Join us for our monthly open mic literary reading series hosted by Tamara Zbrizher.

Sign ups begin at 7:30, readings from 8 - 9:30 pm. Maximum time limit for our open mic is 5 minutes.

Featured Reader: Newark, NJ native YSABEL Y. GONZALEZ, is also known for her performance poetry under the alias Ancestral Poetisa. She received her BA from Rutgers University, an MFA in Poetry from Drew University and works as the Assistant Director for the Poetry Program at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Ysabel has received invitations to attend VONA, Tin House, Ashbery Home School and BOAAT Press workshops. She’s a CantoMundo Fellow, and has been published in Origins Journal, HEArt Journal; Paterson Literary Review; Tinderbox Journal; Anomaly; Vinyl; Waxwing Literary Journal, and others. You can read more about her work, at www.ysabelgonzalez.com.

ARTS By The People invites you to join us on January 26 for our multi-media event: Jump The Turnstile! This event is the product of artists of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life. A combination dance, poetry, and visual art, Jump The Turnstile is a culmination of different media united by the power of storytelling. The event is free and open to the public.

JOIN US for the 2nd annual presentation of, REVOLVING DOORS

This collaboration showcases our Senior Citizen memoir writers with university students working in dance, theater, and film. This year's memoirs films are created by Dance and Film students from Skidmore College located in Saratoga Springs, NY. This event is barrier free and open to the public.