Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Acclaimed writer Kevin Powell and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe offer a series of free weekly online writing workshops for writers of all backgrounds, ages and educational levels. Join us for a free encore screening of our workshop series. Kevin Powell is a poet, journalist, essayist, blogger, editor, filmmaker, public speaker, civil and human rights activist, and the author of 14 books, including his newest title, When We Free The World, a collection of essays plus one poem about... the present and future of America (paperback on Amazon and ebook and audio book on Apple Books). Kevin's 15th book will be a biography of Tupac Shakur. He is also working on his first play and directing, writing, and producing documentary film about healthy manhood versus toxic manhood called What’s Going On. Among Kevin's most recent writings is a cover story on Stacey Abrams for The Washington Post Magazine. He lives in New York City, the borough of Brooklyn. Workshop Schedule: Week 1 (9/15): What is a writer, Who is a writer? Week 2 (9/22): Writing about yourself, writing about what you know (blog/essay, article, poetry, play, screenplay, or book) Week 3 (9/29): Writing poetry Week 4 (10/6): Writing blogs (essays) Week 5 (10/13): How to get published: in newspapers, magazines, on websites Week 6 (10/20): How to create a book idea and an actual book Week 7 (10/27): How to market/publicize your writing If you'd like to support the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and its online programming, please visit www.nuyorican.org/contribute to make a donation.

On Sunday, 10/25, IASNY (Immigrant/International Artists&Scholars in New York) and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe present Liberty's Daughters: Immigrant Women's Monologues (https://bit.ly/LibertyNPC), hosted and curated by Saviana Stanescu; read about it in BroadwayWorld, at bit.ly/LibertyNPC. On Monday, check out an encore screening of NYSeeing at 5:30PM, before our Monday Night Online Open Mic (hosted by Advocate of Wordz). Coming up, join us for Free Writing Workshops with Kevin Powell on Tuesday, Word / NYC College Slam on Wednesday, Thursday Night Open Mic hosted by La Bruja, and Stimulive, a digital reading hosted by Jive Poetic. For details: www.nuyorican.org. #nycnightlife #art #nycvirtual

Thursday Online Open Mic with La Bruja Caridad de la Luz (aka La Bruja) hosts this weekly online open mic! All art forms are welcome. Sign up for a five-minute slot by claiming one of the 35 available performer's tickets. Download Zoom and make a sign with your IG handle and Venmo / Paypal link, in case fans want to tip you! The open mic is non-competitive, and there's no cover charge. If you'd like to perform during our online open mics, here are some tips and guidelines:... We host a poetry open mic each Monday night at 8pm, and an open mic for all art forms on Thursday nights at 9pm. For each open mic, we offer 25 guaranteed performance slots and 10 waitlist slots on a first-come, first-served basis.

Monday Night Open Mic Join us for a poetry-specific open mic hosted by Advocate of Wordz. Sign up to perform one poem (5 minutes or less) at our next online open mic by RSVP'ing a slot. We offer 25 guaranteed performance slots and 10 waitlist slots on a first-come, first-served basis. . Download Zoom, and make a sign with your IG handle and Venmo / Paypal link, in case fans want to tip you! The open mic is non-competitive, and there's no cover charge. Monday’s at 08:00 PM Eas...tern Time (US and Canada) Event link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/279995364 Meeting ID: 279 995 364 See more

Join us online for the Monday Online Open Mic (5 minutes per poet, for the first 25 poets who sign up), Kevin Powell's free writing workshop on Tuesday, and two fantastic events on Wednesday: a Latin Jazz percussion masterclass with Willie Martinez, and NYSEEING 2020: a benefit to raise funds for the Nuyorican Poets Cafe & The Artists Relief Fund, featuring new monologues & music dedicated to NYC, by artists including Neil LaBute, Migdalia Cruz and Romy Nordlinger! Coming up on Sunday: Liberty's Daughters, an evening of Immigrant Women's Monologues! Details for all events: www.nuyorican.org . #nycnightlife #art #nycvirtual

Join us for NYSEEING 2020, Liberty's Daughters: Immigrant Women's Monologues, Stimulive with Jive Poetic, Free Writing Workshops with Kevin Powell, Latin Jazz All Stars Workshop Series, Monday Night Online Open Mic, Thursday Night Open Mic, Word with NYC College Slam, HA-HA-HALLOWEEN!, reg e gaines' online workshops, Digital Verse with The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR and Beatnix. Learn more at bit.ly/NPCOctNov.

Thursday Night Online Open Mic Hosted by Advocate of Wordz If you'd like to perform during our online open mics, here are some tips and guidelines: We host a poetry open mic each Monday night at 8pm, and an open mic for all art forms on Thursday nights at 9pm. For each open mic, we offer 25 guaranteed performance slots and 10 waitlist slots on a first-come, first-served basis. ... Our online open mics are free for all participants, but your donations help us keep these events going; please consider donating at https://www.nuyorican.org/online-open-mic You can sign up for a performance slot on our website, where a link to the sign-up sheet will go live two days before the event. Once the sheet is full, we send a confirmation email to each artist who signed up; the confirmation email lists the order of performers for that event.

Latin Jazz All Star Workshop Series with Victor Rendon Join us online in October for special music workshops led by our Latin Jazz All Stars: Chembo Corniel, Victor Rendon, and Willie Martinez. 10/14/20 Featuring Victor Rendon on Latin Timbales... 10/21/20 Featuring Willie Martinez on Drums 11/04/20 Featuring Chembo Corniel On the Congas 11/11/20 Featuring Victor Rendon on Latin Timbales 11/17/20 Featuring Willie Martinez on Drums https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84960332493 Meeting ID : 849 6033 2493