Thursday, November 12 - 6pm (tonight!) Tree House Lounge 555 E. Fourth St. (behind The Underground) Open Mic hosted by Todd South Songwriters In The Round hosted by Jonie Blinman Open mic sign-up @ 6pm, starts @ 6:30. SITR @ 8:30 featutring Chantelle Tibbs, Lisa McCuiston, Tyler Stafford, Jonie Blinman, Athena McIntyre Friday, November 13 - 7pm Maytan Music Center 777 S. Center St. (upstairs) All-Ages Open Mic hosted by Todd South Original music preferred & encouraged - all ages welcome! The area's best-equipped original music, all-ages open mic, including pro PA system, guitar & bass amps, drum kit, and piano! Bands welcome! Saturday, November 14 - 7:30pm Lamppost Pizza 1141 Steamboat Pkwy #930 Burning Peace and pizza. What's not to love about that combo? Friday, November 20 - 7pm Maytan Music Center 777 S. Center St. (upstairs) All-Ages Open Mic hosted by Todd SouthThis week's Featured Performer: The McGrath Project Monday, November 23 - 7:30pm Maytan Music Center 777 S. Center St. (upstairs) Songwriter's Showcase hosted by Todd South $5.00 admission (refreshments included) (7:30) Joel Ackerson (8:30) Amber Rubarth Amber Rubarth grew up in Reno, Nevada, has been writing songs since her teens, and started playing music professionally in 2004. Since relocating to Brooklyn, New York, Amber has travelled the world performing her music, sharing the stage with many other well known artists including Loudon Wainwright III, Martin Sexton, Lisa Loeb, Roger McGuinn, Sara Bareilles, Jason Reeves and Colbie Caillat. Rubarth's latest solo album, Good Mystery, was released on August 21, 2009, to a sold out audience at Joe's Pub in New York City. The album rose to the #1 best seller spot on Amie Street for digital sales on its release day of August 21, 2009 and stayed in the top spot for 2 weeks. "You will leave with a crush on her." Boston Globe "Part of the new old-soul generation." The Huffington Post "I was attracted by the honesty and the humor in her song." Bob Boilen - NPR, All Songs Considered Joel Ackerson is a singer-songwriter on the cusp between regional and national recognition, drawing consistent comparisons to artists like Glen Philips and Martin Sexton. He is known for the warmth of his music, the depth of his words, and the soul in his voice. "One of the better songwriters I've seen." Andrew Gould - Epic Records "Songwriting is amazing. You are bringing back the honesty of folk..." Gary Soffer - Atlantic Records "You've got a great voice kid..." Martin Sexton