Poets & Storytellers Open is a poetry open mic series presented by Echo Thread Books at Wull & Oak (10 E. Broad St., Hopewell, NJ). Poets & Storytellers Open begins with an open mic, each reader performing up to a five minute set of original work, and concludes with a special performance by a featured musician or poet. Poets & Storytellers Open is held on the 2nd Friday of each month.

Details:

6:50 PM - doors/open mic signup begins* (caps off at 12 performers)
7:15 to 8:15 PM - open mic
8:30 to 9:00 PM - featured poet/musician

A featured poet closes out our evenings, followed by an interview with the host and an audience Q&A session. We transcribe the interviews with our featured poets, and the transcriptions end up on our page for The Interviews. We occasionally host a featured musician. 

Please note that images of the evening's performances will be shared on social media. You can let us know in advance if you prefer to not have your likeness shared, we will happily oblige!

Check our Events Page for other upcoming Echo Thread Projects events.

*Please be mindful that W&O closes at 6PM on Friday evenings, and we use the next 50 minutes to rearrange and set up the space before opening back up for the event signups.

Echo Thread Projects/Books considers all events a safe space and will not tolerate any instances of discrimination, harassment or abuse in or around any event. Respect and consideration for others are core values to be upheld by all, both participant and attendant. Discrimination against and/or harassment of any person on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, religion, age, or any other factor is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

Upcoming Poets & Storytellers Open

11/13/26

Wull & Oak - 10 E. Broad St. Hopewell, NJ 

6:50 PM - Doors/Sign-ups 
7:15 PM - Open Mic
8:30 PM - Featured Poet, Gregg Yupanki Bautista
Guest Host, Yetvart S. Majian

Gregg Yupanki Bautista is a poet, artist, and musician born and raised in the US to Peruvian immigrants. His work is heavily influenced by his Andean heritage and often explores themes of migration as a natural phenomenon and circumstances that may lead to the dissonance of cultural assimilation vs. integration. His poetry has appeared in By The WAYE and The Red Wheelbarrow, while his visual art has appeared in New American Paintings and earned him residencies with the Vermont Studio Center and the School of Visual Arts.

As a musician, Gregg records and releases music under the name Yupanki, a multidisciplinary conceptual music project with releases including an EP and singles, along with an illustrated chapbook of poems and short stories titled Un Lugar Lejos: Valleys (Echo Thread Books, 2024).

He is also the founder of Echo Thread Projects and hosts the poetry open mic series Poets & Storytellers Open, held in the beautiful sustainable clothing boutique Wull & Oak in the heart of Downtown Hopewell, NJ.

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