Wearing a flannel shirt and toting a guitar case, Nicholas Lopardo walked into the Amityville Music Hall on a recent Wednesday night and jotted his name on a list. The 37-year-old HVAC technician, who ...
Poets, musicians, and comics looking to cut their teeth on new material have a variety of open mics to which they can step up. Forager Brewery and LTS Brewing Company both have monthly open mics ...
Ever wonder where your favorite writers, musicians and comics got their start? It may have been at their neighborhood open mic. In the Bay Area, finding an open-mic night is sometimes easier than ...
Back before face masks and shutdowns, the gentle crooner E.G. Phillips would begin his Monday nights at an open mic in Oakland before darting across the Bay Bridge for the Hotel Utah. There he’d write ...
Walking onstage armed with nothing but a microphone while the crowd in front of you waits to be entertained can be both terrifying and exhilarating. For decades, Long Islanders have taken this risk at ...