In 2000, I had the idea to start an open-mic jam session after attending an all-star weekly event called Black Lily in ...

Wearing a flannel shirt and toting a guitar case, Nicholas Lopardo walked into the Amityville Music Hall on a recent Wednesday night and jotted his name on a list. The 37-year-old HVAC technician, who ...

From a tragic look at the hidden costs of funerals to retelling a near-death travel experience involving a parasite, community members shared stories at the Word Buffet open mic event on Wednesday.

The mark of a good open mic is its applause, but not in the way you might think. Of course, an audience might cheer for a singer’s perfect high note or a guitarist’s complex riff, when the musicians ...

Denver is positively lousy with standup-comedy open mics. In the hierarchy of performing arts, open-mic comedy falls somewhere below magic shows and juggling acts on the scale of public appreciation.

Spoken word artist and Lyrical Therapy open mic founder Richard Washington performing on stage. If you talk to event host and spoken word artist Louis ConPhliction, he’ll tell you Tuesday is his ...

“Nu” is one of these Yiddish words that has various meanings, like a call for somebody to do something: “Nu? Come on!” But it can also have a more curious implication, as if to say: “What’s next? What ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville’s comedy scene is bigger and more vibrant than many residents realize, with venues across the city offering comedians of all levels a place to refine their craft.