Black History Month Open Mic w/Visual Art from Ibn, Hosted by Golden Light Poetry
Feb 8 | 7p
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“Black History Month is not simply asking ‘How can I remember and learn about black people?’ It is all of us asking, ‘How can we love black people by seeing them, hearing them, and creating a world where black people feel loved, inspired, and protected?’”
-dante stewart

We’re celebrating Black History Month with the 3rd annual Black History Month Open Mic, hosted by Golden Light Poetry! Created to amplify, honor, and highlight black voices, stories, artists, and revolutionaries! <3  Sign up early for the open mic by emailing agoldenlightpoetry@aol.com.

We’ve got a geometrically abstract visual art pop-up from Ibn you won’t want to miss! Art will be on view all weekend and ready to go home the same day.

Pop Up Visual Art Show by Ibn
Sat. Feb 8 | 3-6p
Sat. Feb 8 | 7-9p @ the Open Mic
Sun. Feb 9 | 3-6p

Black History Month Open Mic: Sunday Service
February 18 | 3-6p
$7 Early Bird
$10-20 Day Of, Sliding Scale | Available at the door only

In celebration of February and Black History Month, join us as we center and amplify the voices of black creatives in the community and honor their ancestors at the 2nd annual Black History Month Open Mic: Sunday Service, curated & hosted by Golden Light Poetry!

Sunday Service is a non-denominational program that will allow performers and guests to honor their blackness and that of the ones who came before them through various methods of storytelling and altar building. For our community altar, please bring photos of those who inspire you that have transitioned, whether family, friends, or civil rights leaders, etc. and offerings like favorite foods, flowers, incense, coins or whatever your heart desires.

There will be a visual art pop-up from artist Eleven, and art will be available for sale and ready to take home the same day!
We will have 15 Open Mic slots available to artists of all creative mediums. Please feel free to sign up the day of or ahead of timevia email at agoldenlightpoetry@aol.com. Day of sign ups will open up promptly at 3pm! Priority will be given to Black voices!

GOMO’s Pre-Christmas Open Mic & Lounge
December 9 | Doors & Open Mic Sign Up 7:30p
Tickets

GOMO the Ghost returns for our 4th Annual Pre-Christmas Open Mic & Lounge! Enjoy a spirited floor show from GOMO and the extraordinary DoubleM2000 and Laszlo on seasonal themes. Open mic performances spice up the night! Music, poetry, story, dance, and more are welcome on the open mic - sign ups are at 7:30pm.
Dress in your holiday best!

Golden Light Open Mic @ Hangups II
September 8 | 7p Open Mic, 6p Art Viewing
$10-15 suggested

Kick off the SMUSH season with the Golden Light Open Mic - all talents welcome! Plus enjoy the first public viewing of Hangups II: A Community Curated Art Show. Gallery viewing 6p, Open Mic 7-9p

Golden Light Poetry (IG @goldenlightpoetry) returns to SMUSH to host another exquisite open mic. Poets, singers, musicians, storytellers, movement artists, and more are invited to the stage - all talents are welcome! Reserve an open mic slot by emailing agoldenlightpoetry@aol.com. A handful of slots will also be available day-of.

GOMO’s Open Mic & Lounge
May 19 | 7:30p
Tickets $15-30 Sliding Scale

The most exquisite open mic & lounge in the Garden State is BACK in May - and it’s an all Bruce SPRINGsteen show! GOMO the Ghost hosts a terrific time with DoubleM2000, Laslo, and YOU! Lounge in your seasonal best and drink it in, or ready yourself for your time at the mic. Music, poetry, story, dance, and more are welcome on the open mic in this bubbly and bloodless rite of spring.

Open mic sign ups begin promptly at 7:30p.