Take a break from the stress of the holiday season and sip a craft cocktail while enjoying the short prose and poetry readings of nine local writers. This will be an open-topic event, which means anything goes. This is the Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus gift you deserve! Doors open at 12:30 pm. 21 and Over with Proper ID. […]
We’re thrilled to be heading into our third year of Speak Easy and to be announcing our 2019 schedule! Besides our many very popular open-topic events, we’ll be bringing back our Halloween-themed Strange Tales reading in October, and we’ll again be part of the Rochester Cocktail Revival in May with our Stories with Cocktails event. […]
The weather may be hot, but we’ll be keeping things cooooooool at Cheshire with some tasty cocktails and some great writing. Come hear 9 local writers share their short works. It’s an open topic event, so anything goes. Readers for this event include: Erica Bryant, Evvy Fanning, Karen Faris, Nadia Ghent, David Holloway, Victor Kogan, […]
Rochester Spoken Word is proud to be part of the inaugural Ladder Literary Conference sponsored by our friends at Writers & Books! While the conference itself will take place on Saturday June 16th (Bloomsday), there’ll be a whole weekend of literary events connected to it. One of those events will be Speak Easy at Cheshire. […]
If Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Bukowski taught us anything, it’s that great writing and drinking often go hand-in-hand. Get your drink on while listening to local writers share short works that all reference cocktails at this very popular event. We’re proud to again be part of the Rochester Cocktail Revival — Rochester’s premier cocktail-centric event. Our feature […]
If Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Bukowski taught us anything, it’s that great writing and drinking often go hand-in-hand. Get your drink on while listening to local writers share short works that all reference cocktails at this very popular event. We’re proud to again be part of the Rochester Cocktail Revival — Rochester’s premier cocktail-centric event. Our feature […]
Come out and celebrate diversity with us while enjoying a cocktail and listening to short readings by people of color, LGBTQ members, and other under-represented writers. This is an open-topic event, which always makes things interesting. Doors open at 12:30 pm. 21 and Over with Proper ID. $7.00 — SOLD OUT
Maybe it was due to a lack of sleep after losing an hour to the start of Daylight Savings Time, or maybe it was on account of the funny material coming from our stage. Either way, there was a lot of laughter to be heard at Speak Easy this past Sunday (3/11) at Cheshire cocktail […]
Spring may be right around the corner, but it’s still winter in Rochacha. Shake off the winter blues with a classic craft cocktail and some popcorn while listening to nine local writers share their short works. Anything goes when it’s open topic! Doors open at 12:30 pm. 21 and Over with Proper ID. $7.00 (Scroll […]
Don’t let that holiday dead-zone between Groundhog Day and Valentine’s Day get you down! Come out and enjoy hand-crafted cocktails and listen to nine local writers share their short works. This event has no theme, so anything goes! Doors open at 12:30 pm. 21 and Over with Proper ID. $7.00 — SOLD OUT