groundcover
May 31 | 7p Doors, 7:30p Performance
$10-20 suggested or a nonperishable food donation for JC Food Not Bombs

groundcover is back for another night of poetry performance & live music at SMUSH. Reilly & Co., Brook Pridemore, and Heather Glynis will each perform their original work & then spend time with a poem or song written by someone else, showing us how it fits into their sonic lineage and (song)writing practice. Catch the show and grab a zine on May 31 at 7pm!

Hudson County Poetry Festival
March 29 | 4-9p
SMUSH Poets 4:45p
Washington Park, Under the Gazebo
FREE!

We are excited to be part of the FIRST EVER Hudson County Poetry Festival, happening at Washington Park between Jersey City & Union City. Can’t wait for y’all to hear the stunning work of Gold Carson Sanchez and Katelyn Halpern.

Info: @wpahudsoncounty @thepoetryunfold

Black History Month Open Mic w/Visual Art from Ibn, Hosted by Golden Light Poetry
Feb 8 | 7p
Get your tickets here!

“Black History Month is not simply asking ‘How can I remember and learn about black people?’ It is all of us asking, ‘How can we love black people by seeing them, hearing them, and creating a world where black people feel loved, inspired, and protected?’”
-dante stewart

We’re celebrating Black History Month with the 3rd annual Black History Month Open Mic, hosted by Golden Light Poetry! Created to amplify, honor, and highlight black voices, stories, artists, and revolutionaries! <3  Sign up early for the open mic by emailing agoldenlightpoetry@aol.com.

We’ve got a geometrically abstract visual art pop-up from Ibn you won’t want to miss! Art will be on view all weekend and ready to go home the same day.

Pop Up Visual Art Show by Ibn
Sat. Feb 8 | 3-6p
Sat. Feb 8 | 7-9p @ the Open Mic
Sun. Feb 9 | 3-6p

TEXT-FOR-POEM Closing Reception and Reading
Sept 13 | Doors 6p, Reading 6:30p
Free! Donations appreciated

Join us for the TEXT-FOR-POEM Closing Reception and Reading, part of JC Fridays! Celebrate the closing of this city-wide poetry project, hear readings from participating poets, and meet other poetry lovers.
Doors at 6pm, Reading begins promptly at 6:30pm.
Learn more about the project and see work from participating poets on IG @textforpoem