AfroVerse PVD

06/02/2026

Grab your $5 Tickets!

05/29/2026

Thank you for making Vol. ###II memorable a one of kind experience!

The crowd, the features, the vibe were perfection!
Save the Date for our next Volume!
June 11th!

PVD + Poetry = Afroverse

Afroverse invites you to SAVE THE DATE
Hide-N-Speak Vol. ###III - Thursday June 11th 2026
Yes, a quick turnaround but let’s make the mic sizzle before the summer starts!

📍 (121 Washington St. inside The George Hotel)
👉🏾 All tickets at afroversepvd.com

🧊FEATURE TBA 🧊

YOU can signup for OPEN MIC at the same time YOU grab your ticket!
OUR LIGHTNING ROUND STAYS READY!⚡️
Grab your tickets open mic does indeed fill quickly!

It's been such a highlight and privilege watching so many different artists evolve on this open mic.
I'm looking forward to the summer heat bringing out the best in all of us. Big love to your one of a kind diverse audience!

Open Mic fills up fast! Grab your Open Mic slight with ticket purchase! Take advantage of our $5 Deal! A gallon of gas for some fire poetry that will last lifetimes! Not a bad trade at all!

Click here for an update from Afroverse PVD!

05/08/2026

We release our poems like lanterns in the sky
We all elevate & shine, together!

Afroverse invites you to SAVE THE DATE
Hide-N-Speak Vol. ###II - Thursday May 28th 2026

📍 (121 Washington St. inside The George Hotel)
👉🏾 All tickets at afroversepvd.com

🪔 FEATURES TBA 🏮

These features will be releasing PEARLS & GEMS all night!
Bring your light! Illuminate our stage!

YOU can signup for OPEN MIC at the same time YOU grab your ticket!
OUR LIGHTNING ROUND STAYS READY!⚡️
Open Mic is truly always a delight & surprise! You never know who or what you’ll find!

Please Note the following:
1. Smoking or va**ng of any kind is PROHIBITED at this venue.
2. The Parking Garage next to the venue closes at 11PM, please plan to move your car accordingly before closing time.

05/02/2026

Za Cafe & Afroverse present:
Smoke & Word
A Poetry Open Mic & 4/20 Social

📅 Saturday, May 16th 2026
⏰ Doors 6PM
⏰Open Mic @ 7:30PM

Public Shop & Gallery - Mini Bar Provided
📍 50 Agnes St Suite #101, Providence, RI 02909
🅿️ Free Parking!

Ask about our Secret Curated Drink Menu 🍸
Homestyle Food 🍽️ & Munchies Provided 🧁

$7 EARLY BIRD ends May 9th!
$10 General Admission 🎟️
$15 Supporter ticket comes with a MYSTERY shot! 🥃
^^Get a taste of our secret curated drink!

BYO Greens! 🪴🍃😮‍💨
Enjoy the Vibe while lighting your own!

All Tickets & Open Mic Signups @
afroversepvd.com/SmokeandWord
5 mins per slot, 2 blocks of Open Mic! First come, First Served!

CREATE-CONNECT-CONSUME!
Slide thru on a Saturday to connect in this creative art gallery with Providence’s best, poetry and local music! Much easer to connect with everybody having a good time
Come enjoy Smoke & Word

Our Vendors will be spread out in all of our studio spaces, show love, be social and support!

ANGEL MERCEDES
ZA CAFE

Consumption

04/13/2026

THIS FRIDAY! 🎉🎉OUR OPEN MIC IS FILLED!🎉🎉
Scroll to see who made the cut and our standards for Open Mic!

Poetry be like Spiritual Data
Providence presents:

⚙️ The COLLECTIVE 🛕
FRIDAY April 17th, 2026
Doors @ 7PM
Brass Monkey
800 Allens Ave, PVD 02905
www.brassmonkeyri.com

This our ode to the legends, to poetry, to collaboration over competition. We join together to bring about harmony, talent, and community to be enjoyed in PVD with our Ears and Hearts.

