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Afterword Presents: Open Mic Night
@ Grinders West
2nd Monday of every month, join Grinders for:
Poetry slam, spoken word, storytelling, monologues, oral tradions, single musicians, and anything you can do with a mic and an audience.
Join in and take the stage, or just watch and experience what KC has
to say, all while enjoying delicious Grinders fare and beverages.
Hosted by Afterword & Poet CA Clemons.
Doors – 6pm
Performances: 7-9pm
Make your way to favorite attractions, restaurants, hotels and more as you navigate through Crossroads Arts District.
Get to know the treasured destinations that define the KC landscape.
Discover everything there is to know about the Crossroads Arts District neighborhood.
Once-vacant warehouses now house carefully curated galleries in the Crossroads. It’s here that visitors can truly take in the arts, both hanging in showrooms and spray-painted onto building exteriors—while restaurants, breweries and speakeasies round out the neighborhood that the arts built.
