by Anna Weaver | Feb 27, 2015 | All Posts, US open mics
The slam and open mic at The Green Mill wasn’t the first out-of-town open mic I hit, but it did happen before I officially declared my goal to get to one in every state. It was a crazy-lucky coincidence. One of those things that comes together easy… I was on...
by Anna Weaver | Feb 26, 2015 | All Posts, US open mics
The longest-running open mic in the Triangle surely owes its place in the record books both to the devotion of regulars and to the writerly triumvirate that runs it: three women with diverse writing styles, preternatural organizational skills, and a level of sass to...
by Anna Weaver | Feb 12, 2015 | All Posts, US open mics
Some mics are more open than others. On the second Tuesday of each month, at West End Wine Bar in Durham, this brilliantly named reading series pairs one poet and one prose writer, scheduled in advance, for about a half hour each. After failing to catch this one for...
by Anna Weaver | Feb 4, 2015 | All Posts, US open mics
At its best, an open mic can become a kind of local artists’ colony. From what I saw this week, in only its third month of hosting musicians and other talent on Tuesday nights, Cory’s Grilled Cheese in Charleston, SC, is leading off strong. As I’ve said before,...
by Anna Weaver | Feb 1, 2015 | All Posts, US open mics
It’s been three years since the first time I dared to hit an open mic beyond the boundaries of what North Carolina calls the Triangle. Not only was it outside my geographical home, it was also waaayy outside my artistic and social comfort zone. On work travel to...
by Anna Weaver | Dec 12, 2014 | All Posts, US open mics
There are few things that would keep me waiting outdoors on a cold night. Poetry is one. (Tom Waits is another, but that’s a different story.) After missing the Urbana Poetry Slam’s open mic the prior night on account of a Nor’easter that delayed me in...
