Seeking to amplify queer voices in the valley, two Greenfield poets have launched a new monthly open mic night at the LAVA Center on Main Street.
Smack Dab Queer Open Mic held its first event on Friday, Aug. 1, and welcomed local poets, storytellers, and musicians to share their work. Organizer and co-host Avery Cassell said the event was modeled after and inspired by the Smack Dab open mic that previously ran in San Francisco, California.
“Smack Dab started in San Francisco by Larry-Bob Roberts and Kirk Read. It was held in the Castro Theater, and it was all genders, all time, and all ages,” said Cassell. “It ran from around 2003 until just a few years ago, somewhere between the pandemic and the gentrification in San Francisco; it collapsed.”
from the Greenfield Recorder – click here to read the full article online
