October 8: Quarterly Finals

$100 cash prize!

All of our champions from July, August, and September are eligible for the competition (show up in your t-shirts, please - and your cover is waived if you do, too), and there will likely be plenty of "Wild Card" spots for audacious spellers who want an extra challenge and a shot at the cash.

Back to School Night!

Back to School Night was great fun, and we raised $80 and collected school supplies that will eventually end up in Portland Public School classrooms, via Schoolhouse Supplies.

Professor Banjo entertained and educated us (we can all spell C-H-I-C-K-E-N now, I hope!); his day job is teaching at the Village Free School.

We had a lot of teachers there, from preschool through university level - and Bill Long (who has taught at several colleges around the region) was our winner.

Professor Banjo

In keeping with the Back to School theme, on September 17 Professor Banjo will regale us with old-timey tunes.

Also, there will be some sort of drink special.

See you there!

lazy August, but Back to School

We had a great time this August, with some crazy spellers, a night with 25 spellers and a packed house, consistently crowd-wowing intellectual prowess, and a sleepy Labor Day with only four teams for tag-team night (congrats to Quieu-Oanh (I know I misspelled that!) and Pietro, our champions!).

But it's BACK TO SCHOOL season now! On September 17, we're having Back to School Night, with extra prizes. Bring a donation of school supplies (or your $2) cover for our benefit.