KNICKS POETRY SLAM - excerpt: Cellise Craig

Catch the show again on MSG Thursday, March 8 at 4pm - http://msgnetwork.com/tv_schedule.jsp

The 2006-07 Knicks season marked the fourth annual year of the New York Knicks Poetry Slam program. What began as

an intimate gathering of just 20 students at a bookstore in Harlem during the 2003-04 season, Knicks Poetry Slam

expanded to over 1,200 young poets and supporters at an open audition at the Garden this past December and brought

over 500 people to the Theatre at Madison Square Garden for the Finals in January.

The New York Knicks Poetry Slam program utilizes the popularity of hip-hop and poetry to give young people a

vehicle to express their thoughts, concerns, passions and dreams through the written and spoken word.

Learn more about the Poetry Slam on Go to www.MSG.com/poetryslam.jsp or www.NYKnicks.com

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