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SUMMARY:Daytime Get Lit: A Writing Series
DESCRIPTION:If your weekday evenings are full\, join us during the day at our staple Get Lit to hang out with your writing community and do some sprinting! \nIf you’ve never done writing sprints before\, there’s only one rule: get as many words on the page as you can before 20 minutes are up. We’ll run three writing sprints—one full hour. \nSo come to our Get Lit with your work in progress and leave with words on the page! \nThis event is FREE and open to all writers. No RSVP necessary.
URL:https://litwire.org/event/daytime-get-lit-a-writing-series/
LOCATION:Sports Drink Cafe & Comedy Club\, 1042 Toledano St\, New Orleans\, 70115
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Workshop
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SUMMARY:The Magic Mic
DESCRIPTION:7 minutes of magic on the mic. Show us your magic\, share in the magic of others. Tell your tales\, share your songs\, make music\, melodies and memories with us. ALL ACTs OPEN! Starts at 8pm every Thursday at Poor Boys!
URL:https://litwire.org/event/the-magic-mic/2026-05-28/
LOCATION:Poor Boys Bar\, 1328 St Bernard Ave\, New Orleans\, L\, 70116\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conversation,Erotica,Flash Fiction,In-Person,Non-Fiction,Open Mic,Poetry,Poetry Slam,Q&A,Slam,Spoken Word,Story Slam,Storytelling,Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Flavius":MAILTO:flaviusbentley@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Poets on Poets
DESCRIPTION:Café Istanbul presents Poets on Poets every Wednesday 10:00 pm – 2:00 am.\n\nDoors open for 9:00 pm.\n\n$5 drinks all night long.
URL:https://litwire.org/event/poets-on-poets/2026-05-27/
LOCATION:Cafe Istanbul\, 2372 St Claude Ave\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Open Mic (Jazz & Poetry)
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URL:https://litwire.org/event/open-mic-jazz-poetry/2026-05-26/
LOCATION:Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club\, 1931 St Claude Ave\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70116\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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SUMMARY:Get Lit: Generative Writing Series
DESCRIPTION:Join our monthly Get Lit group to hang out with your writing community and do some sprinting! \nIf you’ve never done writing sprints before\, there’s only one rule: get as many words on the page as you can before 20 minutes are up. We’ll run three writing sprints—one full hour. \nSo come to our Get Lit with your work in progress and leave with words on the page! \nThis event is FREE and open to all writers. No RSVP necessary.
URL:https://litwire.org/event/get-lit-generative-writing-series/
LOCATION:Miel Brewery & Taproom\, 405 Sixth St.\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70115\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Workshop
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SUMMARY:The Everette Maddox Memorial Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Sundays at 4:20 pm \nThe Maple Leaf Bar hosts the longest continuously running poetry reading series in North America. It is free and open to the public. The poetry series has been a platform for a great diversity of writers to present their work\, from the published and well-established to the novice poet alike. The reading series was founded in 1979 by Franz Heldner\, Bob Stock\, and the consummate poet laureate of the Maple Leaf Bar\, Everette Maddox. \nThe series gained popularity around the same time that James Booker\, the flamboyantly wonderful one-eyed piano virtuoso\, held court at The Leaf. Everette Maddox\, another well-loved outrageous personality of the time\, helped popularized the series with his humor\, charisma and whit. Maddox ran the series for nearly 10 years\, until his death in 1989. Since then\, the torch has been carried on by poet Nancy Harris aka “Ape Woman.” \nTo date\, there have been four published anthologies of poets who have read their work at the Maple Leaf: The Maple Leaf Rag (1980)\, The Maple Leaf Rag 15th Anniversary Anthology (1994)\, the Maple Leaf Rag III (2006)\, and Maple Leaf Rag IV (2010). \nAdditionally\, the Maple Leaf is portrayed in many books and stories by New Orleans writers. It is thinly disguised as “The Raintree Street Bar” in the Ellen Gilchrist short story “The Raintree Street Bar and Washerteria” (The Leaf was once a small Laundromat). Poems inspired by the Maple Leaf or about the bar can be found in Mirror Wars and Shards\, by Nancy Harris; Body and Soul and Rhythm & Booze\, by Julie Kane; and The Everette Maddox Song Book\, Bar Scotch and American Waste by Everette Maddox. \nAmerican Waste is a collection of Maddox’ final poems\, written at the Maple Leaf\, Muddy Waters (which was once located across the street) and at the Carrollton Station. Maddox penned the final version of his poems on bar napkins\, fliers\, and beer coasters which were collected by Hank Staples\, the current owner of the Maple Leaf Bar. After Maddox’ death\, his friends decided to publish the posthumous collection of poems. \nThe readings are held every Sunday at 4:20 p.m. If you are going to be in New Orleans and would like to read\, please contact us at least a month or more in advance. \nFor more info\, go to: https://www.mapleleafbar.com/poetry-night or contact Nancy Harris on Facebook.
URL:https://litwire.org/event/the-everette-maddox-memorial-reading-series/2026-05-24/
LOCATION:Maple Leaf Bar\, 8316 Oak St\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nancy Harris":MAILTO:apewoman@bellsouth.net
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SUMMARY:Pop-Up at Marigny Market
DESCRIPTION:We’re popping up at the Marigny Market! \nCome out and browse a handpicked selection of books curated specifically for this event\, all alongside beloved local farmers and makers. Grab some honey for your toast\, veggies for your dinner and a book or two for your weekend. \nWhether you’re looking for your next great read or just want to talk books\, stop by and say hi.
URL:https://litwire.org/event/pop-up-at-marigny-market-2/
LOCATION:Marigny Farmer’s Market\, 2624 Burgundy Street\, New Orleans\, 70117
CATEGORIES:Book for Sale
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ORGANIZER;CN="Book Banter Books":MAILTO:BookBanterBooks@gmail.com
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