"We had a similar start,” Dillon Brown said, amused to compare his own initiation as a poet with that of Langston Hughes, a leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance and a frequent visitor to Long ...

If a few drinks in, or with a few mocktails down the trap, or totally sober, you’re ready to show off your stuff, open mic nights are a great way for musicians to get their reps in and receive ...

You’re a musician and you want to get out there and share your music. How do you get heard? Turn up the microphone. Or the mic, that is. Throughout Lancaster County, clubs, restaurants, taverns and ...

Poets, musicians, and comics looking to cut their teeth on new material have a variety of open mics to which they can step up. Forager Brewery and LTS Brewing Company both have monthly open mics ...

Local songwriter Eric Tappert performs at Lightnin’ Salvage Enterprises’ open mic night on the first Wednesday of every month. While he’s played at other venues, Tappert keeps coming back for Lightnin ...

Donah Leigh, 66, shares her writing with strangers every other Tuesday. At least, these people began as strangers. Now, after two years of dedicated open mic attendance — “I’ve missed one or two,” she ...

Wearing a flannel shirt and toting a guitar case, Nicholas Lopardo walked into the Amityville Music Hall on a recent Wednesday night and jotted his name on a list. The 37-year-old HVAC technician, who ...

The Animas City Theatre filled with aspiring musicians, stand up comedians and performers for the venue’s fourth official open mic night. Open mics have been held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each Thursday ...

The stage of an open mic is a “portal to the infinite,” says Anthony Ruptak, singer-songwriter and longtime host of the Syntax Songwriters Open Mic at the Broadway Roxy. “It’s a gateway to self-love, ...

The mark of a good open mic is its applause, but not in the way you might think. Of course, an audience might cheer for a singer’s perfect high note or a guitarist’s complex riff, when the musicians ...

For many comedians, poets, musicians and other creatives, telling jokes, sharing stories and singing for audiences can be a cathartic experience. Gathering for live performances has been difficult to ...