CANNON MINE POETRY SERIES!
7:00 p.m. LAFAYETTE: Cannon Mine Poetry Series. The Colorado Poets Association presents an extended open mic (with a surprise guest reader!), at Cannon Mine Coffee Company, 210 South Public Road (four blocks south of Baseline Road on the NE corner of Cannon Mine & South Public Road). For more info, email cannonmine@coloradopoets.org or call Bryan Roth at 303-817-3312.
8:00 p.m. BOULDER: "East Coast Series." Open mic at Folsom Street Coffee Company, 1795 Folsom Street (SW corner of Folsom & Canyon). 303-440-8808.
12 friday
7:30 p.m. DENVER: Cafe Cultura Open Mic Night. Featured readers, followed by an open mic, at Denver Inner City Parish, 910 Galapago Street (two blocks east of Santa Fe, on 9th Avenue). For more info, email cafe_cultura@yahoo.com, go to www.myspace.com/cafecultura, or call 720-436-1830.
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.
13 saturday
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.
7:30 p.m. BOULDER: Many Mountains Moving Poetry Salon. Many Mountains Moving presents featured readers David Mason and David Rothman, followed by an open mic, at St. John's Episcopal Chruch, 1419 Pine Street (in downtown Boulder, two blocks north of the Pearl Street Mall, three blocks west of Broadway). Potluck during intermission; beverages provided. For more info, email Barb Sorensen at woc@indra.net or call 303-823-5149. $2 Donation requested (or even better, bring a dish for the potluck!).
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.
14 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.
15 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.
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 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.
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.
17 wednesday
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.
18 thursday
8:00 p.m. BOULDER: "East Coast Series." Featured readers, followed by an open mic, at Folsom Street Coffee Company, 1795 Folsom Street (SW corner of Folsom & Canyon). 303-440-8808.
19 friday
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.
20 saturday
12:45 p.m. LITTLETON: Poetry Fest. Columbine Poets will hold their annual poetry fest in the Half Moon Room of the main building at Arapahoe Community College, 5900 South Santa Fe Drive, (Santa Fe Drive at Church Street, just south of Bowles, in Littleton). Runs until 5:00. Colorado poet Joseph Hutchison will conduct a workshop and give a reading. For more info, email Anita Jepson-Gilbert at anitajg5@aol.com. 303-733-1212. ADMISSION: FREE for students of Arapahoe Community College (with ID), $10 for Columbine members, and $20 for the general public.
7:30 p.m. FORT COLLINS: CSU Fall Reading Series. Bin Ramke and Selah Saterstrom read in room 158 of the University Arts Center on the Colorado State University campus (here). For more info, email Dan.Beachy-Quick@colostate.edu.
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.