Name: Open Mic Featuring Desmond Curran
Start: 2026-01-20T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Double House Arts

Welcome to Port Veritas! We meet every Tuesday night in person at Double House Arts Collective at 122 Spring St # 1 AND online. We typically end by 8:30 pm EST, but we have the space until 9 pm EST.
In person friends, please remain masked in the building. If you are reading, you may take off your mask only while reading.
Double House Arts has an accessible ramp at the back entrance, and three low steps with railings at the front entrance on Spring Street. Please contact one of PV's organizers beforehand if you need to use the back entrance.
You may use this link to join us virtually:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/893705103
Please feel free to sign up for our open mic upon entering Double House Arts or in the chat online!
Automatic closed captions are available online. Our feature's set list transcript will be made available for folks who need it.
Donations of 5 dollars or more are encouraged (Donations will be going to our funds for featured poets). Venmo @ MayaWilliams16, CashApp $williamsmay13, and PayPal at [email protected].
Our feature this week is Desmond Curran coming to us in person!
Desmond Curran, the “Traveling Troubadour,” is a Spoken Word / Performance Artist currently living in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, and calling various places home during his life, he incorporates into his writing (and performance) his experiences with the kaleidoscope of people he’s encountered. Informed by his life-long love of the Sea and the Outdoors, Desmond creates a distinctively individual voice that examines many of today’s most pressing issues: mental health; grief and isolation; social media; global instability; and climate change. His performance art includes: original hip hop, original spoken word, iconic scenes from movies and Shakespearean monologues. Desmond performs deeply personal pieces using his characteristic traits of humor and sensitivity, and with an artistic eye towards hope and, ultimately, healing.