Thurs. 4/4 10a: On April 5 at the Outpost Performance Space, ten of the top performance poets in Albuquerque compete for a spot on the 2013 ABQ Poetry Slam Team, which will represent the city at the National Poetry Slam in August. Spencer Beckwith speaks with ABQSlams Co-Slam Master, three-time ABQSlams City Champion, Damien Flores.
Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.