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Crane High School Slam Team Wins Louder Than A Bomb Semi-Finals!

11 Mar 2019

Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) took FIRST PLACE at the Louder Than A Bomb Semi-Finals! Next stop FINALS STAGE at the Auditorium Theater on March 18th! Our Poets with Class […]

Crane High School Poet Advances to Louder Than A Bomb Indy Finals!

11 Mar 2019

Chicago Poetry Center is excited to announce that Taisaun Levi from from the Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) has advanced to Louder Than A Bomb’s Indy Finals! The poets that compete […]

Crane High School Slam Team Wins Louder Than A Bomb Quarter Finals!

7 Mar 2019

It’s official, the Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) took 1st Place at the Louder Than A Bomb Quarter Finals! Next stop, Semi-Finals! #GoTeam Semi-Finals will be held on March 10th at […]

Pop-Up Lunchroom Open Mic at Crane HS

1 Mar 2019

Youth Guidance organized a Pop-Up Lunchroom Open Mic to bring students from all of the after school programs together to showcase their work! Crane HS slam team poet, Jonquil, performs a poem called “This […]

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