On the last Tuesday of each month, OPWC presents a featured reader and open mike. Our headliners comprise writers of regional to national prominence. Admission is free, tho’ donations welcome. We meet at Nightbird Books, 205 N. Dickson St. in Fayetteville, the former Ozark Mountain Smokehouse. Here’s our Facebook page.
Coming up
7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, Spoken word and sung word by Geoff Oelsner, with Kelly Mulhollan. December? No program because it brings an ice storm every time! See Events for general information and heads’-ups on upcoming OPWC programs. And, check out the Collective’s column in the Northwest Arkansas Times (subscription only) and feature in the Fayetteville Free Weekly, profiling our November feature, Steve Cooper.
Nightbird Books
The collective is proud to have as a host Fayetteville’s locally owned independent bookstore Nightbird, now at 205 N. Dickson St. Hammontree’s Grilled Cheese now is open on the west side of the bookshop, offering light meals and beverages. All ages are welcome at Nightbird Books. The featured performance starts at 7:30 p.m. An open mic is a vital part of the evening. Each open mic performer gets up to four minutes to read original works or verse written by others. Our audiences famously encourage open mic readers. The main feature as well as the open mikers perform censorship free; strong language is sometimes used. After the guest reader, a hat is passed to provide the guest a small stipend and to help fund future readings. The collective has been honored with donation of a new book of poetry every month from the University of Arkansas Press — and the raffle is free! Often, featured readers offer their own books and chapbooks (and sometimes CDs and DVDs) for sale, autographed.
Slammin’
The Ozark Poetry Slam now meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at Smiling Jack’s, behind Dickson Street Bookshop in Fayetteville. Click on Slams for details.
