2008 Woodie Awards
Old bookstore has new Open Mic Night
Amber Hughes
Issue date: 3/13/08 Section: Lifestyles
The bookstore Old Books on Front Street will be louder than normal on Thursday nights now. The owners have decided to hold an Open Mic Night every Thursday night, which began Feb. 21, 2008. It starts at 6:30 and signup is at 6 p.m. According to the bookstore's web site, www.oldbooksonfrontst.com, Open Mic Night is available for singers, musicians, actors, opera divas, ballerinas, poets, writers and other types of performance art.
One of the owners, Gwenyfar Rohler said, "We wanted to provide a venue for under-appreciated artists to perform."
Everyone is invited to either watch or participate in Open Mic Night.
Rohler said, "I feel it's important to encourage students to try new things."
She also said she would love it for people in their middle ages to participate. Rohler's father, Lloyd Rohler, is another owner as well as a professor of communication studies at UNCW.
He said, "As a teacher of public speaking, I know how important it is to be able to communicate your ideas to an audience. The Open Mic Night will give students the opportunity to develop this important skill."
Rohler wanted to create an environment for people to try new things.
She said, "A bookstore is an environment for new ideas and experiences and Open Mic Night sets the tone to do anything."
Right now Rohler does not expect to hold any type of contests. She said, however, that she was not going to say that there would never be a contest. She said she felt that everyone should be celebrated, and she wants Open Mic Night to be a venue to do just that.
Rohler said, "Students will have an opportunity to read their own work and to listen to the work of other beginning writers. This will help to develop a community spirit that will provide the support necessary to the development of young writers."
Old Books on Front Street is located on 22 N. Front St. in Wilmington. Rohler is very excited about Open Mic Night, and she wants everyone to feel welcome.
She said about Open Mic Night, "No topic is off topic and no art form is unwelcome."
One of the owners, Gwenyfar Rohler said, "We wanted to provide a venue for under-appreciated artists to perform."
Everyone is invited to either watch or participate in Open Mic Night.
Rohler said, "I feel it's important to encourage students to try new things."
She also said she would love it for people in their middle ages to participate. Rohler's father, Lloyd Rohler, is another owner as well as a professor of communication studies at UNCW.
He said, "As a teacher of public speaking, I know how important it is to be able to communicate your ideas to an audience. The Open Mic Night will give students the opportunity to develop this important skill."
Rohler wanted to create an environment for people to try new things.
She said, "A bookstore is an environment for new ideas and experiences and Open Mic Night sets the tone to do anything."
Right now Rohler does not expect to hold any type of contests. She said, however, that she was not going to say that there would never be a contest. She said she felt that everyone should be celebrated, and she wants Open Mic Night to be a venue to do just that.
Rohler said, "Students will have an opportunity to read their own work and to listen to the work of other beginning writers. This will help to develop a community spirit that will provide the support necessary to the development of young writers."
Old Books on Front Street is located on 22 N. Front St. in Wilmington. Rohler is very excited about Open Mic Night, and she wants everyone to feel welcome.
She said about Open Mic Night, "No topic is off topic and no art form is unwelcome."
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