Calling all poets, spoken word artists, and musicians!

Join us for our monthly Poetry/Spoken Word/Music Open Mic.

In honour of National Poetry Month, April’s Open Mic will be hosted by Westchester Poet Laureate Phylisha Villanueva. And, we are holding this event at Bethany Arts Community (40 Somerstown Road, Ossining). All ages are welcome to this very special Open Mic. Advance RSVPs are strongly recommended.

This is one Open Mic you won’t want to miss!

Co-sponsored by Arts Westchester

About Phylisha Villanueva

Phylisha Villanueva is a Belizean-American poet, author and cultural activist.

Villanueva’s own written work focuses on identity, resilience, women’s empowerment and black culture, among other topics. She specializes in Community Arts Development, co-founded the Yonkers Writing Group and, as a teen, founded the first teen open mic in downtown Yonkers, which lasted for five years. She is a teaching artist for ArtsWestchester, and a member of both the Jazz and Poetry Choir Collective, and Tesoro, an international women’s poet collective. Villanueva is currently serving a three- year term as Westchester County’s newest Poet Laureate.