GENERAL ADMISSION FOR 2012 LOUDER THAN A BOMB MASSACHUSETTS
PRELIMINARIES MARCH 31st -11am-5pm
MIT Stratton Student Center
SEMI-FINALS, APRIL 1st – 11am-5pm
MIT Stata Center Rm.32-123
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA
General Public $5 Suggested Donation Day of at the Door
(no reservations required)
High School Students with valid school ID – Free
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GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS FOR 
2012 LOUDER THAN A BOMB MASSACHUSETTS
FINALS SHOWCASE- April 13, 2012
at the beautiful
are now available on-line at
A limited number of general admission tickets for finals showcase are being released to the public at this time. Participants and a local area high school students will be admitted for free (on a first come first serve basis). A select number of “day of” tickets will also be made available before the show. Our overall event capacity is limited, so please make your arrangements, buy tickets as soon as possible to ensure that you’re going to have a seat to the launch of this youth movement in Massachusetts!
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WE STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS!
Sign up now to help make the first-ever LTAB in Massachusetts a huge success!
What you need to know:
What is Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB)?
When will LTAB take place?
How can I participate?
Whom can I contact if I have a question?
What is Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB)?
Louder Than A Bomb was started in 2001 in Chicago by poets Anna West and Kevin Coval. It’s since grown to be the largest teen poetry festival in the world, and even inspired a full-length feature film.
The mission? “Aiming to bring teens together across racial, gang, and socio-economic lines, LTAB is a friendly competition that emphasizes self-expression and community via poetry, oral story-telling, and hip-hop spoken word.”
This Spring 2012, Mass LEAP celebrates the creation of the very first Louder Than A Bomb festival in 
Massachusetts.
When will LTAB take place?
Here’s the projected schedule:
Friday, March 30th: 8am-3pm MIT Kresge Auditorium & Adjacent Class Rooms Crossing the Street & Student Day of Poetry in conjunction with Mass Poetry Festival & MIT’s “80 Proof Poets” ASA Club.
The March 30th Student Day Of Poetry is co-sponsored by our fiscal agent, MASSPOETRY and is open to all Massachusetts Teens & Educators, regardless of involvement in the poetry slam tournament. (Note: We have reached our capacity! Registration is currently closed for 2012) All Louder than a Bomb Teams registered to compete are required to attend this day long session that includes workshops, strategies and events geared towards addressing and crossing the borders that divide us, making friends and building community with each other.
Saturday, March 31th
2012 Louder than a Bomb / Massachusetts Poetry Slam Preliminaries Bouts – 10am (doors open) – 6pm – MIT Stratton Campus Center
Bouts of 4 teams each compete in different venues throughout the day.
Teams have to compete twice in preliminaries. Morning bouts begin at 11am. Afternoon bouts at 2pm. The scores from both bouts are combined. The highest 8 scoring teams (based on combined rankings from both of their bouts) will be invited to compete in semi-finals.
Sunday, April 1st
2012 Louder than a Bomb / Massachusetts Semi Finals Match-Ups – MIT Stata Center Rm 32-123 – 11am – 4pm
The highest scoring teams of the festival compete. The four highest scoring teams advance to finals.
Friday, April 13th: 2012 Louder than a Bomb / Massachusetts Championship FINALS & Showcase! Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 West Newton Street, Boston, 02118 – 7pm – 10pm
The four highest scoring teams of semi-finals compete. Special Guests! The Spirit of the Slam is awarded. Hosted by Mass L.E.A.P.
How can I participate?
(2012 Team Registration is currently closed. Find out about next year!) Any high school, club, organization, or individual can register a slam team to compete in LTAB: Mass. All team members must be between the ages of 13-19 (exceptions may be made if the student is enrolled in a high school full time, please check in with festival organizers). All team members must also fill out this online media waiver in order to compete.
We also need volunteers to help make the festival a smashing success! If you want to tap into a vibrant network of up-and-coming poets, this is the place. Sign up here to volunteer.
Whom can I contact if I have a question?
For general info, email ltabmass [at] gmail [dot] com.
