Verb Flow & Vision

Join us Saturday Feb 21 ( yes tomorrow) to celebrate Black History Month with the Chelsea Black Community! We are thrilled to have as our feature Tru KWENE appearing with the @trulybad_poetry ensemble! Photos on display from the People of Chelsea & Chelsea Black Community exhibition. Essmaa Litim hosts. Open mic list is currently full. RSVP via link in bio. Doors at 7:30pm/Show at 8:00pm. Spencer Lofts Gallery 60 Dudley Street, Chelsea, MA. Free street parking. BYOB. ABOUT TRUly BAD. TRUly BAD is a collective of artists brought together by sheer luck but held together by their mutual passion and desire to grow as artists and humans. Individually, each poet has an extensive resume, bringing expertise to the collective ranging from co-hosting one of Boston’s most groundbreaking open mics for 14 years and counting, to featuring on prestigious platforms such as Button Poetry and Voices In Power as well as being a top 3 finalist in multiple national slam competitions, to having works published in Molecule Mag, The Trident Poetry Collective Anthologies, and Shooting Stars At Sky–The Poetry of Play.

Make sure you tend to your greenhouse…💚✨ 11/22 I performed at @verbflowvision open mic and let me tell you, it was giving Poetry World Cup!!! An amazing night with amazing artist & the space; so cute. Shout out to @paulwillisishiphop for the footage! @yess_maa you are beautifully phenomenal 🫶🏽✨ Thank you!

Chelsea, MA — Essmaa Litim - Boston Music Awards Spoken Word Artist of 2025 - is hosting our second annual “Verb , Flow & Vision” collaboration with Chelsea Black Community Feb 21st at Spencer Lifts Gallery! @1trukwene features with @trulybad_poetry . See bio to RSVP. Essmaa doesn’t just host, she curates our emotional journey through the evening and makes all our poets feel safe and supported to express themselves. “Essmaa Litim is an award-winning spoken word poet, cultural curator, and author whose work sits at the intersection of storytelling, social equity, and community building. A first-generation Afro-Arab American, she has performed across New England and collaborated with institutions and brands including Puma, Moderna, WGBH, Tufts University, the Boston Book Festival, City Winery’s Voices in Power, and Poetry Me Please. In recognition of her artistic excellence and community impact, she was named Spoken Word Artist of the Year by the Boston Music Awards (2025) and received the Extraordinary Woman Award from the Boston Mayor’s Office for Women’s Advancement (2023). A published writer, Essmaa is the author of the memoir Speechless (2021), chronicling her family’s immigration story and her mother’s advocacy for her autistic, nonspeaking son. Her work has also appeared in multiple literary anthologies, with her second book slated for release in Summer 2026.” #chelseama #bostonma #spokenword #openmic #chelseablackcommunity

Chelsea, MA February 21st @spencerloftsgallery collab between Chelsea Black Community and Verb, Flow & Vision featuring @1trukwene with @d_ruff3 @brynna_boyd and @anitadpoetry . Visual artists and open mic. DM for info. $15.00 Venmo @clarkaveproductions or tickets via link in bio. Saturday February 21st Spencer Lofts Gallery 60 Dudley Street, Chelsea, MA 7:30pm doors/8:00pm show BYOB Photo by @darlafoto

In case you missed it, @verbflowvision is a beautiful poetry open mic in Chelsea, MA. The talent, the energy, the love is real. If you’ve never been, take a chance on Chelsea! Thank you @spencerloftsgallery for having us in your beautiful space. Don’t miss the next one! 📸 @darlafoto Host: @yess_maa Feat: @brynna_boyd Headliner: @paulwillisishiphop Organizer: @devrasariz for @clark_ave_productions

Written reflections and raps at @verbflowvision Get your copy of Hip Hop Leadership at (Link in bio)

We had an amazing night at our new location to close out season 2025! Recap video coming soon. Curating the 2026 season. Please fill out the google sheet via link in bio. Video by @karensamedi . @spencerloftsgallery

