Open Mic

Spring 2026 Open Mics – all welcome!

Co-sponsored by the English Department and Cougs for Recovery

with baked treats from Pups-n-Cups

Everyone welcome to read, perform, listen

Brused Books, downtown Pullman, 6-7 PM

  • January 22
  • February 5 and 19
  • March 5 and 26
  • April 9 and 23
Read about Open Mic at the Daily Evergreen
Open Mic Spring 2026 Flyer

The English Department Open Mic was established by Donna Potts at Café Moro in downtown Pullman in 2014 and has been co-hosted by Linda Russo, continuing to meet there until the lockdown in the spring of 2020. In 2021, Open Mic went live again in the Bundy Reading Room and Jada Rome stepped into the role of MC in 2022. Our next chapter in collaboration with Brused Books opened in Fall of 2023. In January, we take part in Writers Give Voice, an open mic for the National Day of Racial Healing, presented in collaboration with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

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Photos from Past Events

Group photo at open mic.
January 16, 2025
Group photo at open mic.
April 8, 2024
Group photo at open mic.
November 14, 2024
Group photo at open mic.
April 4, 2024
Open Mic presenter.
2024 Campus Civic Poet Danny Dudarov
Two people in library, sitting and reading poetry.
Campus Civic Poets Joel Kemegue (2023) and Jada Rome (2024-25)
Open Mic MC Jada Rome.
MC and Campus Civic Poet Jada Rome
People at library for Poetry event.
October 26, 2023 Intermission
Audience sitting in library during poetry reading.
October 26, 2023
Students at an Open Mic event in October 2023
October 12, 2023 Open Mic in the Bundy
group of students and teachers
September 2022
student at podium
October 2022, Joel Kemegue
student at podium
October 2022, Jada Rome
Image of Danny Dudarov reading at podium
October 2022, Danny Dudarov
Professor Colin Criss introduces Annie Lampman
October 2022, Professor Colin Criss introducing Annie Lampman
woman at podium
October 2022, Professor Annie Lampman, Featured Reader
Open Mis participants stand in front of Zoom screen
February 2022, Hybrid Open Mic
Screen Capture during Zoom Open Mic in April 2021
April 2021
Group photo of performers from Open Mic
December 2021, Café Moro, Pullman
students at cafe
March 2020, Café Moro, Pullman
Image of reading at Cafe Moro
March 2020, Café Moro, Pullman
Person reading at poetry event.
September 2018, Café Moro, Pullman
students listen to a performance during Open Mic night in January 2018 at Cafe Moro
January 2018, Café Moro, Pullman
Image of an Open Mic event in winter 2016 at Cafe Moro
Winter 2016, Café Moro, Pullman