The 3rd Wednesday is surely Untitled!
October 19, 6 to 9 pm
Halloween Poetry Party!
Dead Poets’ Slam
Jack Kerouac Winners from Lowell High School
Pumpkin Poetry
Costume Contest
Plus our ever-unconventional, unsurpassed, untitled open mic!
Participants are encouraged to get into the spirit with readings, music, and/or stylings that celebrate the spooky side, but of course it’s open, so do your thing no matter what!
The Untitled Open Mic is now hosted at Coffee and Cotton at Mill No. 5.
Located in a historic downtown textile building, Mill No. 5 is a destination into what Lowell is: home to independent shops, The Luna Theatre, the Farm Market, and Coffee and Cotton. Coffee and Cotton is the heart of the building, serving up coffee, espresso, and lattes, wine, local craft beer, delicious, made-to-order, locally sourced options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It is also a venue for live music, game nights, community events, and now our Untitled Open Mic.
/// Format ///
Sign-Ups Open @ 6pm
Open Mic Starts @ 6:30 pm
Dead Poets Slam after Open MIc
Lowell High Featured Poets
Costume Contest
All Done @ 9:00pm
/// Details ///
Free Admission
Food, Drink, and Merch for Sale
@ Coffee & Cotton
250 Jackson St. No. 401
Lowell, Mass. 01852
https://millno5.com/directions/
More about the event…
We’re celebrating Halloween with Poetry! It’ll be a fun-filled, poetically packed evening, with an open mic (scary stories and spooky rhymes encouraged) followed by a Dead Poets’ Slam (even tho’ they’re dead, we still like to read their poetry, and the judges will even give it numbers), followed by a costume contest (cash prizes awarded by popular acclaim). Along the way, we’ll be doing cooperative, intuitive PUMPKIN POETRY! Lucky scribblers will get to take home their own pumpkin of poetry. Plus, we will be hearing from this year’s Jack Kerouac Contest winners from Lowell High School. This competition happens once a year as part of the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac festival, and we will bring in the top three writers to share their stuff with our community. Join us — in costume if you dare!
/// ZOOM DETAILS ///
Mill City Speaks is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Untitled Halloween Poetry Party Time: Oct 19, 2022 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81848196594
Meeting ID: 818 4819 6594 Passcode: 758244
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kceWgWXB6R
/// About the Features///
Dead Poets & Their Imposters
Sappho (Max Delorey)
Wallace Stevens (Meg Smith)
???? (Kris Rouille)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Bishop)
Hafiz (Tom Laughlin)
SAC: Rabindranath Tagore(Rikhav Kothari)
/// Safer Space & Community Guidelines ///
We strive to foster a space of inclusivity and respect. We ask everyone to not bring (in no particular order) ableist, ageist, body shaming, classist, homophobic, misogynist, misandrist, racist, transphobic, oppressive language, attitudes, and actions at the space. We look to hold ourselves and one another accountable to creating a culture in which we treat each other with consent and respect. This includes but is not limited to respecting people's physical and emotional boundaries and receiving explicit verbal consent before touching someone or crossing other personal boundaries. If you are disrupting our safer space we will ask you to leave.
/// Zoom Guidelines /// (Online)
1) Some best practices suggest being somewhere with minimal background noise and good lighting, use headphones if possible, and close any applications not being used on your device to improve Zoom quality.
2.) It is best to have your display on “Speaker View” to see the host and performer. “Gallery View” will allow you to see all guests at once.
3.) Feel free to add a name and pronoun into your display so we can say hello and know who is joining us. Keep in mind that this event is streaming publicly so take any precautions about sharing your identity.
4.) Guests could also have “Video” on or off, as that is optional.
5.) During performances/readings the host will “Mute” all other guests.
6.) Guests are encouraged to show love and gratitude visually on screen or in the chat window.
7.) Please be respectful on screen and in the chat window - and acknowledge the space you can take up in this digital communal platform.
8.) Host will allow guests to un-mute after performances if they choose and able to out loud affirmations or gratitudes.
9.) Any conflicts to the safer space / community guidelines the host may remove you from the Zoom call. If you feel like you have been accidentally or wrongfully removed, please reach out to the organizers.
Please reach out to [here](https://www.lowellpoetry.com/contact) with questions regarding the open mic or slam.
“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Lowell Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”