Open mic

Smut Slam Leipzig starts the year with a bang (pun intended)

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Smut Slam Leipzig is a place for all types of performers. The setting is casual, facilitated, and non-judgmental. If you're a performer and want to tell a story from your life, or prefer to just watch, come right in!

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Smut Slam Returns to Leipzig

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Storytime, kids! In November 2016, right after the U.S. presidential election had been called for Trump, I was supposed to be hosting a Smut Slam in North Carolina, in a small liberal city surrounded by a sea of Trump-voting Republicans. Smut Slam, for those of you just finding out, is a community dirty-storytelling open mic.

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Cocktail Open Mic Vol 12 beamed from lockdown

Cocktail Open Mic Vol 12 is on! From your house, to our house and back to your house with intros by our ever-so-cheeky host, Peter Seaton-Clark. Send video by 1 April to be featured. We'll all watch together 3 April on the Cocktail Open Mic Facebook page.

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Open mic meets goth, burlesque, trivia

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In celebrating the advent of this year's Wave-Gotik-Treffen, we got a little creative. Hope you join us next Friday for a fun evening of open-minded expression, games, drinking... and flirting with the dark side!

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Leipzig Events: If I were you, I would…

...engage with refugee centers and sustainable development thinkers... go see some alternative concerts... shop at a flea market... perform at an open mic... and more! Thanks, Maeshelle, Stew and other friends for the suggestions! If you want to see your own event recommendations announced here, e-mail us at leipglo@gmail.com.

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My funnest open mic experience in Leipzig and the Pushkin-inspired poem I read

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This past Friday marked the first time in five years (since I moved to Europe) that I read one of my poems in public. It was at the open mic at Poniatowski, a very successful evening that stretched long after magnetic, dynamic emcees Jolanta and Kapuczino left the stage. A few of us stayed on

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