo Uncorked! Grand Wine Tasting and Best Bites Competition: begins 7 p.m. at Reliant Astrodome Tuesday • Carnival: 4 p.m. to 12 p.m. • Rodeo Houston featuring George Strait: begins 6:45 p.m. at Reliant Stadium • The Hideout featuring Texas Unlimited Band: begins 10:15 p.m. at Reliant Astrodome Wednesday...

Everyone knows about the World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Thousands of less than full, but slightly inebriated, gather around picnic tables like Black Angus to get a taste of …slow cooked Black Angus. Yum. What most forget about, as they lean back and unbutton their top buttons, is to save room for the wine. After the rib bones and napkins have been shoveled, the corks will be popped at...