LET’S BUILD CITIES & BURN CAGES 🔥

@verbflowvision features me and @brynna_boyd hosted by @yess_maa

Chelsea, MA November 22nd join us at Verb Flow & Vision at Spencer Lofts Gallery for spoken word, art, music and and open mic with @paulwillisishiphop @brynna_boyd and @yess_maa . Excited to have @chelseabotanicals by @kathygasperphoto in the gallery bringing some summer back to us!! Fellow artists @jaleeldraws @sladja_pottery and @towana.wright are exhibiting as well! Please bring a non-perishable food or toiletry to donate to the Chelsea Micro Pantry. About Chelsea Botanicals Katherine Gasper is the artist and grower of Chelsea Botanicals, a small, local business specializing in all things botanical and using plants for the body, mind, and spirit! Chelsea Botanicals offers floral bouquets and arrangements for special occasions, flower buffet events, houseplants to purify the air in your home or office, and a variety of unique, handcrafted, nature-related gifts. You can find her at Chelsea market events and on Instagram @chelseabotanicals and Etsy @ChelseabotanicalsUS Katherine lives, grows, and creates in Chelsea, MA and enjoys dabbling in a variety of creative activities from knitting to pottery to writing and more. A lifelong collector of interesting specimens from nature, Katherine draws inspiration from following her curiosity, seeking beauty in unusual things, and all things green. 🌱Using a diverse array of mediums and materials—including live plants and flowers, Katherine creates one of a kind art that reflects the magic of nature. 📆Saturday, Nov. 22nd ⌚️Doors at 7:30pm/show at 8:00pm -9:30pm; followed by mingling and music until 11:00pm. 📍Spencer Lofts Gallery 60 Dudley Street, Chelsea, MA 02150 🎫Tickets: $15.00 on Humanitix link in bio or via Venmo: clarkaveproductions/Open mic performers are free 🅿️ Free street parking #chelseama #everettma #openmic #artists #spokenwordpoetry #spokenwordpoetry #openmic #openmicnight #gallery #inspiration #create #creative

Chelsea, MA - That time when @sol_e_soul burned up the Open Mic @verbflowvision . Open Mic Poets are free. DM to get on the list or RSVP via the form in the bio for the November 22nd show. 21+ or with a guardian. We are collecting non-perishable food items and toiletries for Chelsea Micro Pantries. Please donate if you are able to. 📆Saturday, Nov. 22nd ⌚️Doors at 7:30pm/show at 8:00pm -9:30pm; followed by mingling and music until 11:00pm. 📍Spencer Lofts Gallery 60 Dudley Street, Chelsea, MA 02150 🎫Tickets: $15.00 on Humanitix link in bio or via Venmo: clarkaveproductions or fill out RSVP in bio. 🅿️ Free street parking @solherbeing @solinspiredopenmic @solseyeview @soundonsoul #openmic #chelseama #chelseathingstodo #bostonthingstodo #paulwillis #essmaalitim #brynnaboyd #jaleeldavis #sladjapoetry #chelseabotanicals #towanawright #thingstobethankfulfor

Artist Towana Wright first displayed her artwork @verbflowvision back in February and we are thrilled to close out the season with her latest - “wearable art.” Peruse her offerings during our final 2025 show - Nov. 22nd at our new location @spencerloftsgallery . Links to register in the bio! About the Artist Towana Wright, St. Elmos’s Daughter, resides in Chelsea, MA. She is a self-taught Free-Style Urban Folk Artist who discovered her artistic gifts during the pandemic. She uses bold colors in her work and loves working with acrylic, oil, pastels, and fabric. Towana enjoys making collages and mini quilts. Her influences include Clementine Hunter, Jacob Lawrence, and Romare Bearden. Towana has recently begun making wearable art featuring her one of kind free style artwork. In a world filled with mass produced apparel, her wearables stand out because they are not replicated. Towana can often be found at the Starbucks Community Store in Chelsea sketching and painting. Four of her works are currently on display there from her series “The Struggle Continues” . Towana had her first solo exhibition at Chelsea City Hall’s Black History 2025 Celebration, and she was also invited by Ms. Daneeca Thurston-Chavez, Director of the Lynn Museum and Arts Center to display her work for the museums Douglass Family’s Impact in Lynn, a conversation with author Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., the great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass. / Towana is also a writer who enjoys writing micro-fiction in her spare time. Follow her on Instagram: @artmatter36568 . Website: /