Helsinki Archives – Page 2 of 2 – Helsinki Poetry Connection

HPC Goes Puisto 11.7.

25. 06. 2025

Helsinki Poetry Connection’s Open Mic summer club HPC Goes Puisto! is here again! This time the season starts at Lapinlahti Lähde’s Park as part of the Lapinlahti Loves Art and Life program. In case of rain, we will move indoors.

Bring your own poems or other texts to the venue or write your own on site at the nonstop workshop taking place from 3-5 pm! The detailed content of the workshop will be published on the event website later.

In addition, the Lähde Sauna’s Poetry Sauna will warm up as a mixed sauna from 1-5 pm. Bring your own towel and swimming trunks! The sauna costs 6€ (support price 12€) and it supports the employment and mental health work carried out by Kahvila Lähte. Towels can also be rented for 5€ from Kahvila Lähte.

The Open Mic itself will start with a warm-up performer (TBA) at 5 pm in Lapinlahti Park on the apple tree stage. After this, the stage will be free for your own texts and songs.

A warm welcome to poetry, summer and art!

The event is organized in collaboration with the Pro Lapinlahti Mental Health Association and Lähde’s Sauna.

PS. The next Helsinki Poetry Connection Goes Puisto event is on Sunday 20th July at the Käpylän Lippakioski.

Events

Ruusu Open Mic #57

06. 09. 202423. 09. 2024

Ruusu Open Mic 2024! We warmly welcome you to come enjoy poetry and other forms of literary art to Restaurant Sörkan Ruusu on 29.9. at 17-20.

Once again it’s time for wonderful performances and open mic. The evening will be warmed up by Pauliina Haasjoki!

You can sign up for the open mic after the performances. You’re welcome to perform your text, song or other performance in any language you wish. It’s possible to connect your instrument or phone etc in the sound system, if that’s what your performance needs. Time limit for every open mic performance is 4 minutes, so everyone has a chance to perform.

At the end of the evening, glorious flowers from flower shop Lutukka will be drawn among the open micers!

Event is produced by Sonja Kaisanlahti. The hosts of the event are Sonja Kaisanlahti and Jamie Simone. Poster and video is designed by Vinski Valos!

We thank our long lasting partner Restaurant Sörkan Ruusu with joy!

Ruusu Open Mic is free from any discrimination. We don’t accept any racist or hateful content or behaviour. Please also note that we advise performers to state content warnings regarding their poems if needed.

Our event adheres to Safer Space Guidelines as found on HPC’s website: https://www.helsinkipoetryconnection.fi/en/about-us/safer-space-guidelines-of-hpc/

The main entrance of Sörkan Ruusu has a ~ 20cm step and door 81cm wide. There is a ramp that can be installed when asked to. There is an induction loop available at the venue.

Free entry!

Event: Ruusu Open Mic syksy 2024

Events

HPC Goes Puisto

01. 08. 2024

Helsinki Poetry Connection Goes Puisto! summer tour continues on Saturday 10th of August at Alppipuisto Amphitheatre at 6pm!

There’s a bucketload of slam and performance poetry goodies to be expected from the evening, which will shake your poetic soul to its very core. To warm things up, there are warm up performances from the Finnish Slam Poetry OG Harri Hertell and the 2023 Finnish Poetry Slam winner Diliana Stoyanova.

When the stage is properly warmed up, it’s time for the main act of the night, namely YOU. Everyone with a bit of courage and a bunch of material can get up on stage to blow your poetic socks off! Everything thing, that you dare to call poetry is allowed (minus racist bullshit etc.). Just keep your pants on and limit your act to 4 minutes, so that we have time to for every single soul to perform.

So, pack your picnic packs with your favorite snacks and drinks and friends, and sharpen your favorite pens. Be welcomed, be awesome one and all!

The night’s producers are Jussi Kiova and Timo Nikkilä.

Raincheck!

Address: Alppipuisto, Viipurinkatu 00520 Helsinki

Events

Runokuu’s Poetry Jam

15. 07. 2024

You are warmly welcome to Runokuu’s Poetry Jam club on friday, 23 August at 7 pm at Tekstin talo!

The evening will be warmed by our wonderful performers Lauri Hei, Elsa Tölli ja Nihkee.

After the performances there will be Open Mic segment, and 5 poets will be chosen in advance. If you would like to be one of them, apply through hpc.openmic(at)gmail.com On the subject field write “Poetry Jam Open Mic”. Please note that the open mic slots are max 5 minutes long.

The producers and presenters of the evening are Sonja Kaisanlahti and Elina Ortamo. The event is organized in cooperation with literature association Nuoren Voiman Liitto.

Free entry!

Poetry Jam is free from any discrimination. We don’t accept any racist or hateful content or behaviour. Our event adheres to Safer Space Guidelines as found on HPC’s website: https://www.helsinkipoetryconnection.fi/en/about-us/safer-space-guidelines-of-hpc/

https://runokuu.fi/

Events

Helsinki Poetry Connection Goes Puisto

15. 07. 202424. 07. 2024

Helsinki Poetry Connections Open Mic -summer club HPC Goes Puisto keeps on giving in it’s all summerly glory. We’ll be meeting in Käpylän lippakiska on sunday 28 July at 6 p.m.!

We are about to see poetry’s ever flourishing creativity in it’s full, glorious multitudes. Concept is that we sit in a park in good company and warmly sunny atmosphere, listening to poetry and getting inspired by it.

Afternoon starts with warm-up performers, such as the glorious Elmy Helmos and Jamie Simone. After that comes the main performers, being you, get the stage for use, to interpret your self-written poems. Pretty much everything that you can call poetry with a straight face is allowed, as long as you keep your trousers on, consider the safer space, and keep your performances under four minutes.

HPC-GP is hosted and produced by Jussi Kiova and Timo Nikkilä. You are warmly welcome!

Raincheck!

In Helsinki Poetry Connection ry’s events we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. We gather to shared experience with peace, creativity and compassion. Please check our safer space instructions from HPC’s site at: https://www.helsinkipoetryconnection.fi/en/about-us/safer-space-guidelines-of-hpc/

Events

Open Mic-summerclub – HPC Goes Puisto

13. 06. 2023

Helsinki Poetry Connections Open Mic-summerclub HPC Goes Puisto! is coming again from it’s winter break. In Lapinlahden lähde 17.6. from 4.00 PM to 7.00 PM we are about to see poetrys ever flourishing creativity in it’s poly furry glory. Concept is that we sit in a park in good company and warmly sunny atmosphere, listening to poetry, getting inspired by it.

Afternoon starts with two warm-up performers, witch after the main performers, being you, get the stage for use, to interpret your self written poems. As poetry is recognised all the performances that the performer him-/her-/themself, in way or another, dares to call poetry, as long as you keep your trousers on and performances time under four minutes. 🙂

As the warm-up performers we have Pulina Elli and Juho Nieminen.

Pulina Elli is a big blond from the city, oddbird of her own life. She performs her poems dealing with woman’s lifespan tongue-in-cheek also when the motives are serious. This writer, who has made her master’s thesis of stage poetry is not ashamed of anything and fears nobody. Not any more.

In his poems N. likes to settle to roles and observe word from familiar, but often from the overlooked point of view. As the source of the thoughts, he uses among other things “Kevätpörriäinen”-magazines of the school kids.

HPCGP is hosted by Katja Korhonen, also known from Open Mic, together with Jussi Kiova, also known from Tenho Poetry Slams. You are warmly welcome!

Raincheck!

Events

Ruusu Open Mic 24.02.2019

17. 02. 201908. 03. 2020