Burn The Mic: Featuring Samar Johnson

Join us on September 21, 2023 at the Carnegie Center for Burn The Mic. Open Mic sign ups start at 6:30PM. Open mic kicks off at 7PM. Featured speaker Samar Johnson will perform at 7:30PM.

Samar Johnson is a classically trained singer turned scholar re-birthed as a writer who loves to nurture those around them to live the most authentically. They love to celebrate Blackness, queerness, and divine Femininity. They are in their last year of coursework for a PhD in Ethnomusicology and are compiling a book of poetry that explores their personal journey to reclamation of self and identity. Samar runs the day-to-day operations of the Lexington Writers Room.