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Sunday, June 30
 

7:00pm EDT

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident
Sunday June 30, 2024 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
Join us for a fun evening of open mic poetry! We invite you to bring your own works and perform them in front of a supportive crowd. There's no better place to find your voice and share it with the world! 
The sign-up list opens at 6:30 pm in the upstairs cafe and the mic opens at 7:00pm.
  • Seating is first come, first served! 
  • Each open mic slot gets you about three minutes of stage time.
  • No need to memorize your work - just be comfortable and have fun!
  • If you read someone else’s work, give credit where due. 
  • Above all, show kindness to all. No hate speech, slurs, or sexually explicit language. 
Got a question? Shoot us an e-mail!
Sunday June 30, 2024 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
Trident Booksellers & Cafe

7:00pm EDT

The Grand Reopening of the Poetorium at Starlite Poetry Reading Series Featuring Meg Smith
Sunday June 30, 2024 7:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
Please join us on June 30th for the grand reopening of our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium at Starlite (after a two-year hiatus due to COVID) hosted by Paul Szlosek and Ron Whittle. It will be a full evening of poetry and spoken word starting with a brief interview on stage with our featured poet Meg Smith (Author of Dear Deepest Ghost, Night’s Island, This Scarlet Dancing, Pretty Green Thorns: New and Collected Poetry, and The Plague Confessor: Short Stories), followed by a poetry reading by our feature, a short intermission, and then the open mic (with 5-minute slots for each reader). Admission is free (but a hat will be passed to pay our features, and compensate The Starlite for the use of their space). Meg Smith is a writer, journalist, dancer, and events producer living in Lowell, MA. Her poetry has recently appeared in The Cafe Review, Muddy River Poetry Review, Acropolis Journal, Poetry Bay, Beliveau Review, and many more. She served for 15 years on the board of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, a festival honoring Lowell-born author Jack Kerouac. She produces the Edgar Allan Poe Show, honoring Poe’s presence in Lowell. She is author of five poetry books and a short fiction collection, The Plague Confessor, and welcomes visits to megsmithwriter.com
Readers/Speakers
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Paul Szlosek

Co-Founder/Co-Host, The Poetorium at Starlite
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Ron Whittle

Co-Founder/Co-Host, The Poetorium at Starlite
Ron Whittle, a lifetime resident of Massachusetts, was born in Worcester in 1947 and raised and educated in his home town of Shrewsbury. Further education came by way of the U.S. Navy, Vietnam, the Apollo 13 recovery team, and 45 years of family living. Ron divides his time between... Read More →
Sunday June 30, 2024 7:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
Starlite Bar & Art Gallery

7:00pm EDT

Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam
Sunday June 30, 2024 7:00pm - 10:30pm EDT
The doors open at 7:00 pm every Sunday, and we start with our “Poetry Slam.” The “Featured Poet” will start roughly at 8:30 pm, accompanied by the Blake Newman Group. After the Featured Poet, we have our “Open Mic,” also accompanied by the Blake Newman Group. There’s a $10 cover charge, and the Lizard Lounge is a 21+ venue.
Sunday June 30, 2024 7:00pm - 10:30pm EDT
The Lizard Lounge
 


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