by Anna Weaver | Jul 31, 2018 | All Posts, US open mics
If there’s one thing that’s true of all open mics—well, all the ones I’ve been to—it’s that they start later than advertised. The reasons vary from night to night. Technical issues. Ordinary human inertia. Or (sometimes) a deliberate host tactic to give people time to...
by Anna Weaver | Feb 4, 2018 | All Posts, US open mics
A Guest Post by Sarah Egan Warren Unlike, Anna, I don’t have a lot of open mic experiences—either at home or on travel. But because of Tongue & Groove, I am certainly an open mic convert. My original reason for attending was to see Anna perform—and perform she...
by Anna Weaver | Jan 28, 2018 | All Posts, US open mics
Let’s talk age. More than once—okay, often—okay, most nights—when I walk into an open mic or a slam (especially a slam), I’m the oldest poet in the room. Sure, I’ve surrendered the title a few times to a white-haired hippie or a retiree who hasn’t lost (or perhaps...
by Anna Weaver | Jan 1, 2018 | All Posts, US open mics
Admittedly, it’s a cliche to talk about milestones on January 1. But like all cliches, this human tendency is rooted in something elemental, and to skirt the temptation is its own cliche. So here I go, giving in and running some numbers. It’s been 4 years...
by Anna Weaver | Nov 21, 2017 | All Posts, US open mics
First, a confession: I lost the notebook with multiple glorious lines and quotes captured from this, my latest entry in the open mic tourist logbook. The short version is, it was fantastic and you should totally go, especially if you’re a musician. The long version?...
by Anna Weaver | Jun 22, 2017 | All Posts, US open mics
For the open mic tourist who, by definition, does this for fun and at her own expense, the toughest thing is to synch up poet-friendly open mics with her travel schedule. Lucky me (in so many ways), my stay in Hawaii gave me a second opportunity to see how islanders...
