InspiredWordNYC'S BK VOICES: A Poetry & Spoken Word Experience + Open Mic

Schedule

Thu May 09 2024 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Location

Brooklyn Music Kitchen | Brooklyn, NY

InspiredWordNYC Presents BK VOICES: A Poetry & Spoken Word Experience - celebrating the best literary artists of Brooklyn + Open Mic.
About this Event
InspiredWordNYC Presents BK VOICES: A Poetry & Spoken Word Experience - celebrating the best literary artists of Brooklyn + Open Mic.

Thursday night, 7-10pm. Doors open at 6:30.

18+. Under 18 with adult supervision.

$ 15 cover includes a $5 food/drink coupon.$ 12 Early Birds includes a $5 food/drink coupon (up to 2 weeks before the event)Last-minute tickets purchased 24 hours or less before the event is $20 (includes a $5 food/drink coupon).

* ****Featured artists...

Leilani
Leilani is an award-winning spoken word poet and multi-hyphenate theater creative originally from Honolulu currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She has performed all around New York City and Honolulu, has featured at various venues and has won multiple awards in the slam circuit, including being a winner of the Honolulu Poetry Slam and at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. She was the director, producer, writer and actor of an original devised piece “Standing Proud: a Collection of Asian Voices”, which garnered her the inaugural Excellence in Scholarship and Research Award at Chapman University. She is passionate about writing on the issues and injustices that she sees in the world around her and has a strong belief that spoken word is a powerful platform in amplifying unheard stories and marginalized voices.Writing and performing is an honor and privilege for her, and she can’t wait to continue doing this for the rest of her life.

Dwayne Bishop

Marilyn Jean

Glenn Robert Ford

Poet TBA

Poet TBA
* ****OPEN MIC Slots from 7-8pm (Poetry or Spoken Word ONLY. NO MUSIC or COMEDY!) - strict 7 minutes each slot. No open mic after 8pm.
Where: Brooklyn Music Kitchen, 177 Vanderbilt Avenue, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Why: Because culture & arts, great literary events are vital to Brooklyn and to New York City
Refunds up to 24 hours before the event.

Donations are welcome and appreciated. Use the donation option on the event page.

Make sure to bring a printed-out version of your ticket/tickets or be prepared to show your ticket/tickets (with confirmation number) on your phone.

Please Note: No TRANSFERS or REFUNDS will be granted, though you are welcome to find REPLACEMENTS for your tickets.

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Produced by the long-running Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, which has featured Grammy, Golden Globe, Tony, Obie, and Pulitzer Prize winners, as well as Emmy nominees, American Idol finalists, America's Got Talent finalists, and HBO Def Poetry stars.inspiredwordnyc.com

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W e also do open mics at the BMK EVERY Monday Night https://mondaybkopenmic.eventbrite.com
and 1st & 3rd Sundays
https://sundaybkopenmic.eventbrite.com

SUBWAY LINE - G to Clinton-Washington Avenue

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