Open Mic Featuring Chuck Perkins
Schedule
Tue Jun 02 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
122 Spring St #1, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101 | Portland, ME
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Welcome to Port Veritas! We meet every Tuesday night in person at Double House Arts Collective 122 Spring St #1 in Portland AND online. We typically end by 8:30 pm EST, but we have the space until 9 pm EST.In person friends, please remain masked in the building. If you are reading, you may take off your mask only while reading.
Double House Arts has an accessible ramp at the back entrance, and four low steps with railings at the front entrance on Spring Street. Please contact PV organizers in advance if you need the the ramp entrance.
You may use this link to join us virtually:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/893705103
Please feel free to sign up for our open mic upon entering Double House Arts or in the chat online!
Automatic closed captions are available online. Our feature's set list transcript will be made available for folks who need it.
Donations of 5 dollars or more are encouraged (Donations will be going to our funds for featured poets). Venmo @ MayaWilliams16, CashApp $williamsmay13, and PayPal at [email protected].
Consider also donating to @doublehousearts on Venmo and Double House Arts Collective on Patreon.
Our feature this week is Churck Perkins coming to us in person!
Chuck Perkins is an American spoken word poet, orator,
narrator, and activist who infuses the rhythms and
vernacular from the Crescent City into his musical spoken
word pieces. The New Orleans Times-Picayune says that
he "recites poetry like a prize fighter...always going for a
knock out" He has performed internationally at London's
prestigious South Bank Centre with Amiri Baraka, Jazz at
Lincoln Center with Nicolas Payton and Pedrito Martinez.
Chuck Perkins has published his first book of poetry and
essays titled, "Beautiful and Ugly Too". In 20025 he was awarded 1st place by the New Orleans Press Club for his
essay, “From Back-a-town to St Charles on Foot. He was
host of WBOK'ss radio talk show, The Conscious Hour with
Chuck Perkins. Perkins is currently the owner and
operator of New Orleans top performance venue, Café
Istanbul.
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