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Latest Past Events

Burn the Mic Juneteenth Slam

Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning 251 W Second St., Lexington

Join us on June 15, 2023 at the Carnegie Center for our Juneteenth Open Mic & Slam. Open mic kicks off at 7:00PM and the Slam will immediately follow. Sign ups start at 6:30PM. $1,000 in prizes. Book giveaways. First Place – $500 Second Place – $300 Third Place – $200 The Juneteenth Open Mic […]

Open Mic Night featuring Olaoluwakiitan Adedeji

Farish Theater Central Library, 140 E. Main Street, Lexington

Join Lexington Public Library for Open Mic Night the second Wednesday of every other month. June's event will be from 5-7pm on Wednesday, June 14. Our featured reader will be Lexington Youth Poet Laureate Olaoluwakiitan (Kiitan) Adedeji. Kiitan will be joined by members of the Youth Poet Laureate Cohort. Participants will also be invited to […]

Free

Music. Poetry. Performance. Stories. Dessert.

Cafe Luigart 110 Luigart Ct., Lexington

Eugenia Johnson-Smith James Wells Linda Dulicai Jonathon Green Dobree Adams Kevin Murphy Melissa Pitts Deborah Reed

$5 – $20