Luya #59: workers of the world - a poetry & arts open mic

IT'S OUR MAY SHOW!
The show is 21+, grab a ticket online to guarantee entry, but tickets will be available (cash or card) at the door. As always, if you can't swing the ticket cost for whatever reason, DM us on instagram. 

There will be ginger themed non-alcoholic specials, as well as the Clippers delicious selection of cocktails and other drinks. The Clipper does allow outside food, so feel free to bring or order a snack from a nearby spot if you like! 

Doors: 7:00pm

Show: 7:30pm

Join us for Luya's monthly open mic! Sign-ups are first come first served, in-person, and prioritize people of color. IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO LUYA PLEASE READ OUR OPEN MIC GUIDELINES SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

We center poetry, but we welcome storytelling, music, and other art forms, as well. Each performer gets about 3.5 minutes on the mic. If you have a track you’d like to play, please email it to our DJ. If you plan to play an instrument, please contact us so that we can make sure we have the proper tech setup for you.

Our theme is workers of the world:

Get up! Get down! Chicago is a union town! Chicago is a workers' town. This city doesn’t move without workers - from food service, to healthcare, to manufacturing, to schools. This month we want to uplift the this city’s long history of labor organizing, and celebrate all the ways that workers in Chicago, the rest of the country, and all over the globe are taking decisive action to protect their rights, from withholding their labor through striking, building brand new unions, and organizing their fellow workers. This month we want to ask each other what it would mean to think of success, money, and work differently. We want to ask what it would mean to uncouple your sense of worth from your job, your 9-5. We want to reflect on all the labor that goes on around us that is unpaid, underpaid, devalued. What labor built this country from the ground up? Whose bodies were on the line then, and whose are on the line now? Workers of the world, unite!

Our Feature

To be announced!!!

COVID Safety + Accessibility

Though the California Clipper does not require masks in the venue, Luya's open mics are mask required to be inclusive of immunocompromised community members, and to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. If you forget your mask, we will have some on site for you to use! 

The California Clipper has HEPA air filtration, an accessible building entrance, multi-stall gender neutral bathrooms, and a single stall accessible bathroom. There are stairs to access the stage, and we can arrange for you to perform elsewhere if needed, please DM us! 

What's Luya?

Luya is a Chicago-based grassroots poetry organization centering people of color. Founded in 2018, Luya has been featured in Chicago Reader, Sixty Inches From Center, and ABC 7 Chicago.