5:30-6:00 PM get settled with a writing prompt (optional), open mic sign up opens.

6:00-7:00 PM featured poets and a break, open mic sign up closes.

7:00-8:00 PM (or so) is the open mic.

The open mic portion of the evening begins after the break, at 7:00 PM. Sign up for the open mic is open from 5:30- 7:00 PM the day of the event. Participants have three minutes (we use a timer to keep track) to share an original poem.

We have deep appreciation for Town Hall Collaborative as a community space that prioritizes accessibility of all kinds.

Tonight’s event is free thanks to Denise and Lauren’s kind choice to host this event without charging the Club a hosting fee.

It's now especially important for us to support community spaces like this! If you're able, we ask that you grab a cocktail/mocktails (or two!) from The Bar—the selection is yummy!

You'll hear from two members of The Scribbling Club as they perform a selection of their original poetry. Get to know them below.

It's a Club for writers, by writers that seeks to empower its members through comeraderie and craft.

There are three bathrooms at Town Hall Collaborative: one single stall / ADA bathroom and two all gender restrooms (one with two toilets and a urinal and one with two toilets).

Our featured poets are not sick. We have provided masks and choose to wear them ourselves simply out of caution. Not all immune systems are built to withstand the crowd that has gathered tonight.

If you would like to join us in standing in solidarity with the immuno-vulneable, please feel free to grab a mask and use the complimentary hand sanitizer available at the resource spot.

Those of us who are non-Indigenous are guests in the homeland territory of 51 contemporary tribes with historic ties to the state of Colorado, and in unceded lands of the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Peoples. As guests, we extend our respects and gratitude to the many Indigenous peoples who still reside here and call these lands home.

Great poetry invites us to take a look inside the emotional lives of its writers; it could be said to come as close as language can to touching all our senses. From Langston Hughes to Gwendolyn Brooks, June Jordan to Maya Angelou, Black poets throughout American history have penned poems that inspire readers to reflect, resist, and understand. Seeing the world through the eyes of great poets can alter how we see the world.

Engaging with Black poets can prompt us to reflect on Black history and the Black experience in particular. While Black History Month reminds us of the importance of Black history, these great poets deserve to be read all year round. So we hope you’ll seek these poets out throughout the year for their rich insights into the human experience. And we are committed to honor our many communities every day of the year, we are in this together, always.

Bigotry and hate of any kind are not tolerated at this event.