Continuing a current trend at our Cocktail Open Mic, the September evening's headliner was German burlesque queen Mama Ulita; she enchanted the audience like a snake charmer and will bring reinforcements for the November 8th edition.
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Shawn is the kind of person who, when you tell him the theme of your second open mic night will be "Spring Devils," immediately replies that he'll show up in devil horns and a tail. What are you up to on Friday the 13th (of April)? Come join us - gimmick or no gimmick!
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To get our Cocktail Open Mic series off to a good start on 2 Feb, Leipzig Opera mezzo soprano soloist Wallis Giunta will do something she doesn't often get the chance to do: sing some country songs for us.
More"I rest on the pillow in the grey morning light with the bitter knowledge I have come back to myself but my brother never will."
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It was learning German, a break from my English-language academic writing, that brought me back to poetry. I found myself on a bus from Berlin to Leipzig writing a very basic-worded break-up poem in German, just for practice. (I will share said poem here once it has been properly proofread.) The next morning, I found
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