NYC Monday Night Open Mic @ The Parkside Lounge - Music, Poetry, Comedy, Spoken Word

NYC's hottest open mic in one of NYC's hottest performance venues - The Inspired Word @ the newly renovated Parkside Lounge!

Age limit: 21+ (Must bring valid ID)

When: EVERY Monday Night
Where: The Parkside Lounge
http://www.parksidelounge.net/
317 E. Houston Street
Manhattan, New York 10002
Time: 7pm

This Monday hosted by award-winning singer/songwriter Sylvana Joyce and featuring singer/songwriter Jessica Rowboat.

Sylvana Joyce

Jessica Rowboat

Full backline. Honky-tonk piano (feel free to bring your own keyboard). Cool stage. Comfy cabaret-style seating. Cheap drinks, including the Bailout Package (shot of whisky + 22-ounce beer) for only 8$.

You can pay for tickets online via https://nycmondayopenmic.eventbrite.com (to guarantee a slot) or at the door.

Early Bird Special:
ONLY $6 for solo performer or audience member + 2 FREE non-performer friends if you buy your ticket at least 3 days prior to event night. Limited Availability. No transfers or refunds.

***1 DRINK MINIMUM INSIDE VENUE PER PERSON***

Produced by the long-running Inspired Word open mic series, which has featured Grammy winners, American Idol finalists, Golden Globe Award winners, Obie Award winners, Emmy nominated actors, and HBO stars, The Inspired Word 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.

25 slots, 7 minutes apiece for anything spoken, 8 minutes for singers/musicians (if you have backing tracks bring them on either mp3 player or smartphone).

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

This is a very popular open mic. We STRONGLY suggest you purchase a ticket in advance to guarantee a performance slot.

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Directions
By Subway: Take the F to Second Avenue. Go up the 1st Avenue stairs and head East on Houston Street.

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Produced by Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word
inspiredwordnyc.com

NYC Poetry Night @ Hauser & Wirth Art Gallery (Ozbolt Exhibition) - FREE

The InspiredWordNYC open mic series and the Hauser & Wirth Manhattan art gallery present a poetry night on the occasion of the Djordje Ozbolt exhbition More paintings about poets and food (which is a play on the album title "More songs about buildings and food," by the Talking Heads).

Hosted by Poetry Teachers NYC founder/poet Megan DiBello.

When: Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015

Time: 7pm

Where: Hauser & Wirth
http://www.hauserwirth.com/
32 East 69th Street
Manhattan, NY

Doors open at 7pm, open mic begins at 7:30.

Please dress appropriately. RSVP REQUIRED for entrance into the event via http://artgallerypoetryopenmic.eventbrite.com/.

There will be refreshments and a variety of hors d'oeuvres.
Hauser & Wirth is a contemporary art gallery with locations worldwide. ‘More paintings about poets and food’ is the gallery’s first New York exhibition devoted to the internationally admired London-based artist, Djordje Ozbolt. The exhibition includes new paintings, sculptures and works on paper by the artist, and is on view at Hauser & Wirth’s 69th Street location through 21 February 2015.

Ozbolt is influenced by poetry, and incorporates stream of consciousness and free association play into his practice, while addressing varied themes of pop culture, politics, fantasy, and self-exploration. The night is a celebration and cross-pollination of art forms. Poets and spoken word artists will perform in the gallery space, surrounded by the surrealist, absurd, and humorous works of Djordje Ozbolt. Join us for an exciting evening of poetry, art, and conversation.
The Ozbolt exhbition runs from Jan. 14 to Feb. 21, 2015.

http://www.hauserwirth.com/exhibitions/2361/djordje-ozbolt-more-paintings-about-poets-and-food/view/

Open mic produced by Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word
http://InspiredWordNYC.com

AJ Simpkins' SNOFH Productions - Sponsor/5-Year Anniversary Extravaganza

AJ Joyce Simpkins and her SNOFH Productions has signed on as a sponsor for The Inspired Word's 5-Year Anniversary Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 17. She's good people and a wonderful artist, and host events, including open mics, in the Bronx and Westchester County, NY. Connect with her and her production company on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/alic.simpkins and @ https://www.facebook.com/SpeakNowOrForeverHold.

Email her for more info @ speaknowataj@gmail.com.

