Open Mics coming up: Re-Verb, Heartbroken

Poetry will be read, music enjoyed. Also, I'm leading a book discussion next month - on Ross Gay, poetry & gratitude - you're invited (Minneapolis only, sorry)

So, TruArtSpeaks, a local organization focused on Hip Hop Education, arts exhibition, and professional development for artists, community organizers, and other fabulous cultural types, is hosting the Re-Verb Open Mic every week on Thursdays, from 6 pm — 8 pm (CT), at Flava Coffee & Café in St. Paul.

I plan to be there for it every week, more or less, as often as my schedule allows it. Bringing along my folder of poems, in the event I get a chance to read (which seems likely to happen most times). And whether I do or not, there will be some dope music and lyrics going on, so whatever happens, the night will be good. And it gets me out of the house, which sometimes starts to feel a bit…confining.

I was there for last week’s Re-Verb, when it had a special guest host, one of my favorite spoken-word artists of all time, Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, about whom I have gushed here before:

And he read—or spoke, actually—a new piece, and it was wonderful. I was able to read early in the evening’s pro…