WriteOn Joliet started offering its open mic nights in the fall of 2013, when my former co-leader Tom Hernandez (who passed from brain cancer in 2024) decided we should be sharing our works publicly with the community.
We typically held them twice a year at the former Book and Bean Cafe inside the Joliet Public Cafe, with WriteOn Joliet's last open mic in 2023, because the Book and Bean Cafe closed at the end of the year.
With the closing of Book and Bean, WriteOn (along with many other groups) lost a wonderful community gathering space.
But approximately six months later, Critical Grind Board Game Cafe in Shoreood started hosting a twice monthly writers meetup called Inkwells and Espresso.
I was working for the first one but popped in to show support. The owner told me I was the only one who attended.
So I started sharing the information with WriteOn. And our writers started coming out, which attracted more writers, a few who also starated coming to WriteOn Joliet meetings for added support.
And now, WriteOn Joliet will host its first open mic at Critcal Grind from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 25. Local writers will read short pieces (three to five minutes) of original works in all genres.
WriteOn members will have an opportunity to signup in advance.
The community may sign up on a first come, first serve basis starting at 5:30 p.m.
We will give away a 2024 WriteOn Joliet anthology and have additional anthologies (2017 to present plus the "cheetah" anthology) for sale.
We will also have information about WriteOn Joliet's annual anthology release party on Dec. 4.
We will have information about WriteOn, along with individual WriteOn authors.
Admission is the price of any drink or snack from the cafe.
Come out to read, come out to be entertained.
Questions?
Email us at writeonjolietgroup.com.
Hope to see you there!
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