Open mics don’t have to be a lost art – not if you find the courage to get up there on the second Thursday of the month and share the words that have been collecting dust in the notebook that’s somehow stayed strong since your college years. Local poets Julie Choffel and Lisa L. Moore will be celebrated for their recent releases at BookWoman, while Cindy Huyser hosts the reading that follows. All words are welcome, if you’re looking to see which poems stick, and which might be best to leave behind in that good ol’ notebook. – Levi Langley