Inspired Word Welcomes New Sponsor: Give Me Astoria

Thanks so much to Give Me Astoria for sponsoring this Wednesday night's open mic @ COFFEED in Long Island City, Queens!

Give Me Astoria is a local blog focused on bringing the best of Astoria to the community - including events, restaurant reviews, the arts, and Humans of Astoria.

Give Me Astoria is looking for contributing writers and photographers with a passion for the neighborhood. For more information, e-mail info@givemeastoria.com.

Make sure to check them out @ http://www.givemeastoria.com/.

New & Exciting Inspired Word Weekly Schedule! Manhattan AND Queens!

The following is our official schedule/event page links:

EVERY Monday Night - Open Mic @ Tammany Hall, 152 Orchard Street, downstairs lounge, Manhattan. 7pm start time. 21+ age limit. http://mondaymictammany.eventbrite.com

EVERY Tuesday Night - Open Mic @ Funkadelic Studios (inside Chinatex Building), 209 West 40th Street (near 7th Avenue), 5th floor, Manhattan. 7pm start time. No age limit. http://tueopenmicnyc.eventbrite.com

EVERY Wednesday Night - Open Mic @ COFFEED LIC, 37-18 Northern Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens. 7pm start time. No age limit. http://coffeedopenmic.eventbrite.com

1st 2 Fridays EVERY Month - Open Mic @ Funkadelic Studios (inside Chinatex Building), 209 West 40th Street (near 7th Avenue), 5th floor, Manhattan. 7pm start time. No age limit. 1st Friday http://openmicfunknyc.eventbrite.com and 2nd Friday http://funkadelicopenmicnyc.eventbrite.com

3rd Friday EVERY Month - Erotica Open Mic @ The Gallery at LPR (Le Poisson Rouge), 158 Bleecker Street, Manhattan. 7pm start time. 21+ age limit. http://eroticaopenmicnyc.eventbrite.com

4th Friday EVERY Month - We Heart NYC Writers + Open Mic @ The Gallery at LPR (Le Poisson Rouge), 158 Bleecker Street, Manhattan. 7pm start time. 21+ age limit. http://weheartnycwriters.eventbrite.com

3rd Saturday EVERY Month - Poetry Slam ($1000 in year-end prize money)@ Funkadelic Studios (inside Chinatex Building), 209 West 40th Street (near 7th Avenue), 5th floor, Manhattan. 7pm start time. No age limit. http://newyorkpoetryslam.eventbrite.com

For all things Inspired Word, check out our website @ InspiredWordNYC.com

Also find us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @ InspiredWordNYC.

PTNYC Founder Megan DiBello Debuts as Inspired Word Host + Q&A Interview

This Wednesday, May 21, Poetry Teachers NYC founder Megan DiBello joins The Inspired Word family as one of the regular hosts of the new Wednesday night open mic @ COFFEED in Long Island City, 7pm-10pm.

We've already collaborated with Megan and PTNYC - quite successfully - on our new 3Po3try NYC project (along with great weather for MEDIA) and we're delighted to bring her deeper into the fold.

Here's her impressive bio:

Megan DiBello founded Poetry Teachers NYC in 2010. She holds a M.F.A from Naropa University, in Writing & Poetics and a B.A. from Marymount Manhattan College. She has been published in Fact-Similie, Flanour Foundry, The Bathroom, & Monkey Puzzle Press. Megan has performed at the White Box Gallery, The Bowery Poetry Club, The HOWL Festival, The Socrates Sculpture Park, The Center of Book Arts, Metropolitan Pavilion, Columbia University, and the DUMBO Arts Festival. Her first hybrid book is entitled, Voyeur Without A Title. You can find Megan/PTNYC on Twitter @poetryteachnyc and @megandibello. And PTNYC's website is http://www.poetryteachersnyc.com/.

The following is a brief but revealing Q&A interview we did with Megan:

How did you come to found PTNYC?

When I moved back to New York after graduating from Naropa’s MFA program in the summer of 2010, I wanted to teach poetry as a full-time job. Coming from an entrepreneurial family, I knew that I wanted to create something outside of standard academia. With encouragement from someone I knew who lived his life teaching his own tango school, I decided to channel that energy along with the great words Anne Waldman once told me, “Don’t Wait To Be Discovered, Discover Yourself.” So I did. And Poetry Teachers NYC formed. Daniel Dissinger, (now co-founder) and Aimee Herman (faculty) found me a year or so after I had the original concept. Since then, we have been teaching workshops and producing events. We're planning on growing this school and one day, perhaps in the not so distant future, open a space.

