The Muse Exchange

The Muse Exchange The Muse Exchange is a tribe of spoken word artists, visual artists, musicians and performers, that produces arts events and open mics across Long Island.

The Muse opens its arms to anyone in need of a place to share talent, thoughts or test ideas Every other Thursday night at The Velvet Lounge we are breathing life into a brand new open mic/art series for Long Island: The Muse Exchange. If you’re looking for a new, warm hang to connect and share with other creative energies this is for you! The Muse Exchange is an open mic for poetry, comedy, spoke

n word, idea sharing, storytelling, and song. There will be two rounds of open mic with a featured performer between rounds each week. Each participant on the open mic has a 5 minute time limit and sign up begins at 7:00 PM. WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW:

- This event happens every other Thursday

- sign up begins at 7:00pm

- there will be 2 rounds of open mic with 10 slots each

- each slot is 5 minutes

- first round begins at 8:00pm

- there will be a featured performer between rounds

- second round begins at 9:00pm

- I love you guys buy I cannot ‘save a slot’ for anyone. Get there early and sign up!

- Tap Beer $4 / Wine $4
(drink specials from 8-10pm)

- AWESOME FOOD AVAILABLE ALL NIGHT! (Bar Food + The Best Indian Food On LI Courtesy Of The Curry Club)

**Immediately following The Muse Exchange it’s Ladies Night with DJ KAUTION!
- Still no cover and Kaution spins all night until close!
- Ladies drink free (well drinks/house wine/house lager) from 11pm – Midnight!)

Hear ye,  hear ye! We do decree the Muse has two fabulous humans and amazing performers coming around the corner! Wordsm...
05/03/2026

Hear ye, hear ye! We do decree the Muse has two fabulous humans and amazing performers coming around the corner! Wordsmith .morant and songstress will both bring the fire to delight our sensorial avatars! Top that off with an open mic and some of the best tavern food in NYC at historic ! Come hungry for great food and human connection! It all goes down on Wednesday June 10, 2026. Sign ups at 7:30! We roll at 8!

Without love, where would you be now?” - Doobie BrothersNights like this restore my faith in humanity. Just a bunch of w...
03/13/2026

Without love, where would you be now?” - Doobie Brothers

Nights like this restore my faith in humanity. Just a bunch of wonderful, weird humans, showing their art and creating together. It is a beautiful thing.

Much love to our amazing feature ! She brought the fire! And she also happens to be a Lifestyle Consultant. If you are looking to make a change but don’t know how to start, check her out!

We had an eclectic cast of humans on the open mic! Much love to everyone who came to share and to listen! Cast, Emin Robbana, Kaizen, Bill Aiello, , Gaston, Andrew, , , , , , D, Sunny, Chuk, Joanne, , Kris, , Bulban, Johnathan, and everyone else! You are all Beautiful humans!

We opened the the Muse with Tony Gloeggler’s poem “Kinds of Blue” from his book “What Kind of Man.” See him feature at the next uopen mic!

Big Hearts to and the hardworking staff Andres, Andrea, Anayelli, & Fransisco for keeping the delicious food and drinks flowing!

We’ll be back at Neir’s Tavern on June 10!

Until then keep on Dreaming, Breathing, and Believing!

03/12/2026

bringing the hot fire 🔥 to 3/11/26

Nobody knows what the day has in store, but we know what the night has in store! And the Muse is calling! First of the y...
02/19/2026

Nobody knows what the day has in store, but we know what the night has in store! And the Muse is calling! First of the year and we’ve got two fabulous performers to inspire you, the amazing and the melodic ! Surely this is enough to lift your senses and escape the mundane world but there’s more! We’ve got fabulous food and scintillating drinks from historic ! We’ve got an open mic for all forms of art! And if going on stage is not your thing, we’ve got a Muse collage for you to let out the artist inside! Join us for a creative evening and community! SIgn ups start at 7:30. we roll at 8!

Great to be back in our old spot! And to see so many familiar and new faces! Things are different, but the energy, the t...
01/16/2026

Great to be back in our old spot! And to see so many familiar and new faces! Things are different, but the energy, the togetherness, the community, remains. We had human interactions, we wrote, we communed, a band of humans in a speakeasy, it was a beautiful moment in time.

The prompts:

This life is (is not) magic
Whose air are you breathing?
Are we a collective or an individual?

Much love to everyone who came out to write, to share, and to listen: , , .n.surgicalpoetry, , ._midnight_salad, , , , Alec Miniero, .rex, , , , , , Jaymes, Dylan, Skylaa, Monique, Emily, Bruce and everyone else. You are all fabulous humans!

Big hearts to and Cabaret George for allowing us back in the doors! Definitely check this place out! They’ve got some awesome shows and sights to see!

Big thanks to our main man, Chris, for holding down the libations and the sound!

We’ll see you soon! Keep on Dreaming, Breathing, and Believing!

Oh Come all ye faithful, Museful, and fabulous! Musemas is back, baby! And we’re bringing Bethlehem to you! We go live o...
12/25/2025

Oh Come all ye faithful, Museful, and fabulous! Musemas is back, baby! And we’re bringing Bethlehem to you!

We go live on Zoom Friday December 26 at 8:00PM EST.

We hope to see all of your beautiful faces from all over the topsy turvy world!

So keep your eye out for a Christmas Miracle! The zoom link is coming soon!

Peace, Love, and Muse!

We have returned! And this time the new place is the old place! Join us for an evening of writing, drawing, and an open ...
12/22/2025

We have returned! And this time the new place is the old place! Join us for an evening of writing, drawing, and an open mic at the Fabulous Cabaret George (formerly Industry) 344 New York Ave, Huntington, NY 11743. Start the New Year right by putting a little Muse in your life! Wednesday January 14, 2026! The writing starts at 8:00! We Mic at 8:30! Come thru!

“The small knowing that you are nothing and everything, that there is something larger than you and you are that thing.....
12/12/2025

“The small knowing that you are nothing and everything, that there is something larger than you and you are that thing...” -Valerie G Keane
..blown down by gales of rent and propped up again with vintage decor, echoes of a before, that never was...” -Hawa Allan

Sometimes you just need to let it out, all that pent up energy, that angst, that anger, that MUSE rage!!! And oh, did we scream and sing and read poetry and play our instruments and shake our shakers, as the supermoon broke thru the clouds, we talked about death, those still remembered, those we couldn’t save, among many other things and we came out on the other side of all this madness whole and healed, if only for this brief moment in time.

Big Hearts to our amazing features who showed us how it was done and who are both doing great work out in the world! Check out the amazing , and the fabulous !

Much Love to everyone who came out to give and to receive, both equally as important! This moment we created wouldn’t be what it was without ALL of you beautiful people: .666, , , Bill Aiello, Berkie, & Bobby, , , , , John, , , , Joanna, Laurie, Arnold, Mary, Bulban, Chris, Michelle, and everyone else! Keep being fantastic!

We opened with the poem “Reconsider” from chapbook “The Old Wooden Fence.” Check it out!

Big thanks to for blessing us with such a wonderful space and to the hard working staff, Mike, Andres, Rego, and Francisco, who kept the food and libations flowing!

We’ll be back soon! Until then keep spreading the Peace, Love, and Muse!

12/11/2025

laying down the law 12/10/25

12/11/2025

laying down the gospel 12/10/25

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