Open mic at the Dietrich Theater, Friday, September 28

There are definitely open mics still being held in and near Northeastern Pennsylvania. NEPA Scene hosts the Rising Talent Open Mic at the V-Spot in Scranton every Tuesday with sign-ups starting at 6:30 PM. The Sherman Showcase (formerly The Living Room) at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg every Sunday, with sign-ups starting at 6:30 PM. The Be Daring Open Mic is held at the cafe Adezzo in Scranton the last Wednesday of every month, with sign-ups again beginning at 6:30 PM.

The Dietrich Theater in Tunkhannock holds an open mic on the fourth Friday of every month. This month's open mic will be held on September 28 at 7:00 PM, with sign-ups starting at 6:30 PM, featuring poet Laurel Radzieski. From the Dietrich's website:

Open to audiences and performers of all ages, musicians, poets, comedians and performers of all types are invited to share their talents on the Dietrich stage every fourth Friday. This month's featured performer is poet Laurel Radzieski. She will read from her debut poetry collection, Red Mother, a love story told from the perspective of a parasite. This series of short poems explores the intimacy, desire and devotion we all experience by following the sometimes tender, often distressing relationship that emerges between a parasite and its host. Radzieski will also share new poems from an in-progress project and copies of Red Mother will be available for purchase.

I have known Laurel since her time in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Writers' Collective. She has been featured at the Writers' Showcase in Scranton and has been published in the Osterhout library's literary magazine Word Fountain. Red Mother is her first poetry collection, and it's like nothing I've ever read before. I heard her read selections from it at the release party for the most recent Word Fountain, and it's definitely fun to hear her words in her own voice. I have never been to the Dietrich before, and while Tunkhannock is a bit of a trek from Nanticoke, I'm looking forward to the trip!