by Anna Weaver | Mar 12, 2017 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts
This is the third in a series of interviews with some of the best open mic hosts I’ve seen on my informal tour of open mics across America. The idea is to pull back the curtain on what it takes to be a host, what hosts want out of an open mic, and how to make an event...
by Anna Weaver | Mar 5, 2017 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts
This is the second in a series of interviews with some of the best open mic hosts I’ve seen on my informal tour of open mics across America. The idea is to pull back the curtain on what it takes to be a host, what hosts want out of an open mic, and how to make an...
by Anna Weaver | Feb 26, 2017 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts
This is the first in a series of interviews with some of the best open mic hosts I’ve seen on my informal tour of open mics across America. The idea is to pull back the curtain on what it takes to be a host, what hosts want out of an open mic, and how to make an event...
by Anna Weaver | Feb 22, 2017 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts
When open mics are Your Thing, you go to a lot of open mics. You see different formats, different venues, different house rules. And you see how each host welcomes people in, tees up the rules, manages the list, introduces performers, and does all the other things...
by Anna Weaver | Oct 22, 2016 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts, US open mics
The Triangle—where I call home—has its share of strong, steady poetry events—slams in Durham and Chapel Hill, page poet affairs at bookstores in Chapel Hill and Fearrington Village, and a monthly series brilliantly titled “Two Writers Walk Into a Bar.” (That one’s not...
