# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Zurich Writes! Spoken Word Featuring NYC-Poet Kathleen Ossip
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 29 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 29 Jul, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join our spoken word for an evening of collaboration and connection. Share any form of original writing -- poetry, prose, drama, song, etc -- or just come listen! Free and open to all.

The featured reader will be Kathleen Ossip, joining us all the way from New York. Kathleen's books have been featured in the New York Times and National Public Radio. She teaches at Princeton University and the New School. www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kathleen-ossip

19:00 - 19:30 - Sign-up list for open mic, up to 8 readers
Maximum 6 minute readings including introductions
All languages are welcome, please do provide an English translation
19:30 - Featured reader, followed by open mic

The optional theme tonight is GREEN. Feel free to share work outside of the theme as well.

Scribble your own phrase on the "Zurich Writes! Board" for a collective text to mark the night. The text will be posted on our Instagram and Facebook pages, along with photos.

Drinks and coffee available at Café ramram, a new space for community and creativity inside the ground floor of the historic Pestalozzi Old Town library. They'll be staying open late just for us!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/zurich/zurich-writes-spoken-word-featuring-nyc-poet-kathleen-ossip/200030365248628
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic, spoken-word, performances, theatre, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Zurich
- **state**: ZH
- **country**: Switzerland
- **location**: Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich
- **lat**: 47.37474614525
- **long**: 8.544608905
- **full address**: Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich, Zähringerstrasse 16, 8001 Zürich, Schweiz, Zurich, Switzerland

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Zurich Writes! Spoken Word Featuring NYC-Poet Kathleen Ossip being held?
  - **A:** Zurich Writes! Spoken Word Featuring NYC-Poet Kathleen Ossip takes place on Wed, 29 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 29 Jul, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zurich, Zahringerstrasse 16, 8001 Zurich, Schweiz, Zurich, Switzerland.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Zurich Writes! Spoken Word Featuring NYC-Poet Kathleen Ossip?
  - **A:** Zurich Writes! Spoken Word Featuring NYC-Poet Kathleen Ossip is organized by Zurich Writes.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Zurich Writes! Spoken Word Featuring NYC-Poet Kathleen Ossip is ideal for aspiring performers, spoken word artists, budding comedians, and audiences who love discovering raw, unpolished talent in an intimate and supportive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Zurich, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Zurich Writes! Spoken Word Featuring NYC-Poet Kathleen Ossip sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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