What is its core concept, mission?

Teaching adults poetry. Employ poets (any maker or doer) so they can teach as a job and do their art as a career.

What one word describes your writing style?

Song.

What's your idea of the perfect poem?

One that layers song and poetry.

What's your best writing moment? What's your worst writing moment?

Best— where I forget what I am singing or saying, but believe in myself to know the words and melody are there to guide me.

Worst— defining the difference (if there is one) between my poems versus my lyrics.

If you could steal one line from any poem, what would it be?

Walt Whitman - “Ah Lover and Perfect Equal” from, Among the Multitudes.

What time of the day do you mostly write?

I write in motion. On trains or walking or in airports. I call it my Kinetic Poetics.

What do you do to get into your writing sessions?

Take a shower to practice my vocal techniques.

What's the weirdest place you ever wrote?

A salt cave

What's the weirdest thing you ever wrote on?

Electronic eulogies.

What book changed your writing forever?

Joan Didion’s The White Album.

What poet, dead or alive, would you like to be friends with?

Joan Didion or Joanne Kyger.

Do you have any writing superstitions?

When I write, so does the truth. I let recordings of my voice tell the real story.

Our New Monday Night Open Mic @ Tammany Hall! Feb. 3!

DEBUTING MONDAY, FEB. 3!

21+ AGE LIMIT.

NYC's hottest open mic in one of NYC's hottest performance venues - The Inspired Word @ Tammany Hall!

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, The Inspired Word 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.

35 slots, 7 minutes apiece for anything spoken, 8 minutes for singers/musicians.

In-house band backline (to see what's available, check http://tammanyhallny.com/livemusic/). 24-foot modular stage.

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

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When: EVERY Monday Night

Where: Tammany Hall
http://tammanyhallny.com/
152 Orchard Street
Manhattan, NY

Phone: 212.228.7556

917 703-1512

Time: Doors open for open mic sign-up @ 6:30pm, show starts @ 7pm

Cover charge: $10 for solo performers/audience, $15 for performance duos, $20 for performance groups (3+ performers)

$7 EARLY BIRD SPECIAL - Buy your ticket at least 3 days (72 hours) in advance and get in for $7, plus bring 2 non-performer friends FREE (non-performers will not be able to sign up for open mic list). LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE. Early Bird tickets are non-refundable, non-transferable.

Age limit: 21+ (Must bring valid ID)

Advance tickets can be purchased @ http://mondayopenmictammany.eventbrite.com

Directions

By Subway: Take the F/J/M to Delancey/Essex St. Walk North on Essex to Rivington. Make left on Rivington. Walk two blocks to Orchard St, make right.

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Produced by Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word

inspiredwordnyc.com

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NYC Open Mic Joint @ Funkadelic Studios - 2nd Friday of EVERY Month!

Looking for special open mic in Manhattan? It's the New York City Open Mic Joint @ the very cool Funkadelic Studios smack in the middle of midtown.

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.

25 slots, 5 minutes apiece.

Hosted by the too-cool-for-the-room Nathan P.

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

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When: EVERY 2nd Friday of the month

Where: Funkadelic Studios
http://funkadelicstudios.com/
335 West 35th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenue), 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10001

Phone: 212-696-2513

Time: Doors open for open mic sign-up @ 6:30pm, show starts @ 7pm

Cover charge: $10

Guarantee a slot with an advance payment online via Eventbrite:

http://newyorkcityopenmicjoint.eventbrite.com/

Age limit: 18+ (unless accompanied by parental supervision)

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By subway, take the A/E/C to 34th Street at 8th Avenue or 1/2/3 to 34th Street-Penn Station at 7th Avenue.

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Produced by Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word

http://inspiredwordnyc.com

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For almost 20 years, Funkadelic Studios NYC has been the place for all types and levels of musicians to jam and practice their art. The New York rehearsal space has seen it all, from a band’s first practice, to major label acts preparing for a European tour! Indie-folk, jazz, hip hop, rock, blues, country, electro, you name the genre, it’s been practiced at Funkadelic.

NYC Open Mic Joint EVERY Monday Night @ The Nexus Lounge

Looking for special open mic in downtown Manhattan?

