Queer Slam

This is the second half of our special two-part episode recorded live at Akbar in Silverlake on February 17th, 2019. We pick up with the rest of our open mic and hear our second headliner, Ramy El-Etreby. He is a queer, Muslim, Arab- American, writer, performer and storyteller.

This is the first half of a special two-part episode recorded live at Akbar in Silverlake on February 17th, 2019. Tony talks about creating a child, we have a diverse & incredible open mic, and Hank Henderson is our headliner. He is a writer and the curator of Homo-centric-- LA’s longest-running LGBTQ lit series.

This episode was recorded live at Akbar in Silverlake on January 20th, 2019. First, host Tony Soto explores the American Dream.Then, we hear an incredible series of open mic perfromers and end with poet Jeffrey Perkins and interdisciplanary multimedia artist, Jason Jenn.

We start with a lively LA story from host Tony Soto, hear an open mic with a wide array of performers, and end with two moving pieces from author Ricco Siasoco and playwright Roger Q. Mason. This episode was recorded live at Akbar in Silverlake on December 16th, 2018.

We start with a bewitching story from Tony, an open mic featuring Queer Slam’s very own Sam Probst, and round it out with headliners Venk Modur and Ryan Simantel. The episode was recorded live at Akbar in Silverlake on October 21st, 2018.

We start with a diverse group of open mic performers and end with one more piece by Nate Lovell. This is the second half of our live show from September 30th, 2018 at Akbar Silverlake.

We start with our open mic performers and finish up the show with pieces from this month's headliners: Provvidenza Catalano and Nate Lovell accompanied on the guitar and vocals by Humble.

Recorded live at Akbar Silverlake on

September 30th, 2018.