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Fresh Voices Open Mic – Featuring DJ Frank and Live Painting by Ben Beauty

2025-06-18 16:00:00 2025-06-18 17:30:00 America/New_York Fresh Voices Open Mic – Featuring DJ Frank and Live Painting by Ben Beauty Join us for an all-ages celebration of poetry, music, and art, hosted by the Dialect Poets of Prince George’s County. This youth-led event features the County’s Youth Poet Laureate and Teen Poet Ambassadors. Enjoy DJ Frank on the 1's and 2's, share your own poem, rap, or song, and watch artist Ben Beauty bring the event to life with a live painting session. Hillcrest Heights - Small Meeting Room

Wednesday, June 18
4:00pm - 5:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-18 16:00:00 2025-06-18 17:30:00 America/New_York Fresh Voices Open Mic – Featuring DJ Frank and Live Painting by Ben Beauty Join us for an all-ages celebration of poetry, music, and art, hosted by the Dialect Poets of Prince George’s County. This youth-led event features the County’s Youth Poet Laureate and Teen Poet Ambassadors. Enjoy DJ Frank on the 1's and 2's, share your own poem, rap, or song, and watch artist Ben Beauty bring the event to life with a live painting session. Hillcrest Heights - Small Meeting Room

Hillcrest Heights

Small Meeting Room

Join us for an all-ages celebration of poetry, music, and art, hosted by the Dialect Poets of Prince George’s County. This youth-led event features the County’s Youth Poet Laureate and Teen Poet Ambassadors. Enjoy DJ Frank on the 1's and 2's, share your own poem, rap, or song, and watch artist Ben Beauty bring the event to life with a live painting session.

Watch as Ben Beauty transforms the atmosphere of Fresh Voices Open Mic with a dynamic live painting session. Blending sound, spoken word, and color, she will create a one-of-a-kind piece that reflects the rhythm and spirit of the night.

About the Artist:
Ben Beauty, also known as Chris, is an artist whose work embraces a range of styles, from abstract and surrealism to cubism and expressionism. Inspired by the concept of benevolence—kindness and goodness—Chris uses art as a medium to explore complex topics and engage in deep reflection, often pairing her visual work with poetry.

A self-taught artist, Chris’s creative journey began in 2020 during the pandemic, when she rediscovered her passion for drawing and later began experimenting with painting. Overcoming initial hesitation, she developed a unique mixed-media approach that blends texture and color in unexpected ways.

Chris’s art reflects her love for life, music, and human connection. Street art and public events offer her a chance to interact with the community and hear the voices of those around her. Through her work, she aims to inspire positive change, self-awareness, and liberation—encouraging others to explore and reflect on their own journeys. Chris believes that art is more than just creation—it’s a way of touching hearts and minds, and inviting others to join her in the pursuit of goodness and beauty in the world.



AGE GROUP: | Teen (13-18 yrs) | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Poetry and Spoken Word |

TAGS: | Summer Prince George's | SPG |

Hillcrest Heights

Phone: 301-630-4900
Branch manager
Quemar Rhoden

Hours
Mon, May 26 Closed
Tue, May 27 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Wed, May 28 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Thu, May 29 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, May 30 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, May 31 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 01 Closed
Mon, May 26 Closed
Tue, May 27 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Wed, May 28 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Thu, May 29 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, May 30 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, May 31 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 01 Closed

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Upcoming events

Thu, May 29, 11:00am - 11:30am
Small Meeting Room
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Tue, Jun 03, 12:00pm - 4:30pm
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Tue, Jun 03, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Thu, Jun 05, 11:00am - 11:30am
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Mon, Jun 09, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

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