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Local college hangout Common Groundz Café is playing host to Slam Nahuatl, a company that provides open-mic and poetry-slam competitions for stressed-out students.

The biweekly competitions are held on Thursday nights from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is $2 a person.

"College students go through a lot," Slam Nahuatl founder Daniel José Custódio said. "To put what they're going through on paper helps. Spoken word is a way for you to heal."

The first session of the night is the open-mic, which includes any type of performance art. Students interested in presenting a monologue, song, dance or round of jokes are free to participate.

The second session of the night is the poetry-slam competition, for which all participants must sign up. The time limit for each poem is three minutes and 10 seconds.

The next open-mic night is March 27 at 7 p.m. During the entire month of April, open-mic will be held every Thursday.

Slam Nahuatl is not only a poetry-slam, but it also is a movement to connect all talented poets in the Richmond area. The topics addressed focus on social issues in the United States and challenge the mindset of listeners in the audience.

Nahuatl is the ancient oral language of the Aztecs consisting of expressive metaphors and eloquent repetitions. Poetry was the Aztecs' highest art form of the language and is often celebrated in the Aztec culture. If you want to support their cause in the Richmond community, attend these events or visit myspace. com/slamnahuatl.

About Common Groundz Café

In addition to the Thursday-night events at the coffee shop, Common Groundz has a wide variety of mixed media to quench patrons' thirst for the arts. The shop gives local musicians an opportunity to book shows.

Only acoustic acts focusing on genres such as Indie rock, blues, jazz or hip-hop are allowed. For booking information, call Brandon Matey at 804-366-8586.

The restaurant is located on 734 W. Broad St., which is on the left side of Broad and Belvidere Apartments. The establishment's tagline is "Coffee with a Cause."

Common Groundz aims to provide a place of peace and support for recovering drug addicts. The three co-owners, Brandon Matey, Scott King and Mark Fichter are recovered heroin and cocaine addicts.

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Media Credit: Rachel Larue Outside of the Common Grounz on Broad Street (ct/Rachel Larue) [Click to enlarge]

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Local college hangout Common Groundz Café is playing host to Slam Nahuatl, a company that provides open-mic and poetry-slam competitions for stressed-out students.

The biweekly competitions are held on Thursday nights from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is $2 a person.

"College students go through a lot," Slam Nahuatl founder Daniel José Custódio said. "To put what they're going through on paper helps. Spoken word is a way for you to heal."

The first session of the night is the open-mic, which includes any type of performance art. Students interested in presenting a monologue, song, dance or round of jokes are free to participate.

The second session of the night is the poetry-slam competition, for which all participants must sign up. The time limit for each poem is three minutes and 10 seconds.

The next open-mic night is March 27 at 7 p.m. During the entire month of April, open-mic will be held every Thursday.

Slam Nahuatl is not only a poetry-slam, but it also is a movement to connect all talented poets in the Richmond area. The topics addressed focus on social issues in the United States and challenge the mindset of listeners in the audience.

Nahuatl is the ancient oral language of the Aztecs consisting of expressive metaphors and eloquent repetitions. Poetry was the Aztecs' highest art form of the language and is often celebrated in the Aztec culture. If you want to support their cause in the Richmond community, attend these events or visit myspace. com/slamnahuatl.

About Common Groundz Café

In addition to the Thursday-night events at the coffee shop, Common Groundz has a wide variety of mixed media to quench patrons' thirst for the arts. The shop gives local musicians an opportunity to book shows.

Only acoustic acts focusing on genres such as Indie rock, blues, jazz or hip-hop are allowed. For booking information, call Brandon Matey at 804-366-8586.

The restaurant is located on 734 W. Broad St., which is on the left side of Broad and Belvidere Apartments. The establishment's tagline is "Coffee with a Cause."

Common Groundz aims to provide a place of peace and support for recovering drug addicts. The three co-owners, Brandon Matey, Scott King and Mark Fichter are recovered heroin and cocaine addicts.

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