February 3rd marked the first night of Kinetic Poetics Project, a five day poetry and spoken word festival at UCSC's Porter College Theater. Each night, the Kinetic Poetics Project provides a space for local and student poets to showcase their work for the community and highlights an established poet. As a supplement to the featured poets' performances, the Kinetic Poetics Project has arranged free poetry and writing workshops facilitated by the poets themselves.

Kinetic Poetics is a volunteer organization ran by and for UC Santa Cruz students to foster and sustain growth of the spoken word community rooted on the UCSC campus. This happens through organizing regular slam poetry events at UCSC, including poetry slams and poetry workshops, an annual campus spoken word festival, and a poetry collective that engages the campus community and beyond.

Schedule: Feb. 3rd: 1st Night || Feb. 4th: Slam Semi-Finals || Feb. 5th: Rainbow Theatre Showcase! || Feb. 6th: Slam Team Finals Featuring Saul Williams || Feb. 7th: Open Mic featuring You!