Peter Noire Musical Guest at Monday, August 27, Open-Mic

Peter Noire will be the musical guest at the •chance operations• FREE open-mic at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Tom Simmons at July Open-Mic

Tom Simmons was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Jennifer Goldring, Will Kyle, Grady Manus, C.J. Smith, and Amy Genova.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Amy Genova at July Open-Mic

Amy Genova was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Jennifer Goldring, Grady Manus, C.J. Smith, and Tom Simmons.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

C.J. Smith at July Open-Mic

C.J. Smith was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Jennifer Goldring, Grady Manus, Amy Genova, and Tom Simmons.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Grady Manus at July Open-Mic

Grady Manus was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Jennifer Goldring, Will Kyle, C.J. Smith, Amy Genova, and Tom Simmons.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Six Haiku

great blue heron stands
motionless shadow watching
... nearby wild plums bloom


death shroud of white mist
borne on whisper-soft cat paws --
river valley morn


frost covers the earth
a lady draped in fine lace
beautiful and cold


night grieves loss of light
stars tentatively console
... unmoved, nighthawks dance


skeletal trees weep
world wrapped in cold bleak winter
.. my heart walks alone


redtail hawk sits, blinks
mouse scuttles, gathering seeds
... somewhere a heart breaks

-- Grady Manus

Will Kyle at July Open-Mic

Will Kyle was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Jennifer Goldring, Grady Manus, C.J. Smith, Amy Genova, and Tom Simmons.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Jennifer Goldring at July Open-Mic

Jennifer Goldring was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Will Kyle, Grady Manus, C.J. Smith, Amy Genova, and Tom Simmons.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.