Poetry Open Mice Featuring Poet Adonis Richards, aka Sincerely, Donnie

Name: Poetry Open Mice Featuring Poet Adonis Richards, aka Sincerely, Donnie
Start: 2025-02-05T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States, New York 12866

Schedule

Wed, 05 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States, New York 12866 | Saratoga Springs, NY

Poetry Open Mic Night: The First Wednesday of the month
Doors & Open Mic Sign-Up is at 6:30 PM / Readings begin at 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Adults $5 / Students FREE
Hosted by CAROL GRASER
Two short poems (less than one page) or one longer poem, with a limit of 5 minutes altogether.
A featured poet(s) reads for 20 minutes. Featured poets are booked by host Carol Graser. Generally, our features are established, published poets and/or have made significant public contributions to the regional poetry scene.
February's featured poet is Adonis Richards, aka Sincerely, Donnie, an Afro-Latino poet, writer, DEIB advocate, and restorative practices advocate, is currently the program coordinator for the Office of Intercultural Affairs at Union College. Adonis has published three poetry collections, most recently Reflections of a Hopeless Creative, and established a media and writing company, Lucid Writers. He also hosts a monthly poetry/spoken word open mic for the Schenectady community at Electric City Barn. His true passion is storytelling, mainly capturing the voices of the community and making sure they're heard.