Green River Main Street hosts open mic Sept. 11

With the completion of the Clock Tower Plaza, Green River Main Street seeks to utilize the space as a public gathering place.

One of their newest initiatives to promote the plaza is the new Downtown Rhythms and Rhymes event taking place at 6 p.m. Sept. 11. Jennie Melvin, director of the city’s Urban Renewal Agency and Main Street program, said she hopes the event will promote the plaza as a performance space.

The event will follow a format similar to the older Poetry Jams hosted by the Sweetwater County Library System.

Melvin said Ellie Davis, who originally organized those Poetry Jams, is volunteering to help with the event and the two seek to provide a similar experience to Davis’ Poetry Jams.

Anyone can approach the stand-on stage and perform anything, from music and poetry to essays and other forms of writing. While an ending time hasn’t been specified, Melvin said she anticipates the event to wrap up at either 9 p.m. or 10 p.m.

She’s also seeking food vendors for the event.

Melvin said she hopes to ultimately host the event monthly, with it taking place at the plaza during the summer months and a Main Street business during the winter.