Waterbean Poetry Night Featuring ERIC SBARGE
Schedule
Wed Nov 19 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Waterbean Coffee #2 - Huntersville | Huntersville, NC
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Hello, Poets & Friends!Please join me at Waterbean Poetry Night on NOV 19 when I’ll host terrific featured poet ERIC SBARGE!
(Yes, it’s a week early due to Thanksgiving.)
Poet Bio:
Following grad school & an early Manhattan career in publishing, magazine journalism, & media production, ERIC SBARGE moved to Charlotte in 1994. His writing took a 20-year hiatus after Eric & his wife founded & led The Peaceful Dragon Cultural Center for tai chi, kung fu, Zen meditation, yoga & related arts. In 2016 Eric returned to writing, focusing mainly on poetry. Charlotte Lit Press published his chapbook, I Would Have Left You Everything, in autumn 2023. A Kung Fu Master & US Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee, Eric is working on a new collection of poems.
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General Details:
7:00–9:00 PM
WEDNESDAY• 19 NOVEMBER 2025
Waterbean Coffee - Huntersville
9705 Sam Furr Rd., Ste. A
Huntersville, NC 28078
in NorthCross Shopping Center
(corner of NC-73 & US-21)
We’ll begin at 7:00 sharp & have a hard stop at 8:50 (venue closes at 9:00).
Following the featured program & a short break for book sales/signings, stick around to enjoy the OPEN MIC!
Open Mic Guidelines:
Please arrive 6:30–6:45 to sign up in person, as spots are limited & go quickly. No holds. Each open mic reader has up to 5 minutes on stage to share 1–2 poems max. If you sign up to read, please stay to hear & support your fellow poets.
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The TINY TABLETOP LIBRARY, dedicated in Memory of Poet Mike James (1970–2023), offers FREE, generously donated poetry (books, chapbooks, journals, & anthologies) for you to peruse, take home, enjoy, & share when you’re done. Poetry donations are welcomed & appreciated. See pinned post on our Facebook page for full details.
Please mark yourself GOING to this EVENT if you’ll attend.
Kindly support the venue & baristas, & featured poets if you can.
As your host, my MISSION is to foster diversity, kindness, community, & peace through poetry.
Event is FREE & open to the public, part of Waterbean Poetry's monthly reading series that offers an INCLUSIVE, SAFE SPACE for all poets & friends of poetry.
Peace & poetry for all,
Leslie
Leslie M. Rupracht
Host/Co-founder • Ally • Community Builder
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Where is it happening?
Waterbean Coffee #2 - Huntersville, 9705 Sam Furr Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078-5046, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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