7:00 p.m. FT. COLLINS: Open mic on the ground floor at The Alley Cat, 120& 1/2 West Laurel Street (a half a block west of College Ave., in the alley behind Pizza Casbah on the north side of Laurel). For more info, email (preferred) twilightkid86m@yahoo.com, or call 970-223-3002.
7:00 p.m. MANITOU SPRINGS: The Goddess Open Mic. Open mic at Black Cat Books, 720 Manitou Avenue (in downtown Manitou Springs). For more info, email Karen at kalikookalehua@aol.com or call 718-232-5961.
8:00 p.m. BOULDER: Open mic, followed by featured readers Jim Cohn, Dylan Hock, and Clint Locks at 9:00, at The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl Street (on the north side of Pearl Street, just east of 17th). Sign-up for open mic starts at 7:30. 303-440-4628.
22 tuesday
8:00 p.m. DENVER: Pretty Boy School of Public Speaking. Open mic at Common Grounds in LoDo, 1601 17th Street (NW corner of 17th & Wazee). 303-296-9248.
23 wednesday
7:30 p.m. BOULDER: Yellow Pine Reading Series.
8:00 p.m. BOULDER: Open mic presented by Illiterate magazine and Baobab Press at Burnt Toast, 1135 Pennsylvania Avenue (on The Hill, across the street from The Sink). For more info, email akposani@aol.com or call 303-859-1034.
24 thursday
7:00 p.m. WESTMINSTER: Carolyn Jennings reads, followed by an open mic, at Forza Coffee Company, 3013 West 104th Avenue (NW corner of 104th & Federal, near Lodo's Bar & Grill). For more info, or to sign up for the open mic, email Faye at faye@quameditorial.com. 303-465-0605.
7:30 p.m. BOULDER: Erin Lewenauer and Matthew Neinow read at Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl Street (here). 303-447-2074.
8:00 p.m. BOULDER: "East Coast Series." CU-Boulder MFA (poetry & prose) grad students, followed by an open mic, at Folsom Street Coffee Company, 1795 Folsom Street (SW corner of Folsom & Canyon). 303-440-8808.
25 friday
7:00 p.m. DENVER: Open mic at Miss Prothero's Books, 1112 Santa Fe Drive (here). For more info, call 303-572-2260.
7:00 p.m. BOULDER: Release reading for Bombay Gin at Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 940 Pearl Street (three blocks west of Broadway, on the south side of the Pearl Street). 303-443-3133.
10:00 p.m. DENVER: Open mic at Mercury Cafe, 2199 California Street (SW corner of 22nd & California). Sign-up starts at 9:30. 303-924-9258.
26 saturday
9:00 a.m. LITTLETON: 2nd Annual Spring Literary Festival. Presented by the Writers Studio of Arapahoe Community College, 5900 South Santa Fe Drive.
10:00 a.m. DENVER: Columbine Poets meet at Daphne's Deli, 393 Corona Street (between 3rd Avenue & 4th Avenue, on the west side of Corona). For more info, email Anita Jepson-Gilbert at anitajg5@aol.com. 303-733-1212.
9:30 p.m. DENVER: Open mic at Brother Jeff's Cultural Center and Cafe, 2836 Welton Street (between 28th & 29th, on the east side of Welton). For more info, call 303-297-0823. Donation requested.
27 sunday
7:00 p.m. DENVER: "Jam before the slam" with Art Compost & the Word Mechanics at 7 p.m., open mic at 8 p.m., and a poetry slam at 9:00, at Mercury Cafe, 2199 California Street (SW corner of 22nd & California). 303-294-9258. Donation requested for the slam.
28 monday
7:00 p.m. FT. COLLINS: Open mic on the ground floor at The Alley Cat, 120& 1/2 West Laurel Street (a half a block west of College Ave., in the alley behind Pizza Casbah on the north side of Laurel). For more info, email (preferred) twilightkid86m@yahoo.com, or call 970-223-3002.
8:00 p.m. DENVER: Open mic, followed by featured readers at 9:00, at The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl Street (on the north side of Pearl Street, just east of 17th). Sign-up for open mic starts at 7:30. 303-440-4628.
29 tuesday
8:00 p.m. DENVER: Pretty Boy School of Public Speaking. Open mic at Common Grounds in LoDo, 1601 17th Street (NW corner of 17th & Wazee). 303-296-9248.
30 wednesday
7:00 p.m. BOULDER: Aeronwy Thomas (yes, THAT Aeronwy Thomas--the daughter of famous Welsh poet Dylan Thomas) and fellow Welsh poet Peter Thabit Jones will read their poems (and Aeronwy will talk about Dylan), in the auditorium of the Boulder Public Library. For more info, call Paul Levitt at 303-492-5387.
7:00 p.m. ESTES PARK: Robert King reads in the Hondius Room of Estes Park Public Library, 335 East Elkhorn Avenue (here). For more info, call 970-586-9247.
8:00 p.m. BOULDER: Open mic presented by Illiterate magazine and Baobab Press at Burnt Toast, 1135 Pennsylvania Avenue (on The Hill, across the street from The Sink). For more info, email akposani@aol.com or call 303-859-1034.