Better Things 5x5 Reading & Open Mic (June 2026)

Schedule

Tue Jun 02 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Moon Palace Books | Minneapolis, MN

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Please join us on Tuesday, June 2nd, at 7:00pm, at Moon Palace Books, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic artists: mk zariel, Antonio Duke, Willard Malebear Jr., Adrien Wright, and Eemanna.
Each featured artist will take five minutes to share work. After the main reading, there will be a short break for refreshments, followed by an open mic period. All are welcome to show up and participate in the open mic! (List is first come, first serve.) This reading, and the open mic afterward, will be hosted by Davi Gray and Erin Sharkey; both reading and open mic will feature ASL interpretation.
Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books. The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to legislative appropriations from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #TCPoetry
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Moon Palace Books, 3032 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406-1932, United States

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