Anything Goes at the Grange Hall on Saturday
May 12, 2022 | By Waterbury Roundabout 
Poet Geof Hewitt on stage at a poetry slam event. Photo courtesy the Grange Hall Cultural Center
This Saturday, the Grange Hall Cultural Center hosts Vermont poet Geof Hewitt leading his All-Ages-Anything-Goes Slam! event starting at 7 p.m.
The evening is an opportunity for performers of all types to take the stage from poets and musicians, to jugglers and baton twirlers, choral groups, comedians, and actors.
Anyone of any age with something to share given a 5-minute time limit may sign up at the door. Judges chosen at random will determine the winner of “a humongously modest prize,” according to the event announcement.
Vermont's reigning poetry slam champion since 2004, Hewitt recently devised the "All-Ages Anything Goes Slam!" as a way to offer performance opportunities to everyone in the community.
Hewitt has published several collections of poetry and three books of nonfiction including ”Hewitt's Guide to Slam Poetry & Poetry Slam.” His books are for sale at bookstores and out of the trunk of his car.
The slam starts at 7 p.m. Tickets: $5 per person, $15 for a family up to five people. Advanced tickets are available online at sevendaystickets.com. More information: grangehallcc@gmail.com or 802-244-4168.
Masks are required to be worn by all audience members.
The Grange Hall is located at 317 Howard Ave., Waterbury Center.