LOV3 Always — Open Mic Poetry & Art
12 PM — 6 PM
LOV3 HTX · 2900 Travis St Suite A, Houston, TXHouston has Wednesday. Houston has Sunday night. Saturday afternoon belongs to no one — until now.
LOV3 Always is a weekly Saturday open mic at LOV3 HTX — poets, spoken word, music, storytellers. Brunch on the table, donation bucket at the door, one feature artist per show, and a hosted run-of-show that swaps formats by week so the room never goes stale.
Weekly rotation:
· 1st Saturday — Brunch Show
· 2nd Saturday — WAN Poetry concert (collab)
· 3rd Saturday — Poetry Poemography (quarterly)
· 4th Saturday — Brunch Show
Doors 12 PM · Show 1:30 · Feature at 3 · Open mic wraps 4 · DJ Xo plays 4–6 · Room turns to the R&B Dinner Party at 6.
The First Saturday
Footage from launch — coming July 5
▸ Side A · Hosted By
Curated By
Hosts, feature poets, and the family who runs the room. Sign-ups open Wednesday at noon — half online, half in the jar.
Track 01
Host · Curator
ANNO
@anno_da_poet
Houston poet and curator with a 10K-strong following. Holds the room, calls the names from the jar, sets the tone for the season.
01/03
Track 02
Co-Host · Open Mic
Black Swan Poetry
@blackswanpoetry
Reads The First Poem at 1:15 PM. Steers the room when the energy shifts — knows when to lean in and when to hold space.
02/03
Track 03
House Account · Sign-ups
LOV3 Always Open Mic
@lov3_always_openmic
The event's home account. DM here to ask about sign-ups, the lottery, feature-poet bookings, and what's coming up Saturday.
03/03
In Partnership WithLOV3 Houston@lov3houston
▸ Press Play
Saturday Run of Show
6:00 PM
R&B Dinner Party Takes the Room
Stay for dinner — never leave LOV3 on a Saturday.
12:00 PM ↦ 6:00 PM
The Vibe
Come as you are — no dress code, just show up
Bring your work, your phone, your notebook — read from any of them
Hand-written 'with LOV3, ALWAYS' notes on every table — keep one
Audience: snap, don't heckle — applause after, not during
Recording: ask before you film — the room respects consent
Kids welcome until 6 PM — bring the family
RoRo Be Sanging brings karaoke energy when the schedule calls for it
Four Saturdays, Four Shows
LOV3, Always isn't the same show every week — the format rotates so regulars get a different room each Saturday.
1st Saturday — Brunch Show: open mic + feature artist
2nd Saturday — WAN Poetry Concert: collab with Write About Now Poetry
3rd Saturday — Poetry Poemography (quarterly run): visual + spoken word fusion
4th Saturday — Brunch Show: open mic + feature artist
One feature per show. Seasoned hosts. Guest hosts rotate through the season.
▸ Side A · Hosted By
The Community
Houston artists in rotation — future features, future hosts, the room behind the room. Follow them. Tell them you saw them here.
Track 01
Week 1 Feature · July 4
JHamilton
@officialjhamilton
Launch-Saturday feature. Opens the season at LOV3 Always.
01/11
Track 02
Poet · Photographer
Cashmere
@cashmeretheartist
Larry La'Rey Cashmere — software dev by day, poet + photographer + actor by night. Shoots the launch recap.
02/11
Track 03
Poet · Event Curator
Free Knowledge
@free.k._
P.O.E.T.I.C — Purposely Organizing Emotions To Ignite Change. 3x Nationalist. Curates @freeknowledgeshow + @asopoetry_.
03/11
Track 04
Poet · Author · Speaker
Kanei
@iamkanei
LaKia Taylor. Author of She Dreams in Color (Amazon). Poet, speaker, host.
04/11
Track 05
Healer · Owner of @the_garden_of_healing_htx
R.C. Love
@rc.love_
Chicago to Houston. Award-winning community healer. Holds space for the room when the room needs holding.
05/11
Track 06
Entertainer · Host
Boujie
@boujiete
Born to Shine, Made to Entertain, Built to be Remembered. Cougarville tour, @ratedboujie events.
06/11
Track 07
Host · Poet · Actress
Big Nikki
@nikkidakidd
Nikki Nicole. Host, poet, actress — the price just went up.
07/11
Track 08
Poet · Educator · Label Owner
Richelle Gemini
@richellegemini
Grammy Nominated. Poet, educator, playwright. Runs @yellabrickroadent + @thecoremcs.
08/11
Track 09
Award-Winning Performance Poet
Xach Blunt
@xachblunt
Writer, raver, artist. Director of Video for @wanpoetry. HTX.
09/11
Track 10
Poet · MC
Rika
@legs_almighty
All Black Lives Matter. Poet, MC, kinda funny. Houston.
10/11
Track 11
Spoken Word · Curator
Ki Divine
@key.2life
Mother Nature, Empath. Spoken word @kidivine9. Curates @divinesolsundays.
11/11
▸ Eat · Drink · Read
The Spread
Brunch Menu12 PM – 6 PM
- D'Ussé French Toast$22
- Southern Harmony$23
- Cajun Shrimp & Grits$23
- Steak Your Claim$32
Brunch Drink Specials12 PM – 6 PM
- Mimosas$3
- Premium Brands$5
- D'Ussé$6
- Tequila Towers$30
The CoverAlways
$0
Donation-based
No cover. Drop what feels right in the bucket at the door — keeps the lights on, pays the feature, prints the anthology.
How sign-ups work
Ten slots open online every Wednesday at 12 PM. Ten more pulled from the lottery jar at 1 PM Saturday — drop your name at the door any time after noon.
One poem under 4 minutes per slot. Original work strongly preferred but not required. Read from a phone or a page — we don't care.
Reserve a slot online → /events/lov3-always/signup
Or show up at noon and drop your name in the jar.
Entertainment
▸ Coming up next
Stay for the night
Open mic wraps at 4. DJ Xo plays the room out till 6. Then the R&B Dinner Party takes over, and R&B Saturday rolls into late night. Never leave LOV3 on a Saturday.
Held space, not just a stage
LOV3 Always is a deliberate safe space — for the trauma-content poet, for the first-timer who's never read out loud, for the queer voice, the Black voice, the recovering voice, the religious voice, the secular voice.
The room is held by the host, the audience, the room. Read the full code of conduct → /safe-space
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