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Night and frequency are unclear — no source gives either. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
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The sources disagree about whether it still runs.
The college's own event search for 'Grounds For Change' turned up nothing as of Aug 13, 2026 [s1]. That search tool could not filter results and kept returning the same list regardless of query, a tooling limitation rather than evidence about the program (checked Sep 5, 2026) [s2]. The only underlying description of this program is a 2019 blog post, now about seven years old.
Night and frequency are unclear — no source gives either. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
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The sources disagree about whether it still runs.
Rusty Rail Brewing Company's real address is confirmed as 5 North Eighth Street, Mifflinburg, PA, not State College as an earlier listing suggested (checked Aug 13, 2026). The venue's own home page does not mention an open mic [s1]. Its events page does not mention one either [s2].
Night and frequency are unclear — no source gives either.
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Both sources list this event, but neither confirms recent activity.
A magazine feature confirms Phantom Power is a real venue at the former Point of View Theater in Millersville (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. It is not the different Reading/Berks venue a review site once confused it with. The Venue's Website agrees [s2]. Its home page shows a 'Thursday' banner for a music open mic and a 'Monday' banner for 'POV Comedy Open Mic Night'; only the Thursday one is described here [s2].
The sources give the same night and time, but none confirms recent activity.
The poetry collective's own website shows the same generic content on every page, with one path returning a 'page not found' error (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. The physical Venue's Website still displays an undated 'Tuesday - Open Mic Night' banner on its home page [s2]. Its events calendar for the week of Aug 12-23, 2026 lists many ticketed shows but no separate Tuesday, Aug 18 entry for the open mic [s3].
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The poetry collective's own site still lists 'Steel City Slam' by name in its navigation, but every page under that navigation shows the same broken content, so no 2026 dates or schedule could be confirmed (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Three previously reported 2026 dates could not be reconfirmed. The physical venue where the slam is held does not mention 'Slam' anywhere on its current home page or calendar [s2].
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Weekly on Thursdays, 8:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
The specific page once cited for this comedy night no longer exists on Boomerang Bar & Grill's website (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That website's own site-wide check found no mention of an open mic anywhere, though it still describes itself as home to the Harrisburg Comedy Zone [s2]. The club has since moved to its own independent website, which reconfirms the open mic in detail (checked Sep 5, 2026) [s3].
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The organization's own events page names 'Open Mic on Sunday, September 20' at West Shore Theatre, giving both a specific day of the week and an exact venue (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. This information had not been available before now.
The venue's own event platform page currently lists 'Mondays @ 254 Open Mic Night,' confirming the Monday open mic (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. The same page separately lists a Wednesday burlesque and drag cabaret show, 'The Britney Ball Show,' which is a distinct, ticketed event and not part of this open mic.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
An open-mic listing site lists a Tuesday open mic at 2 Street Pub (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A second open-mic listing site agrees [s2]. No Venue's Website could be located and no specific dated instance was found to confirm this.
Weekly on Mondays, 7:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
The Venue's Website lists a separate Friday show, 'Philadelphia Comedy Club,' as a ticketed, touring showcase on select Fridays at 8 PM, distinct from the venue's Monday open mic (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website text for the Monday open mic itself, 'Every Monday, 7 PM-11 PM,' was not checked again, but remains the strongest evidence found so far.
An open-mic listing site's citywide events table currently confirms an instance of this event on Aug 25, 2026, from 4 to 6:30 PM (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. The library's own branch calendar could not be read, so it was not counted as evidence either way.
A listing on openmicx.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site supplies the fourth-Thursday monthly cadence for this show (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. It is the only source found. A guessed address for the Venue's Website resolved but could not be read for any actual event or address text, so it neither confirms nor denies this listing.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
An open-mic listing site gives a 7:00 PM start time for this Wednesday open mic (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A second open-mic listing site gives 9:00 PM instead [s2]. No Venue's Website could be checked to confirm either time.
An open-mic listing site's page for this event lists a dated instance on Aug 15, 2026, and quotes the venue directly saying 'if you a comic and you ain't booked you best be here,' indicating sign-ups happen at the door rather than requiring a bringer (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1].
A listing on openmicx.com lists this night, but may not be current.
Weekly on Tuesdays, 8:00 PM. The Venue's Website has gone offline since we found this.
An open-mic listing site lists this Tuesday show (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. It is the only listing found. No Venue's Website or dated instance was found to confirm this.
A listing on openmicx.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site lists this Tuesday show (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. It is the only listing found. No Venue's Website or dated instance was found to confirm this.
The venue's own events page tags its comedy open mic — listed under several names including 'Party Zone Comedy Night' and 'Comedy Open Mic' — as a Wednesday event (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Other sources had suggested a Sunday slot; this page resolves that contradiction in the venue's favor.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
An open-mic listing site lists a Thursday music open mic at Gojjo (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A second open-mic listing site agrees [s2]. No Venue's Website could be located and no specific dated instance was found to confirm this.
Weekly on Tuesdays, 7:30 PM. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.
The venue's own open-mic page describes sign-up as in-person, 5:30-6:30 PM, randomized against online entries, not a 'bringer' show (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. It also says the mic runs select Tuesday nights at 7:30 PM [s1]. Listing sites instead described it as weekly at 8 PM. A later check of the live September 2026 calendar found zero open-mic Tuesdays, suggesting an irregular schedule (checked Sep 5, 2026) [s2].
An open-mic listing site's citywide events table lists four upcoming dated instances of this event, Aug 9, Sep 13, Oct 11, and Nov 8, 2026, each falling on the second Sunday of its month, confirming a real monthly cadence (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1].
The university's own department page confirms this series, founded in 1997, running biweekly on Wednesdays during the academic year (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Today falls during summer break, so the current lack of a fresh instance is expected, not a sign of closure.
Night and frequency are unclear — no source gives either.
Which business this is remains unclear.
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A page on poetry215.com lists this event, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site's citywide events table currently lists this event on two dates, Aug 23 and Sep 29, 2026 (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Aug 23, 2026 falls on a Sunday, matching the event's 'Last Sunday' name, but Sep 29, 2026 falls on a Tuesday, contradicting it, so no single weekday can be confirmed even though the event itself appears to be real and running.
A listing on openmicx.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site lists this event as happening on Mondays (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Another open-mic listing site's listing for a different event, 'Sweet Stanzas,' at the same address instead gives Saturday, adding to a three-way disagreement among sources about which day this actually runs on.
A news article on cbsnews.com lists this night, but may not be current.
Weekly on Thursdays, 9:00 PM. Only one source reports it.
An open-mic listing site lists a Thursday music open mic at McGillin's Olde Ale House (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Another open-mic listing site agrees [s2]. A news round-up from 2015 also names this same Thursday mic at this address [s3]. None of these is current or dated specifically to now, so this remains unconfirmed rather than active.
Saturdays, 6:30 PM. How often is unclear. Only one source reports it.
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An open-mic listing site's citywide events table confirms an instance of this event on Sep 19, 2026 (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. This is a separate, distinct event from the Pecola Breedlove series held at the same address, not a duplicate listing.