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The new/old FOREST CITY OPEN MIC for POETRY is into its fresh season at the Mykonos Restaurant on Adelaide Street in London! Founded by London poet & essayist Stan Burfield, this long-running series celebrates poets of all styles and levels of experience, welcoming everyone on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7 pm from September to June to the Mykonos Restaurant on Adelaide St. in London, Ontario. Emceed by the redoubtable Joan Clayton, each event offers a featured reading by a seasoned professional poet followed by brief Q&A then an Open Mic for anyone who signs up. Added to these goodies, entry is by donation only, and EVEN BETTER: the 2019-2020 season will culminate in our very own chapbook, showcasing poems from all regulars and all featured poets reading throughout the year! So come out, join up, read or listen - and support the first volume from Forest City Open Mic for Poetry.
Tuesday Sept 10th the inaugural featured reader will be Robyn Marie Butt. "Among other things, I'll be reading from my growing collection of Woodstock Murder poems". Also FCOMP's brand-new organizer, Robyn has an exciting lineup of Featured Poets in place for the rest of the season.
The new/old FOREST CITY OPEN MIC for POETRY is into its fresh season at the Mykonos Restaurant on Adelaide Street in London! Founded by London poet & essayist Stan Burfield, this long-running series celebrates poets of all styles and levels of experience, welcoming everyone on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7 pm from September to June to the Mykonos Restaurant on Adelaide St. in London, Ontario. Emceed by the redoubtable Joan Clayton, each event offers a featured reading by a seasoned professional poet followed by brief Q&A then an Open Mic for anyone who signs up. Added to these goodies, entry is by donation only, and EVEN BETTER: the 2019-2020 season will culminate in our very own chapbook, showcasing poems from all regulars and all featured poets reading throughout the year! So come out, join up, read or listen - and support the first volume from Forest City Open Mic for Poetry.
Tuesday Sept 10th the inaugural featured reader will be Robyn Marie Butt. "Among other things, I'll be reading from my growing collection of Woodstock Murder poems". Also FCOMP's brand-new organizer, Robyn has an exciting lineup of Featured Poets in place for the rest of the season.
History:
The Forest City Open Mic Poetry series is similar to the London Open Mic Poetry series founded and organized by Stan Burfield at Mykonos Restaurant in 2012, which lasted five seasons until 2017. Its subsequent organizer, Kevin Heslop, kept it at Mykonos for another season before moving it to the TAP Centre for Creativity downtown. Poetry was returned to the Mykonos terrace the following season (2018/19) by Andreas Gripp, with his Mykonos Open Mic Poetry Series. The organizer of this 2019/20 series, newly dubbed Forest City Open Mic for Poetry, is Robyn Marie Butt.
The Forest City Open Mic Poetry series is similar to the London Open Mic Poetry series founded and organized by Stan Burfield at Mykonos Restaurant in 2012, which lasted five seasons until 2017. Its subsequent organizer, Kevin Heslop, kept it at Mykonos for another season before moving it to the TAP Centre for Creativity downtown. Poetry was returned to the Mykonos terrace the following season (2018/19) by Andreas Gripp, with his Mykonos Open Mic Poetry Series. The organizer of this 2019/20 series, newly dubbed Forest City Open Mic for Poetry, is Robyn Marie Butt.
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Who we are:
Robyn Marie Butt: Organizer
Joan Clayton: Emcee & Life of the Party
Kathryn O'Neill: Finances + Community Projects & Agency Liaison
Stan Burfield: Founder & Much-Appreciated Longsuffering Advisor
Robyn Marie Butt: Organizer
Joan Clayton: Emcee & Life of the Party
Kathryn O'Neill: Finances + Community Projects & Agency Liaison
Stan Burfield: Founder & Much-Appreciated Longsuffering Advisor