Aubrey Lenahan reads from her book.Listen Up! Check out these regularly occurring local reading events:
FUSEBOXFORMAT: 3-4 invitedwriters read selections of poetry, prose or a book excerpt.PLACE: Past readings have been at Front Gallery on Main Street, the Folk School and Decosimo studios.COST: The next FUSEBOX will be Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at The Camp House. This event is FUSEBOX’s annual fundraiser.COST: FreeMORE INFORMATION: FUSEBOX Art & Word Series on FacebookRIVER CITY SESSIONSFORMAT: Opens with musical act(8-10 minutes), followed by 20-25 minute readings (storytelling, poetry, proseor some combination), followed by20-30 minute main musical act. Look for Gray to emcee and tell a story or two and also introduce each act. Also: River City Sessions is going on the road! This spring they will perform at two venues in Knoxville. They are also bringing a combined storytelling and music event to the Hunter Museum January 23, 2014, which will be centered around a piece of art.PLACE: The Camp House,1427 Williams St.WHEN: Second Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m.Cost: $5More information: (423) 413-1294 or visit The River City Sessions on Facebook.WIDE OPEN FLOORFORMAT: Wannabe performers sign up for a slot the night of the show. Spaces are first come, first served. Theme for September: Falling Into ColorsPLACE: Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds AvenueWHEN: First Friday of every month, 8-10:30 p.m.MORE INFO: Wide Open Floor (at Chattanooga) on FacebookCOST: $5 for non-performersTHE SPEAKEASY, MANIFEST, CAMP HOUSE OPEN MICMORE INFORMATION: thespeakeasypoetry@gmail.com or ichristian3030.blogspot.comANOTHER STORY LIVE!FORMAT: Wannabe storytellers put their name in a basket upon arrival. Ten names are chosen at random. Each storyteller has five minutes to tell a story based tightly or loosely on the theme of the evening. The last theme was “Confessions.”WHEN: Third Monday of every month, 7:30 until approximately 9 p.m.PLACE: The Camp House,1427 Williams St.COST: $2MORE INFO: Benschnell.com/storyslam. Follow link to hear podcasts of past stories. Also visit The Camp House on Facebook and click on “Events.”BARNES AND NOBLE POETRY OPEN-MIC NIGHTWHEN: The last Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m.PLACE: Barnes & Noble, Hamilton Place MallCOST: FreeMORE INFORMATION: 423-893-0186
Paris. London. New York. San Francisco. Chattanooga?
Can the Scenic City become the hub of a cultural renaissance that puts spoken word, poetry, fiction and art on stage-and people actually come to watch (or hear)?
Reading and writing circles have long been the epicenter for some of our greatest voices in prose and poetry-think Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Tolkien, Burroughs or Lewis.
As strange as it may seem, Chattanooga now offers a wide variety of readings, as local writers and other artists shop ideas, perfect their craft and share their inner-workings with an ever-growing audience of interested and intrigued followers.