# Event Details - **Event Name**: Creative Expressions NYC: Open Mic & Salon - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 04 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sun, 04 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Creative Expressions NYC Open Mic & Salon celebrates “fall”at Dada featuring: The Artist Anubis, Michelle Valladares, and Avra Wing.About this EventTHE ARTIST ANUBIS is a spoken word artist, cultural curator, community cultivator, playwright, and author.In March 2012, The Artist Anubis founded Harlem Bomb Shelter, a multifaceted literary arts organization providing a platform for artists to share experiences and encouraging education and empowerment through expression and entertainment around the world.In 2021, The Artist Anubis published his first poetry anthology, My People Burn and Other Visions. In 2022, he joined the historic Harlem Writers Guild, which he accepts as both an achievement and an assignment to continue to use spoken word as a curator and artist to develop future artists and leaders and speak life into and through the Harlem lens.In 2024, his debut one-man show, BROKEN MIRROR, received two AUDELCO Award nominations for Best Solo Performance and Best Lighting Design, while also leading to the development and presentation of his 2026 one-man show, The Ballad of Dog God, a modern West African folktale inspired by his life.-----------------------------Michelle Yasmine Valladares is the author of Nortada, The North Wind, (Global City Press.) Her poems have been published Asteri(x), Clockhouse, The Literary Review, North American Review, Fulcrum, Upstreet and The Women’s Review of Books. Her work has been anthologized in Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia & Beyond, (W.W. Norton) and The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry by Indians. She was awarded “Poet of the Year” by The Americas Poetry Festival of New York. And her poem, “Paper and Pearls” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. As a professor of English, she taught poetry and creative writing at the City College of New York, CUNY and directed the MFA Program in Creative Writing for a decade. She is an award-winning film producer of three independent films. Born in Mumbai, India, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. -----------------------------Avra Wing recently published her memoir, Stride: How I Walked Away from Trauma Toward Healing. She is also the author of two novels: Angie, I Says, a New York Times “notable book” made into the film Angie, and After Isaac, for young adults. Her poems appeared most recently in New Ohio Review, Image, Broad River Review, and Santa Fe Literary Review, and a poetry collection, Mammoth Life & Accident, will be published in January 2027. Avra leads a writing workshop at the Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York. She lives in New York City with her husband and two cats. More information can be found at www.avrawing.com - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/queens/creative-expressions-nyc-open-mic-and-salon/100002002301872802 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art, Entertainment, Festivals, Workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Dada - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 12.51, max: 81.88, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Queens - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Dada - **lat**: 40.70079140000001 - **long**: -73.89664239999999 - **full address**: Dada, 6047 Myrtle Avenue, Queens, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Creative Expressions NYC: Open Mic & Salon - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/8b8fc6f9d6706727ddea900bfec5df249d68d8041e7f4a14b349789bdedfaffb-rimg-w1080-h1350-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1790842988 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Creative Expressions NYC: Open Mic & Salon being held? - **A:** Creative Expressions NYC: Open Mic & Salon takes place on Sun, 04 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sun, 04 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Dada, 6047 Myrtle Avenue, Queens, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Creative Expressions NYC: Open Mic & Salon? - **A:** Creative Expressions NYC: Open Mic & Salon is organized by DADA. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Creative Expressions NYC: Open Mic & Salon", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/8b8fc6f9d6706727ddea900bfec5df249d68d8041e7f4a14b349789bdedfaffb-rimg-w1080-h1350-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1790842988", "startDate": "2026-10-04T17:00:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-10-04T19:00:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/queens/creative-expressions-nyc-open-mic-and-salon/100002002301872802", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Dada", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "6047 Myrtle Avenue", "postalCode": "11385", "addressLocality": "Queens", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.70079140000001", "longitude": "-73.89664239999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Creative Expressions NYC Open Mic & Salon celebrates “fall”at Dada featuring: The Artist Anubis, Michelle Valladares, and Avra Wing.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-10-01", "availabilityEnds": "2026-10-04T19:00:00-04:00", "validFrom": "2026-10-01", "lowPrice": "12.51", "highPrice": "81.88", "price": "12.51", "url": "https://allevents.in/queens/creative-expressions-nyc-open-mic-and-salon/100002002301872802" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-10-01", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-10-01", "url": "https://allevents.in/queens/creative-expressions-nyc-open-mic-and-salon/100002002301872802", "price": "12.51", "name": "$10 — Accessible Tier" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-10-01", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-10-01", "url": "https://allevents.in/queens/creative-expressions-nyc-open-mic-and-salon/100002002301872802", "price": "23.18", "name": "$20 — Standard Tier" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-10-01", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-10-01", "url": "https://allevents.in/queens/creative-expressions-nyc-open-mic-and-salon/100002002301872802", "price": "39.19", "name": "$35 — Supporter Tier" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-10-01", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-10-01", "url": "https://allevents.in/queens/creative-expressions-nyc-open-mic-and-salon/100002002301872802", "price": "55.20", "name": "$50 — Patron Tier" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-10-01", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-10-01", "url": "https://allevents.in/queens/creative-expressions-nyc-open-mic-and-salon/100002002301872802", "price": "81.88", "name": "$75 — Angel Tier" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "DADA", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/dada/25449961", "description": "An artist-owned music & art space, garden oasis and cocktail club, espresso bar & gourmet kitchen in Ridgewood, NY" } ] } ] ```