# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Open Mic : Poetry & Song December
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Spinning Words, Singing Worlds
Hosted by Vijaya Sundaram, Medford Poet Laureate Emeritus
Featured Poet: Regie Gibson
Suggested Donation: $5-$10

Poets, dreamers, and song-writers - we want to see you, hear you, and welcome you! Bring an original poem, story, or song to read or sing. We’ll provide a microphone and podium.

Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson has lectured and performed widely in the US, Cuba, and Europe. Among his awards and fellowships are the Absolute Poetry Award, the Europa en Versi Award in Italy, the Walker Scholarship, several Mass Cultural Council Awards, A YMCA Writer's Fellowshop, the Brother Thomas Fellowshop from the Boston Foundation and two Live Arts Boston grants. He has served as a consultant for the NEA's "How Art Works", initiative and the the permanent exhibit, "Mere Distinction of Colour" at James Madison's home in Virginia. His most recent book is Storms Beneath the Skin. 

Regie has served as creative lead on a team of scientist and members of the Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Center (B.U. & Hague, Netherlands), helping to craft language regarding issues of climate change. 

Open mics are monthly! Check ACM website for upcoming dates, the next one will be January 22nd 2026.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/medford/open-mic-poetry-and-song-december/200029315364446
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 25

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://artscollabmedford.org/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=medford-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Medford
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 162 Mystic Ave, 02155
- **lat**: 42.4098
- **long**: -71.10457
- **full address**: 162 Mystic Ave, 02155, 162 Mystic Ave, Medford, MA 02155-4652, United States

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- **organizer**: Arts Collaborative Medford (https://allevents.in/org/arts-collaborative-medford/23856170)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 162 Mystic Ave, 02155, 162 Mystic Ave, Medford, MA 02155-4652, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Arts Collaborative Medford
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, open-mic, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Open Mic : Poetry & Song December ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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