Abolition Comix Presents Get-Hype Open-Mic: Featuring The-Two-Man Show

Come one and all who hear this call! Join us for Get-Hype Open-Mic: Featuring The-Two-Man Show at Abolition Comix Bookstore on Friday May 8th, 2026 from 7-9pm and experience an evening of powerful poetry, djembe drum, and a safe space for building community.

A.B.O Comix Presents:

Get-Hype Open-Mic

Featuring The-Two-Man Show

With Protected Poet & J.R. Rice

Special Guest Drummer: Adam Hudson

Fri. 5/8/26

7:00–9:00 PM

Open Mic Sign-Ups: 6:30 PM until full

Abolition Comix Bookstore

2520 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA

Tickets: $10 on Eventbrite

2 for 1 Discount Online while tickets last

Hosted by and fearuring J.R. Rice, award-winning Oakland author, poet, educator, and spoken-word artist known for bringing heart, storytelling, and soul to every stage.

Featuring the Grand Slam Poet, author, and actor, Protected Poet (@Protected_poet) hose work delivers honesty, intensity, and sharp lyrical insight.

With special guest Adam Hudson (@adam.hudson5) a Bay Area drummer, percussionist, writer, educator, and Pan-Africanist whose music blends rock, blues, and African rhythmic traditions. A former drummer and percussionist for the San Francisco Bay Area alternative rock band Sunata, Hudson now also performs as a solo djembe player, drawing from West African drumming and Black musical roots.

In collaboration with the playwright, actor, and chef, Anthony Michael Jefferson (@anthonymichaeljefferson), and hosted by Abolition Comix, a vibrant independent Oakland bookstore and community-centered space dedicated to literature, liberation, art, and conversation. To learn more, visit www.abocomix.com

Come experience a night where poetry and music meet in rhythm, reflection, and raw expression. .

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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Host or Publisher J.R. Rice