Come to one of the hottest open mics in the country - a stage graced by Grammy nominated singers, HBO Def Poetry stars, American Idol finalists, Golden Globe Award-winning actresses, and poets from The Best American Poetry anthology.

The Inspired Word's NYC Open Mic Joint, hosted by the legendary Nathan P., is a weekly series open to all types of artists - comedians, musicians, storytellers, singers, poets, fiction/nonfiction writers, playwrights, spoken word artists, performance artists, dancers, ANYTHING and EVERYTHING.

And once you experience it for a single night, you’ll see the vibe is totally addictive.

25 slots, 5-minute time limit, 7pm-10pm

From 10pm to midnight, The After-Party! Dance your heart out or simply hang around for great conversation.

The After-Party's Drink Specials: $13 pitchers of Bud/Miller Lite, $16 pitchers of Stella/Blue Moon. $5 cocktail menu including Mojito, Mango Ice Tea, Dark & Stormy. $4 bottle Bud/Bud Lite and Coors Lite.


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When: EVERY Monday!

Where: One and One Bar/Restaurant
Downstairs Nexus Lounge
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, New York
(917) 703-1512

By subway, take the F train to Second Avenue and exit the 1st Avenue side.

Doors open for open mic sign-up @ 7pm

Show starts @ 7:30pm

Cover charge: $10


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

The Inspired Word - Thursday, June 24: Sean Patrick Conlon, Rico Frederick, Jani Bomba Rose + Open Mic!

Mike Geffner presents The Inspired Word, featuring Sean Patrick Conlon, Rico Frederick, Jani "Bomba" Rose plus a 10-slot open mic!

When: Thursday, June 24

Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
http://www.oneandoneny.com/
Phone: (212) 598-9126

Time: 7pm (open mic signup starts at 6:30)

Cover Charge: $10

Must be 21 years of age or older. Please make sure to bring ID.

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A talented writer and compelling performer born and raised in rural Virginia, Sean Patrick Conlon is a dedicated student of the page and a firm believer in the power of spoken word. As a poet, his constant devotion to both the craft of writing and live showmanship has fast earned him a reputation as being one of the hardest working and most original artists in the spoken word community today. He's the current Intangible Collective Grand Slam Champion and also the workshop coordinator for LouderARTS. To find out more about Sean, visit his site @ http://www.thevanishingman.com/.



Rico Frederick, a self-described "Trini farm boi'" turned graphic designer turned national slam poet, is the current Grand Slam Champion of LouderARTS as well as a three-time Nuyorican Grand Slam Finalist and three-time Urbana Grand Slam Finalist. He freely admits to loving Gummy Worms and pistachio ice cream.



Jani "Bomba" Rose is Nuyorican poet and performer born in Spanish Harlem and raised in the Bronx who began writing at the age of seven. She went from the public school system to an elite manhattan private school overnight where she developed a love for Plath and Method Man. She is an Acentos Fellow, the host of the Latina Empowerment series and founder of Poetry for the People and spends all of her time making stuff, reading, writing and taking care of her four sons.. To find out more, visit her site @ MusingsandScribbles.com.



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Mike Geffner
Founder/Producer

Marvin Mendlinger
Assistant Director

Erik "Advocate of Wordz" Maldonado
MC/Host

Marron Cox
Hostess Extraordinaire

Mike Geffner & Friends @ The Inspired Word

 

w/ Jane LeCroy

w/ Marvin Mendlinger (l), Jon Sands (r)

w/ James "SoSoon" Gantt

w/ Big Mike Logan (l), Puma Perl (r)

Photos By: Peter Woloszyn

Pics! Open Mic @ The Inspired Word

Ryan Lower

Marron Cox

Alex Celeste Muñiz

Darcel Turner

Daniel "Obsidian" Canada

Kim "Essence" Howard

David Werdsman Lewis

Big Mike Logan

Brandice Taylor-Davis

Photos By: Peter Woloszyn

Open Mic @ The Inspired Word

Howard (Seraph) Treadwell

Marron Cox

Mike Conroy

Sasha Warner-Berry

Eliel Lucero

Alex Bilu

Photos By: Peter Woloszyn

New Pics! Open Mic Poets @ The Inspired Word

Alex Celeste Muñiz

Jenny Williamson

Brandice Taylor

Jean Lehrman

Carlos Santiago

William O'Donnell

Photos By: Peter Woloszyn