The Guild Complex is proud to present the 17th annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award.  Curators will select 20 semi-finalists from open submissions.  Those 20 poets will perform their work in front of a live audence.  This special event showcases emerging performance poets in an exciting audience-involved competition for a $500 prize.  Tickets $7/$5 (free for kids 12 and under; some poems feature adult content).

GBOMA 2010 semi finalists include:
Judith L Wiker
Sofia Mohammad
Shontay Luna
Laura Merleau
Lucia Blinn
Kenneth Corrigan
Leigh Arber
Billy Tuggle
Asia Calcagno
LeKeja Dawson
Adam Levin
Rebecca Johnson
Robin Fine
Phyllis Elizabeth Roker
Nathanial Marshall
Sharrieff Muhammad
Tristan Silverman