Thank You, Rochester. It’s Been Fun.
At the end of 2015, I was looking for something to do with myself. I’d always enjoyed writing, but that was something I’d barely dabbled in since college. I’d started […]
Scott Seifritz
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Speak Easy Makes Another Triumphant Return
On December 12, it appeared Speak Easy was back for good. Then Omicron got involved and the January 9th show was cancelled. February was looking hopeful but then Covid saw […]
Speak Easy Makes its Long-Awaited Return
The smell of popcorn in the air, the clinking of ice cubes in old-fashioned glasses, and the free-flowing poetry and prose could only mean one thing: Speak Easy is back. […]
Speak Easy is (Almost) Back!
It’s true. After a 21-month hiatus, Speak Easy, Rochester Spoken Word’s monthly live reading event at Cheshire, will be back on December 12, 2021, with some exciting changes! During this […]
Rochester Spoken Word 2020 Events Announced
We’ve got a lot of great readings planned for 2020! We hope you’ll participate from our stage and/or in our audience. 1/12 Speak Easy Birthday Party – Come celebrate our […]
Cinco de Mayo is Excelente at Speak Easy
Our most recent Speak Easy on May 5th at Cheshire was another fun time with plenty of excellent local writing on display. We had nine readers (unfortunately the wonderful Evvy […]
Standing Room Only at Speak Easy
The house was so full at Cheshire for April 14th’s Speak Easy, that we had to turn people away at the door, which was beyond unfortunate since it was such […]
Third Time’s Another Charm with Listening to the Future
On Thursday, April 4, Rochester Spoken Word and Writers & Books teamed up for the third edition of Listening to the Future: An Evening of Prose and Poetry by Area […]
Telling Stories at Speak Easy
For the first time at Speak Easy, we went off-script — literally — and had our speakers tell stories from the heart with nothing written to fall back on. It […]
Listening to the Future 2019 Student Selections Announced
Rochester Spoken Word, in collaboration with Writers & Books, is excited to announce the selections for the third annual Listening to the Future: An Evening of Prose and Poetry by […]