The Motown Museum will present its fifth annual Motown Mic: The Spoken Word grand finale and the inaugural Motown Mic winner One Single Rose, at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 25 at The Garden Theater in ...

Poetry nights may have started as a trend, but three stage shows have proved the art form has staying power. The poetry slam began in 1980s Chicago, getting a boost from Larenz Tate’s sultry open-mic ...

IOWA CITY — For Rudy Francisco, one of the most widely known spoken word artists in modern poetry, it started with a feeling. When he first saw a spoke word poem performed, he knew exactly what the ...

ST. LOUIS — For a few years now, a powerful community event in St. Louis has been giving artists a stage to share their voices, stories, and talents, all while building something that feels like ...

This Friday marks the one year anniversary of Word Open Mic Night hosted by Emdash in the independent bookstore’s Jersey City location. It’s the last Friday of each month, in fact, that has marked the ...