1st Mondays Open Mic Night | Shirlington | Hosted by KaNikki J.
Date and Time
Nov 1, 2021 8:00 pm
Location
Shirlington
4251 S. Campbell Ave, Arlington, Virginia, 22206
Nov 1, 2021 8:00 pm
Shirlington
Monday Night Open Mic! A Busboys and Poetry Event For two hours audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians and a different host every week.
HOSTED BY: KaNikki J.
KaNikki Jakarta is the First African American Poet Laureate of Alexandria, Virginia. She
is an Award Winning Performance Poet who has toured the US and the UK. KaNikki is
the author of three novels, two poetry collections, a memoir, a short story, poetry
collection entitled ALABAMA GIRL, VIRGINIA WOMAN and the co-author of THE
ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SELF HEALING VOLUME II. Ms. Jakarta has been interviewed
and featured in newspapers and magazines to include Alexandria Times, Alexandria
Gazette, Patch, and Northern Virginia Magazines. She’s been featured on Podcasts,
radio stations and TV stations to include WUSA9 and Comcast. She is the 2021 DMV
Renaissance Female OG of the Year. She hosts #KaNikkiHarmony 1st Mondays Open
Mic Night at Busboys and Poets Virginia. She facilitates a quarterly workshop entitled:
WRITE LIKE A WOMAN in Alexandria, Virginia, a virtual, monthly workshop entitled
PREP TO PUBLISH, and offers KANIKKI FOR KIDS, a virtual ASL and Affirmation class
for children ages 6 – 11. She presents POETS AND PLATFORMS under the umbrella
of a weekly, online womyn led artistic experience entitled KEEP THE MIC ON where
she is the co-founder. If you think that something she says on the mic might change
your life, you’re probably right.blackchakrabooking@gmail.com
