Here’s a semi-secret about open mics: you almost never find them in the bougie part of town. My open-mic-tourist’s assumption…
One of my favorite metaphors for open mic is that it’s the Swiss Army knife of entertainment. If that’s true…
If you’ve ever been to a slam, odds are that at least once someone stepped up to the mic and…
The more open mics I go to, the more I realize how much the show’s personality is defined by the…
A while back I compiled some advice for aspiring hosts and organizers about how to name an open mic show.…
Every open mic host has her gifts. Mine include a cheerleader’s spirit, a voice that can reach the back of…
So I hit this open mic in Rhode Island at a live music venue called The Parlour. It was terrific…
If you ask most people, tourism means sightseeing. Pick a city or a country and go see—and eat—whatever it’s known…
In a part of Providence called Mount Hope, at the bus stop where 3rd Street tees into HWY 1, there’s…
After two and a half years, America’s only open mic tourist (that’s me) once again sallied beyond the borders of…