The Old Fire House Teen Center (OFH) at 16510 N.E. 79th St. in Redmond will host Island-Style Slam and Open Mic Night with emcee Chris Cashman this Saturday.

Host Cashman is the son of Pat Cashman and an alumnus of Eastlake High School in Sammamish. Chris has made a name for himself as a local actor, radio personality and host.

The event will be from 6 to 8 p.m. and is the culmination of a five-week creative writing class series during which students from the Lake Washington and Bellevue school districts learned about flash fiction, sketch comedy, poetry and songwriting from local artists and writers such as fabulist Cat Rambo, comedian Stan Wells, poet Jeannine Hall Gailey, songstress Dejah Leger and TeenWRITE novelist and open mic instructor Katherine Grace Bond.

The writing workshops were a joint effort among the City of Redmond Arts Commission, OFH, Friends of the Redmond Library and Redmond Association of Spokenword (RASP).

The island-style poetry slam and open mic night is for all teens. An island-style slam presents three words to everyone signed up, who must write a poem that contains all three words and conforms to any poetic form, as fast they can.

Participants can also join together in teams to share in creation of the poem.

Cash prizes will go to the winners: $30 for first place, $20 for second place and $10 for third place.

The slam will be followed by a folklife open mic from 8 to 10 p.m.

The events are free and refreshments will be provided.

For more information about the event, visit www.ci.redmond.wa.us/ParksRecreation/Teens.

For more information about Chris Cashman, visit www.chriscashmanonline.com.