Teen Underground Cafe, an after-hours performance & arts program for teens, is coming–and it wants your participation!
Through Teen Underground Cafe, we hope to turn Libraries all over the city into after hours showcases of teen talent. As one part, we will soon be scheduling eight Teen Underground Cafe Presents… at the Main Library (in Oakland), in which we’ll be looking for teens to fill two slots of 30-40 minutes of material of all kinds–music, poetry, improv, you name it–as well as one teen to feature their visual art of choice in the Main – Teen Department for a month after the event. (Think of it like your own private opening party.)
Performers and artists will be compensated for their time and efforts. If you are a performer or visual artist and would like to be considered, please submit the following information to teenundergroundcafe@carnegielibrary.org:
Additionally, the Teen Underground Cafe is going to travel all across the city for a series of after hours Open Mic Nights. The stage will be yours to feature your music, poetry, and more. And with a full PA system and back line of drums, guitars, and amps, you may meet a fellow collaborator–or even get scouted to feature more of your work at Teen Underground Cafe Presents…!
Our Open Mic Nights will be happening the following months at the following locations. Tune into our events page for more info as it comes:
- Feburary 2014: Knoxville [Saturday, February 22, 2014 ; 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM]
- March 2014: Hill District [Thursday, March 27, 2014 ; 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM]
- May 2014: East Liberty
- June 2014: Brookline
- July 2014: Carrick
- August 2014: Hazelwood
- September 2014: Squirrel Hill
- November 2014: Homewood
- January 2015: West End
- March 2015: Sheraden
- April 2015: Allegheny
- May 2015: Woods Run
Hope to see you there!
~Joseph
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Main