All tickets @ afroversepvd.com/thecollective
$15 Regular until show day!
$20 @ the Door

Open Mic @ 8PM
Features @ 9PM

Our Host: ✨ ORA 🌟 Ora

♻️ YOUR FEATURES!?!? ♻️

The COLLECTIVE - (AfroVerse x x Ken) - a poetry trifecta gathered to honor, celebrate, and elevate PVD.

FREE PARKING! Food and Games will be provided!
🎟️ GET YOUR TICKET to see a one witness a one-of-a-kind poetry spectacular!

To be present you must honor the LEGENDS
Poetry drives thru seasons, generations, centuries…
it drives more than a group… We humbly invite you:

04/09/2026

SAVE THE DATE!!!

12/11/2025

Afroverse presents: Hide-N-Speak Vol. XXVIII

🗓️ Thursday, December 18th, 2025
📍 (121 Washington St. inside The George Hotel)
👉 All tickets at afroversepvd.com

Doors @ 7PM | Open Mic @ 8PM | Features @ 9PM

LAST SHOW OF THE YEAR! Happy Holidays!!! Cheers to making it through and cheers to the ones we wish we had with us! Thank you for all the support this year 2025, this journey is everything to me and I can only hope you’ve enjoyed it as much!

Join us as we shine! Celebrate PVD’s deep talent with open mic, followed by our feature performances with real & intimate conversations in artistry that bring poems & stories to life. 

We finish our night w/ ⚡LIGHTNING ROUND LIGHTNING ROUND LIGHTNING ROUND ⚡
Be prepared for rapid-fire raw stories & stage presence!

🎁TO CLOSE OUT THE YEAR 2025! OUR FEATURE REVEALS! 🎁

🎄Michaelis Lee 🎄 .lee
Michaelis is a rapper and slam poet from the DMV, crowned the 2025 Providence Poetry Grand Slam Champion. Their powerful work uses rhythm, rhyme, and wordplay to tell essential stories of Blackness and queerness, inspired by a childhood in the Deep South. Be ready to connect with them like no other.

🎄Juma The Light 🎄 (He don’t do Social Media ya’ll ) 🫰🏾
Juma the Light: a poet embodying raw humanity. His voice weaves silk and steel, dispersing African wisdom and stories that press against the skin. He seduces the imagination, commands attention, and ignites everyone in the room. You are about to meet poetry itself.

Hit our site for Open Mic signups! Always a delight & surprise! www.Afroversepvd.com
Sign up for open mic at the same time you grab your ticket (bottom of the ticket purchase). 

Please Note the following:
1. Smoking or va**ng of any kind is PROHIBITED at this venue.
2. The Parking Garage next to the venue closes at 11 p.m., please plan to move your car accordingly before closing time.

11/14/2025

Afroverse presents: Hide-N-Speak Vol. XXVII

🗓️ Thursday, November 20th, 2025
📍 (121 Washington St. inside The George Hotel)
👉 All tickets at afroversepvd.com

The year is coming to a close, so much to be aware of to be mindful of. Sharing space to check in, to hear each other out is UTMOST important. You never know what you’ll hear!

Celebrate deep talent with two rounds of open mic and a feature performance with real & intimate conversations in artistry that bring poems and stories to life.

OUR FEATURE REVEAL! From Motivation Mondays to the Stage!

🧠Monica D Vance🧠
- Monica D. Vance is a mental health therapist (LICSW), a writer, a poet and a speaker. Learn more at www.monicadvance.com

✨ 2 Rounds of Open Mic
✨ Intimate Artist Interview & Crowd Q&A 
⚡ Our high-energy LIGHTNING ROUND closes the show!

Secure your tickets on sale exclusively @ www.afroversepvd.com
Tell a friend, bring a friend! This event is your chance to connect authentically with creatives from all of New England!

Hit our site for Open Mic signups! Always a delight & surprise!
You can signup for open mic at the same time you grab your ticket!

Please Note the following:
1. Smoking or va**ng of any kind is PROHIBITED at this venue.
2. The Parking Garage next to the venue closes at 11PM, please plan to move your car accordingly before closing time.