Friday Night Poetry Slam

Performing poets make things lively at this weekly spoken-word event. They spit their best verses onstage in hopes of charming the crowd and winning over the judges. Judges are chosen at random from the crowd, so you could end up wielding some serious power. Tickets are sold at the door, but if you don't want to wait in the cold, grab a $25 V.I.P. ticket at nuyorican.org beforehand and skip the line.