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Saturday Night Special, A “Freedom” Open Mic
In the patriotic month of July, in honor of our 6th Anniversary, Saturday Night Special is celebrating “freedom.” Freedom of self expression, stories about freedom, poems about liberty lost, a lack of supervision, a pet named Freedom you once loved, a pot-bellied pig, perhaps? Put on your party hat and bring us your true, personal, political, confessional, hilarious, surreal, and/or fictional accounts of FREEDOM.
As always, we’d love to hear your (three-minute) poems, stories, comedic sketches, songs, or dances, on our optional theme (or any topic).
Our July features are: Bronwyn Emery and René Vaz
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First come first served. Sign-up starts at 7pm and closes when it fills up or when the reading starts, so get there early if you want to read! (Note: Sometimes the list is full by 7:03pm)
Each reader will have 3 minutes maximum. For prose writers this is about one and a half double-spaced pages.
PLEASE NOTE: We are strict about the 3 minute max. When you reach your time limit at SNS, we turn on the disco lights! So, please plan ahead. Practice your piece out loud. Time yourself!
After the reading, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm
Saturday, July 29th, 2017
7 – 9:30 pm
Nick’s Lounge (21+)
3218 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA
1 block south of Ashby BART
Between Fairview St & Martin Luther King Jr Way
FREE!
But bring CASH if you want to buy drinks (which you sort of have to, because there’s a 1-drink minimum!)
Hosted by Hollie Hardy
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BIOS
Bronwyn Emery is the founder and facilitator of To Live and Write in Alameda, a writing community that exists on Facebook and IRL. She is a former columnist and Our Town editor at the Tracy Press, and ghostwriter for self-help gurus. She has mentored new writers since 2002 and is currently a writing coach, developmental editor, novelist, and co-host of the monthly Story Slam at Books, Inc. Alameda.
René Vaz is a Bay Area writer. He curates the reading series Voz Sin Tinta and Uptown Fridays. He is a lecturer at San Francisco State University and is committed to providing space for POC/ marginalized voices. His book, “The Planet of the Dead”, is forthcoming from Nomadic Press.