How ‘open mic’ activities can improve writing, social skills

Involving students in planning and fostering a supportive environment can encourage even the most reticent to participate, one expert says.
Seven Days

Lit Club Open Mic Brings Poetry to Monday Nights

Soft yellow light bathes Meg Reynolds as she steps onto the stage at the Light Club Lamp Shop in Burlington. Her hair is half pulled back, and bangs fall across her eyebrows. She adjusts her glasses, ...
Dallas Observer

Weekly Candlelight Performance Series at The Balcony Club Redefines Open Mics

Candlelit Open Mic, hosted by Dallas singer-songwriter Ryan Berg, treats open mic nights like the best shows of the week.
Post-Bulletin

Stepping up to the mic

Poets, musicians, and comics looking to cut their teeth on new material have a variety of open mics to which they can step up. Forager Brewery and LTS Brewing Company both have monthly open mics ...
The Gazette

House of Words fosters spoken word poets, artists with new “open mic” format

Caleb Rainey, a spoken word poet known as "The Negro Artist," performs at the newly-formed House of Words event for poets and other performing artists on Nov. 21 in Iowa City. (Elijah Decious/The ...