What: WordSpace Feature @ Dallas Poetry Slam
When: Friday, April 17, 8 pm
Where: Heroes, 7402 Greenville Avenue
Hosted by: Hosted by RockBaby and GNO
Admission: $5, WordSpace Members Free

Richelle Scott known as Gemini in the artist society started taking an interest in performing poetry in 2007. She was 18 when she realized this was her passion. In 2010 she took an interest in slam and placed 3^rd at the Southwest Shootout Regional Slam. Then she place at the Dallas Slam  to lock a spot on the team to go on to Nationals. The team placed top 20. When she returned from Dallas she featured many colleges, poetry slams, and all kinds of events around the US. She writes from her and her family`s experiences. She is now attending University of North Texas for a BA in Integrative studies of Sociology, Anthropology, and Philosophy. She started a organization at the university in 2007 called Poetic Justice that is still going strong.  She will be graduating August 2015. She is a mother of two beautiful boys. She lives in Houston and works at Memorial Hermann Hospital. She continues to perform in shows and is working on various projects. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @  RichelleGemini, Facebook Richelle Gemini Scott to keep up with her upcoming shows and projects.

What: WordSpace Feature Series @ Dallas Poetry Slam
When: Friday, February 20, 8 pm
Where: Heroes, 7402 Greenville Avenue
Hosted by: RockBaby and GNO
Admission: $5, WordSpace Members Free

My government name is Vallerie Birdow. I’m 26 years old. I was born in Fort Worth, raised in Cuney, Texas, and went to school k-12 in Palestine, Texas. I graduated from PHS in 2006, then moved to Houston to attend Texas Southern University. I transferred to UT Tyler after my junior year where I’m currently completing the Bachelors of Arts in psychology degree program.

I got into poetry while going out to open mic venues when I was living in Houston. I was intrigued by the energy in the places. It was always calm, yet exciting. I loved watching artists bare their souls before crowds. I started writing as a way to release stress and tension and decided to perform a personal poem one night at an open mic. I got a great response from the audience and they seemed to like it so I started writing more and releasing on stage at whatever open mics I could find. After an open mic performance at Heroes Lounge for the first time, I was asked to be a feature, and that has been my only breakthrough in poetry thus far but I hope to have more.