This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here's how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. NOTE: Starting […]
FREE EVENT! One of the Twin Cities great narrative poets and a co-founder of the Bosso Poetry Company, Scott Vetsch- joined by Michael "Spam" Hall and Lonesome Dan Kaseon- on our stage celebrating his new book Tilt-A-Whirl and a few other things besides. Come for the words, stay for the fun!! NOTE: Starting on March […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here's how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. NOTE: Starting […]
FREE EVENT! Richard Vargas Poetry Reading will be reading from his collection of poems inspired by people and places in Rockford, IL., titled 'The Screw City Poems'. Poetry, creative non-fiction, and fiction depicting life in a small mid-western town during the 1990s from an outsider's point of view. Published July 2025 by Roadside Press. Check […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here's how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. NOTE: Starting […]
An unforgettable night of truth-telling, rhythm, and poetic resistance. Come hear from incredible authors & poets whose voices can’t, and won’t be silenced. Performances by: Jess Human, James Estwick, Simone, Ayolanda Bandele, Christian Avery, Lucreshia Grant, and Folasade Adesanya. Host: Author of "Before I Lie", Dralandra Larkins
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here's how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm.
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here's how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm.
Selected one of 2025’s best books of poetry by The Latinx Project at New York University Dougie Padialla’s 40 feet down centers around the natural world and Padilla’s coonhound, painting and the art world, sports, writing, love, climate change, the nastiness of contemporary politics, aging, and living a life centered on the spiritual. Poet bio: […]
Trobriand Islanders say that the larynx is the seat of moral intelligence. The larynx provides us with a unique ability to communicate our ideas, memories, and experiences. Poetry is always an attempt to refine a sense of balance through language, for one’s own life and the lives of those around us. In this workshop we […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here's how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes or 3 poems each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm.
The Founder, Loren Niemi, is part of this Agates Reading organized by the League of MN Poets at the newly relocated and expanded Eat My Words bookstore. He’ll read his poem in this year’s publication and a few others, including some December 7th Pearl Harbor material.