Literary Salon & Open Mic
We are back at the Inn
and back to Wednesdays!
Please join us on March 26 for another special evening of stories & community.
As usual: Doors open at 6pm, program runs 6:30-8:30-ish.
Next Lit Salon
& Open Mic
Doors Open
@6pm!
Literary guest: Shulamit Reinharz
Reinharz was born in Amsterdam to German Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. She received her Ph.D. from Brandeis in Sociology and started her career at the University of Michigan. She joined the Sociology Department at Brandeis and later directed the Women's Studies Program. She created the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center, the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute for the study of Jews and gender, and the Kniznick Gallery of Feminist Art. She received "Best Book of the Year" for Feminist Methods in Social Research (Oxford) and is a founding editor of the Israeli-American academic journal, Nashim: A Journal of Jewish and Gender Studies.
Her latest book is Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir (Amsterdam Publishers).
A Fellow of International Gender Studies at Oxford, Shulamit is the author of 75 articles and many grants. For the last 8 years she has worked with the current residents of Gunzenhausen, Germany and descendants of Jewish survivors to foster understanding.
Find out more and order her striking and unique memoir and order your copy HERE.
Salon conversation is followed by our popular open mic.
5 minutes each at Open Mic
New policy for Season Two:
The salon continues to be open to the public and does not not require an entry fee, however, we need to support our hosts, so attendees are asked to purchase min. one beverage from the bar. #honorsystem
PS: The pub menu at OneSixtyFive: The Inn on Park Row is marvelous: enjoy creative craft cocktails & mocktails, wine, beer, snacks & dinner & dessert, all in-house made.
Check it out HERE.
Enjoy these photos from a recent
Lit Salon & Open Mic!
Our 5th Literary Salon / Open Mic was the best attended yet (until Jan'25 when we had more than 40 participants!) and boy was it interesting to hear Sandell Morse's story, and also the glorious variety of open mic readings from so many talented, generous, and brave local writers. Thank you to those who joined us!
#wecreatecommunity
What's a salon, anyway?
Literary Salons & Open Mic:
Where the Literary Community Comes Alive
We are excited to partner with OneSixtyFive: the Inn on Park Row in downtown Brunswick for our bi-monthly Literary Salon & Open Mic, which will take place in the welcoming ambiance of their Pub165, dining room, or library.
The concept of the salon is to foster community around our shared love of words, stories, and creativity.
Together we will enjoy stimulating conversations, listen to each other as we share our work at the open mic, and mingle with Mid-Coast area fellow writers. We will invite Maine authors to join us to talk about their books and craft, and to answer questions about their process and creative journeys.
The best part: you will have a chance to do a 5-minute reading of your work at the Open Mic.
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What is a salon anyway?
A salon is an intentional gathering of friends and friends of friends, but mostly, a salon is good times with humans coming together for conversation and to eat, drink, talk, and listen. "Salons are a little sexy," says Susan MacTavish Best, founder of The Salon Host.
When we come together in the same space, magic happens. Barriers break down. We listen to one another, ask each other questions, and marvel at the unlikely answers. Our goal is that we finish the evening feeling sated and happy, soaked in serotonin, a collective of humans, a community that is connected.
But salons are unpredictable, just like life. So it's important to show up with a sense of humor, loads of goodwill, and willingness to participate and engage with other participants.
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Enjoy a slideshow from the Inaugural Lit Salon & Open Mic
Past Literary Salons & Open Mics
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Brunswick's local & enchanted gem
OneSixtyFive: The Inn on Park Row
is our partner and host
