Dirty Gerund Poetry Show ft Julie River

Come on down to read your work, tell your jokes, bear your soul, all while accompanied by the coolest backing band since the invention of Ray-Bans. Open mic list is up at 8pm, show to kick off ~9 ; slots for first and second half, alongside a waiting list. Don't see room on the list? Talk to Nark and they'll see what they can do. Slots are 1-2 poems, 1 song, or approximately 6 minutes. Let the houseband know if you need their support ✨️

About Our Feature:

Julie River was born in Neptune, New Jersey, but she grew up in the great state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. She graduated from Emerson College with a double major in Film and English, then returned to Emerson for a Master’s degree in Media Studies. She also got accepted to a PhD program in Media Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, but she left before beginning her dissertation to pursue interests outside of academia.



Julie River started her writing career at 17 when she wandered into a poetry slam and said to herself “Hey, I can do this.” Julie has been on 10 poetry slam teams in three different cities: Providence, RI; Worcester, MA; and Denver, CO. In each of those three cities, she has been the city slam champion at least once. She also represented the Denver Mercury Cafe at the 2011 Individual World Poetry Slam in Cleveland, and served as co-slammaster of the Denver Mercury Cafe Slam for a few years ear in the 2010s.



Julie began her career as an entertainment journalist in 2016 when she started writing for Punknews.org, but when editor Jeff Sorley left Punknews to start ThatsGoodEnoughForMe.com, Julie left with him to help him build the new site. She now also writes for Out Front Magazine, New Noise Magazine, and MetalSucks.net.

For more information, check out JulieRiver.com

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