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A Virtual Open Mic feat. Eric Sirota

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a Virtual Open Mic! We will make a post on the day of the event for folks to sign up! You will have 3 minutes to read a poem! With a featured performance by Eric Sirota! More about Eric: Eric Sirota is a poet and public interest lawyer living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His chapbook Giveth and Taketh was recently published by Wild Pressed Books. His work has been featured by Button Poetry, Entropy!, The Portland Review, and elsewhere. By day, he supervises law students who provide free legal services to veterans. You can't miss him. He's the tallest Jew for miles. This event will be held on Zoom. We will post a link 15 minutes before the event for folks to…

Free

Slamlandia Poetry Open Mic ft. Eric Sirota

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

We are pleased to announce that Slamlandia will be hosting another digital poetry open mic this month - with a feature from Eric Sirota! This open mic - only poetry, no music please - will take place on May 21st. We'll be hosting this event with the help of Literary Arts. You can access our Zoom link here: https://literary-arts.org/event/literary-arts-online-slamlandia-may-21/ Sign ups for the open mic will be posted at 6:30pm day of via Facebook posts and an Instagram story. Comment / reply to get your name on the list. Open mic will promptly begin at 7pm. Poets gets 3 minutes to share poetry - please do not go over time! If poets are late comers and join the chat after it's well in session, they…

Free