CONNECTICUT
Middletown
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
(860) 347-4957
Email near at buttonwood dot org
DELAWARE
Rehoboth Beach
Lambda Rising
39 Baltimore Avenue
(302) 227-6969
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Lambda Rising
241 W. Chase Street
Organic Soul Tuesdays Hosted by Olu Butterfly
218 W. Saratoga Street
(410) 358-6484
Notre Maison
18 W. 25th Street
Every Thursday
Verse for Verse Thursdays
Nowchild Soundstage
409 E. Preston Street
(410) 637-3432
XandO's
3003 North Charles Street
(410) 889-7076
Randallstown
Symone's Soul Cafe
8700 A-2 Liberty Road
(410) 655-8500
Every Wednesday
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
K'vetsh
Oni Gallery
684 Washington Street
Wednesdays, 8pm
Cambridge
Center for New Words
186 Hampshire Street
(617) 876-5310
Monthly open mic with feature
Passim
47 Palmer Street
Poetry at the Cantab
The Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Avenue
Every Wednesday
Worcester
Worcester Youth Poetry Slam
Worcester Artists Group Gallery
38 Harlow Street
Second Friday of the month, 7pm-10pm
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Londonderry
Tupelo Music Hall
2 Young Road
NEW JERSEY
Bridgeton
Poetry-Go-Round
Brenner's Brew
21 E. Commerce Street
Second Saturday of the month
Camden
In Pursuit of Poetry
Walt Whitman Arts Center
2nd and Cooper Streets
Every second and fourth Tuesday
Hoboken
Spoken Word Series
Symposia Bookstore
510 Washington Street
First Sunday of every month
Jersey City
Global Soul Fridays
Comfort Bistro
295 Grove Street
Montclair
The Energy Bar
307C Orange Road
Every second and fourth Saturday
Mount Holly
The Daily Grind
48 High Street
Friday night readings hosted by the Quick and Dirty Poets
South Plainfield
Central Jersey Slam
Port Africa
4945 Stelton Road
First Friday of every month
NEW YORK
Bronx
Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase
Bruckner Bar & Grill
One Bruckner Boulevard (corner of Third Ave)
Every second and fourth Tuesday
Brooklyn
Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
53 Prospect Park West
(718) 768-2972
Fridays
Hand-to-Mouth
The Glass House
38 S. 1st Street
(718) 387-4942
Last Tuesday of the month
Night and Day Restaurant
230 Fifth Avenue
(718) 399-2161
Stain Bar
766 Grand Street
The Lucky Cat
245 Grand Street, Williamsburg
(718) 782-0437
Manhattan
ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Street
Unorganicized open poetry reading, every Sunday at 2pm
A Little Bit Louder
Bar 13
35 E. 13th Street, 2nd Floor
Every Monday, 7pm
Bluestockings
172 Allen Street
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street
Readings just about every night, including the Pink Pony West series on Fridays
Happy Ending Reading Series
Happy Ending
302 Broome Street
KGB
85 E. 4th Street
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 E. 3rd Street
Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church
131 E. 13th Street
Narrowsburg
First Fridays
Western Sullivan Public Library, Tusten-Cochecton Branch
198 Bridge St
(845) 252-3360
First Friday ofthe month, March-December
New Paltz
The Wave
2 Terwilliger Lane
(845) 255-1800
Contact Great Dames Productions
Queens
Afrikan Poetry Theater
176-03 Jamaica Ave
Jamaica
Open mic every 2nd Saturday
Pattern & Process Literary Reading
PSII Gallery
13-03a Jackson Avenue
Long Island City
contact [at] psiigallery [dot] com
Syracuse
Happy Endings
317 S. Clinton Street
(315) 475-1853
PENNSYLVANIA
Bryn Mawr
The Point
880 West Lancaster Avenue
(610) 527-0988
Philadelphia
The A-Space
4722 Baltimore Avenue
Poems Not Prisons Open Mic last Friday of the month
The Heat Open Mic
Nexus Gallery
137 N. 2nd Street
Second and third Tuesdays
Robin's Bookstore
108 S. 13th Street
(213) 735-9600
The Women's Writing & Spoken Word Series
WomensWritingSeries at yahoo dot com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenswritingseries
First and third Mondays at 7pm
Pittsburgh
The Shadow Lounge
Email SL7thmovement at aol dot com
Every third Tuesday, open mic every Friday
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Cafe Zog Poetry and Open Mic
Wickendon Street
Every Tuesday at 8:30pm
VERMONT
Brattleboro
Hooker Dunham Theatre and Gallery
139 Main Street
Martial Poetry Presents: Open Poetry Slam
The Rivergarden
157 Main Street
Every third Friday of the month
Burlington
Higher Ground Lounge
1214 Williston Rd. South
Radio Bean
8 North Winooski Avenue
(802) 660-9346
Flynn Space
147 Main Street
The Waiting Room
156 Saint Paul Street
(802) 862-3455
Contois Auditorium
149 Church Street
VIRGINIA
Norfolk
Unplugged Poetry Slam
Alice Mae's Soul Food
112 Bank Street
(757) 622-5800
Every Tuesday
The Underground Poetry Slam and Open Mic
All Shackles Off Book Store and Herbal Center
1519 Azalea Garden Road
(757) 858-2351
First Friday of the month, September-April
Bibliophile Bookshop
251 W. Bute Street
(757) 622-2665 or email uwilken at bibliophilbookshop dot com
Every fourth Friday, hosted by Uwe Wilken
Broad Street Books
517 W. 21st Street
Every second Tuesday
Lambda Rising
322 W. 21st Street
(757) 626-0969
Poetry N'Pizza, Hosted by the Chesapeake Bay Poets
Mona Lisa Pizza
9583 Shore Drive
Email mindworm at juno dot com
Every third Monday
Richmond
Chop Suey Books
1317 W. Cary Street
(804) 497-4705
WASHINGTON, DC
Busboys and Poets
2021 14th Street NW
(202) 387-7638
Lambda Rising
1625 Connecticut Avenue, NW
(202) 462-6969
Mothertongue
The Black Cat
1811 14th St, NW
2nd Wednesday of the month
Mothertongue East Women's Writing Group and Open Mic
Stompin Grounds/Murky Coffee
7th and Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Spit Dat
Mocha Hut
1301 U St. NW
Email droopy [at] brokeballer [dot] com
