Tonight: Carey Wallace AND Open Mic!

It's a double header at Greenlight tonight! Come for a local author, stay to check out the local poetic talent and try out your own skills on the mic...

Thursday, July 29, 6:30 PM
Carey Wallace, author of The Blind Contessa's New Machine
The debut novel by Brooklyn author (and Greenlight customer) Carey Wallace, The Blind Contessa’s New Machine tells the story of a nineteenth-century noblewoman who can’t convince her family that she is losing her eyesight. The only one who believes her is an eccentric inventor, who sets out to give her a gift that will allow her to transcend her blindness. Join us for an exciting evening’s reading with a talented local author.

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Thursday, July 29, 8:00 PM
Inside Out Tours hosts the Greenlight Poetry Open Mic Night
Hosted by Mo Beasley
Featured Poet Radhiyah Ayobami
Award-winning Brooklyn-based company Inside Out Tours leads visitors and local residents to great cultural experiences "off the beaten path" in Brooklyn's vibrant and diverse neighborhoods.

Inside Out not only leads you to exciting destinations, they also create destinations, including Greenlight’s new open mic series on the last Thursday of every month this summer! The hour-long open mic, for poets and performers of all ages, will be followed by a brief performance from a featured spoken word poet Radhiyah Ayobami. Radhiyah is a Cave Canem Fellow and has performed at the Brooklyn Public Library, Columbia College Chicago, and the Bowery Poetry Club, among others.

All performing poets will be entered into a drawing to win a tour from Inside Out and books from Greenlight Bookstore. Join us to hear some great performers, or sign up to take the stage!

Open mic signups begin at 7:30 PM. Please note there is also an author reading from 6:30 to 7:30; thank you for bearing with our crowded schedule and respecting all featured guests.

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