Poetry Jam Session + Workshop with James K. Zimmerman Friday April 17, 6-7pm (before Open Mic) Ages 16+ Registration encouraged. Walk-ins Welcome. Jam out with fellow writers in community before Open Mic! Join poet and writer James K. Zimmerman for a pre-Open Mic poetry workshop to loosen your creative process, free your assumptions, and expand your perspectives as you write. This workshop is for anyone who is curious to play with creativity in a supportive environment. All levels welcome, from beginners to seasoned writers. Bring a poem to work on, a journal/notebook, and your favorite writing utensil. Free and open to all 16+. We hope to see you there! Registration encouraged. Walk-ins Welcome. Performing at Open Mic on April 17? We’re doing it a little different this month. Performer sign-up occurs between 7-7:30PM. Performers will submit their name “into the hat” and we’ll draw 13 names right before 7:30PM. Each performer will have up to 5 minutes each on the mic. James K. Zimmerman A frequent Pushcart Prize nominee, James K. Zimmerman’s poetry appears in Chicago Quarterly Review, Folio, Lumina, Nimrod, Pleiades, Rattle, Reed, Salmagundi, and many other journals and anthologies, and has won many awards, including the Edwin Markham, E.E. Cummings, and Katherine Bryce Niles Awards. His poetry is also featured on websites such as The Poetry Foundation and American Life in Poetry. Author of five books of poetry – most recently “The Further Adventures of Zen Patriarch Dōgen,” “Uncertainty,” and “Unbroken Circle, Unending Thread” – he values his neurodivergence as an essential wellspring of his creative process. He can be contacted at https://jameskzimmerman.net.
