BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Metropolitan Arts Council - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Metropolitan Arts Council
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20270314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20271107T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T141309
CREATED:20260414T144820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T144820Z
UID:10015747-1777231800-1777237200@www.greenvillearts.com
SUMMARY:Say What Poetry Open Mic & Feature Asma Abike at Coffee Underground
DESCRIPTION:Say What?! Open Mic is at Coffee Underground on Sunday with Feature Asma Abike! Host Kendra Murphy. All poetry styles welcome! The night will also feature open mic slots for local poets on a first-come\, first serve basis. Open mic poets may read/recite one poem. \nSay What?! feature Asma Abike is a poet\, painter\, and teaching artist from Charlotte\, North Carolina\, by way of Houston\, Texas. She is a first-generation Nigerian-American Muslim woman. She is the inaugural Blackberry Peach National Slam Champion\, a 2-time Charlotte Grand Slam Champion\, Southern Fried Poetry Slam finalist\, a Women of the Word Poetry Slam finalist\, winner of the Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Prize\, and a Watering Hole graduate fellow. Her work appears in the North Carolina Literary Review\, Anaheim Literary Review\, Lucky Jefferson\, and Epiphany. \nCoffee Underground\, Greenville\, SC 29601. 7:30 pm. $10. Produced by Wits End Poetry.
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/say-what-poetry-open-mic-feature-asma-abike-at-coffee-underground/
LOCATION:Coffee Underground\, 1 E Coffee Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601
CATEGORIES:Literary Arts,Music
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.greenvillearts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Asma-Abike-1080x1080-1.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Wits End Poetry":MAILTO:witsendpoetrysc@yahoo.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T141309
CREATED:20260414T144659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T144659Z
UID:10015750-1778441400-1778446800@www.greenvillearts.com
SUMMARY:GVL Poetry Trail Kick-off at Say What!
DESCRIPTION:Say What?! Open Mic is at Coffee Underground on Sunday for The GVL Poetry Trail Kickoff! Host Kimberly Simms. Open mic slots for local poets on a first-come\, first serve basis. Open mic poets may read/recite one poem. \nGVL Poetry Trail Kickoff at Say What Open Mic at Coffee Underground! All poetry styles welcome! SUBMIT YOUR POEMS! Wits End Poetry is proud to announce the launch of the GVL Poetry Trail\, a new interactive cultural experience bringing the power of the written and spoken word to Greenville’s public spaces\, businesses\, and parks. In anticipation of the organization’s 25th anniversary in 2027 and to celebrate National Poetry Month\, the project invites Greenville County poets to submit original work by April 15th for a chance to be featured in this city-wide installation. \nMore information on submissions can be found on the Wits End Poetry Blog witsendpoetry.blogspot.com. Poets will receive a $50 prize\, publication of their winning poem\, public display as part of a rotating stop on the GVL Poetry Trail\, and be invited to read their poems at a celebratory GVL Poetry Trail Launch Reading on Sunday May 10th. Thanks to MAC\, SCAC\, and GVL A Tax. \nCoffee Underground\, Greenville\, SC 29601. 7:30 pm. $10. Produced by Wits End Poetry.
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/gvl-poetry-trail-kick-off-at-say-what/
LOCATION:Coffee Underground\, 1 E Coffee Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601
CATEGORIES:Literary Arts,Music
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.greenvillearts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Kimberly-Simms-1080x1080-2.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Wits End Poetry":MAILTO:witsendpoetrysc@yahoo.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T141309
CREATED:20260414T144715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T144715Z
UID:10015748-1779046200-1779051600@www.greenvillearts.com
SUMMARY:Say What?! Team at Coffee Underground featuring Lune
DESCRIPTION:Say What?! Open Mic is at Coffee Underground on Sunday with Team Feature Lune! Host Kimberly Simms. All poetry styles welcome! The night will also feature open mic slots for local poets on a first-come\, first serve basis. Open mic poets may read/recite one poem. \nCoffee Underground\, Greenville\, SC 29601. 7:30 pm. $10. Produced by Wits End Poetry.
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/say-what-team-at-coffee-underground-featuring-lune/
LOCATION:Coffee Underground\, 1 E Coffee Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601
CATEGORIES:Literary Arts,Music
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.greenvillearts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Lune-1080x1080-1.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Wits End Poetry":MAILTO:witsendpoetrysc@yahoo.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260524T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260524T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T141309
CREATED:20260414T144641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T144641Z
UID:10015749-1779651000-1779656400@www.greenvillearts.com
SUMMARY:Say What?! Team at Coffee Underground featuring Black Phoenix
DESCRIPTION:Say What?! Open Mic is at Coffee Underground on Sunday with Team Feature Black! Host ShAy Black. All poetry styles welcome! The night will also feature open mic slots for local poets on a first-come\, first serve basis. Open mic poets may read/recite one poem. \nSay What?! Feature Marcus Turner aka Black Phoenix a Lynchburg\, Virginia native who migrated to Simpsonville South Carolina found his voice through poetry. Black Phoenix embodies humbleness but when on stage is a fiery phoenix. He is a multi-talented musician and brilliant writer. He began his journey by attending open mics throughout the upstate of South Carolina and competed in many slams. Through honing his craft and tapping into his pain from relationships and family he began to be a force to be reckoned. Black Phoenix was a member of the Upstate SC Poetry Slam Team-Tell It! (2012) and a member of the Upstate SC Poetry Slam Team-Say What (2011&2013)\, and tied for 9th place of over 130 poets in the 2015 Southernfried poetry slam competition. Also\, Black Phoenix was the 2012\, 2015\, 2018\, and 2019 Upstate SC Haiku Slam Champion as well as being the 2015\, 2016\, 2018 Southernfried haiku slam champion\, Southernfried Regional\, and National Nerd Slam champion and is the current Slam Master for the SayWhat!? Poetry slam team in Greenville\, SC and opened for Carl Thomas. \nBlack Phoenix is also a host of Wits End Poetry open Mic nights and poetry slams for Coffee Underground. \nCoffee Underground\, Greenville\, SC 29601. 7:30 pm. $10. Produced by Wits End Poetry.
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/say-what-team-at-coffee-underground-featuring-black-phoenix/
LOCATION:Coffee Underground\, 1 E Coffee Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601
CATEGORIES:Literary Arts,Music
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.greenvillearts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Black-Phoenix-1080-x-1080.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Wits End Poetry":MAILTO:witsendpoetrysc@yahoo.com
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR