Monday, May 20, 2013

NYC Organic Open Mic @ Bareburger East Village - EVERY Tuesday Night!

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Come to one of the hottest open mics in the country - featured on MTV's Washington Heights and the Travel Channel's Hidden City!

The Organic Open Mic at the gorgeous Bareburger organic restaurant in downtown Manhattan's East Village. Produced by the long-running Inspired Word open mic series, which has featured Grammy winners, American Idol finalists, Golden Globe Award winners, Emmy nominated actors, and HBO Def Poetry stars, this open mic is open to ALL types of performing artists - comedians, musicians, storytellers, singers, poets, fiction/nonfiction writers, playwrights, spoken word artists, performance artists, dancers.

The event takes place on the second floor, with full-length windows on all sides that offers an especially beautiful view.

EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT.

30 slots, 5-minute time limit, 7pm-10pm.

Family style restaurant, so please NO EXPLICIT LANGUAGE.

No age limit.

Online payment via Eventbrite GUARANTEES your slot on the open mic list:

http://nycbareburgeropenmic.eventbrite.com/

Exclusive open mic burger and beer specials (and the burgers are the BEST in NYC). And a free drink to the first 10 people signing up to perform.

A warm, supportive community of artists. Real crowds. And a great place to network.



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Open Mic Lionshead Lager Special:
$3 Pints
$4 Mugs
$10 Pitchers

Open Mic Burger Special:
Original Bareburger ( Beef, Turkey or Veggie)
w/Side of Fries or Side House Salad for $10.95

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When: EVERY Tuesday Night!

Where: Bareburger (East Village)
2nd Floor
85 Second Avenue (@ 5th Street)
Manhattan, New York
(212) 510-8610

By subway, take the F train to Second Avenue and exit the 2nd Avenue side or the 6 train to Bleecker Street or Astor Place.

Doors open for open mic sign-up @ 6:30pm

Show starts @ 7pm

Cover charge: $10 (@ the door or in advance)

No drink or food minimum.

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For more Inspired Word info, please check out http://inspiredwordnyc.com/.


Sunday, May 19, 2013

The LOL! NYC Comedy Slam - $50 Prize for Best Set! 3rd Friday of EVERY Month!

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Attn: All NYC area comedians on the prowl for a decent paycheck - The Inspired Word presents the LOL! NYC Comedy Slam in the heart of Manhattan's Greenwich Village, at the elegant Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge, where you can make fifty bucks for just three minutes of work.

The competition is COMPLETELY open. The 1st 25 comedians to sign up at the door get slots. Sign-up begins at 7pm.

Get a guaranteed slot with an advance payment online via Eventbrite:

http://lolcomedyslam.eventbrite.com/

Hosted by Advocate of Wordz.



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25 comedians.

5 judges.

Anything can happen.

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When: EVERY 4th Friday of the month

Where: The Gallery at LPR (Le Poisson Rouge)
158 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 353-3474

By subway, take the A, B, C, D, E, F to West 4th Street-Washington Square.

Doors open for competition sign-up @ 7pm.

Cover Charge: $10 (either @ the door or in advance)
21+ Age Limit!

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The vital details:

1) 25 contestants, 3 minutes each set, one round.

2) You'll be scored by 5 judges chosen randomly, with the high and low scores dropped.

3) Best cumulative score of the middle three judges wins.

4) Go over the time limit by more than 10 seconds, you get deducted 1 point; by more than 20 seconds, deducted 2 points; by more than 30 seconds, we simply yank you off the stage. LOL

5) 1st place - $50 prize, 2nd place - 2 free drinks, 3rd place -1 free drink.

*****

Produced by Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word

http://inspiredwordnyc.com




Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Titillating Tongues: NYC Erotica Open Mic @ The Gallery at LPR - EVERY 3rd Friday of the Month!

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The Inspired Word presents a hot night of sexy fun, lip-licking words, and utter debauchery – Titillating Tongues: NYC Erotica in Poetry & Prose, featuring our 20-slot open mic (6 minutes each) open to all types of artists, where you can bring your own heat to the party. Hosted by the fiery redheaded poet Aimee Herman and in the elegantly sexy Gallery at LPR (Le Poisson Rouge).

FREE drink to the 1st 10 people who sign up to perform.

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When: EVERY 3rd Friday of the month

Where: The Gallery at LPR (Le Poisson Rouge)
158 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 353-3474



By subway, take the A, B, C, D, E, F to West 4th Street-Washington Square.

Doors open for sign-up @ 7pm.

Cover Charge: $10

21+ Age Limit!

Purchasing tickets in advance via Eventbrite guarantee you a slot in the open mic:

http://titillatingtongueserotica.eventbrite.com/

*****

Produced by Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word

http://inspiredwordnyc.com

The Inspired Word on MTV's Washington Heights

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Young poet Frankie Reese performing @ The Inspired Word open mic for the season finale of the MTV series Washington Heights (aired in March 2013).

Also seen in the segment: Open Mic Joint host Nathan P. and Hip Hop MC Wally Wells.

Check out the full episodes of Washington Heights @ http://www.mtv.com/shows/washington_heights/series.jhtml and follow Frankie on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/_wonderfrankie.

The Inspired Word is one of the country's hottest open mic performance series. Produced by longtime journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner, it happens weekly in downtown Manhattan, New York City.

Follow The Inspired Word on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/InspiredWordNYC and Instagram @ http://instagram.com/inspiredwordnyc.