Poetry Open Mic with Floet

Please join us for a community open mic hosted by Floet. Everyone is invited to participate and perform/read their original work, or just come to support our community of local writers. This event is free and open to all experience levels. To perform, sign up at the door beginning at 6:00. Performances begin at 6:30.

Location: In person at the Roethke House, 1805 Gratiot Ave, Saginaw, MI.

Additionally:

• Open Mic performers will receive a complementary Roethke tote or a hardcover blank journal.

• Parking is in the grass on the east side of the Stone House, or on side streets Sandra or Larch. Please do not cut across the apartment complex parking lot.

• Please note, due to the historic nature of the Roethke House, there are stairs required to enter the house and the bathroom is not ADA compliant.

• Email info@friendsofroethke.org with questions.

This event is funded through the Saginaw Harm Reduction Project to increase community awareness of addiction and recovery through public art and educational materials in the City of Saginaw. The Friends of Theodore Roethke Foundation is proud to be a contributing partner. These workshops are free and open to the public.

About Floet

Charles “Floet” Townsel, better known as Floet, is a nationally known Saginaw poet. Floet has been writing and performing spoken word poetry since 2007 as a member of a poetry group known as the YEP Organization, which first thrust him into the public eye. As a child, he wanted to be a “rapper” but chose the path of poet and spoken word artist because of his love of words and the effect they have. Floet has also appeared in many poetry slams around the country, such as Rustbelt Regional Poetry in Columbus Ohio and in Madison Wisconsin;  The Apache Café in Atlanta, Georgia, and many others. He runs Daisybern Productions and is working on podcasts, publications, and a musical spoken word project.