Stone Soup — the poetry series Boston poet Jack Powers founded more than fifty years ago, and one of the longest-running open mics in New England — holds its live gatherings at Assemblage Art Space on Sleeper Street in Fort Point, the Fort Point Arts Community gallery across from the Barking Crab. Evening sessions pair a featured poet with a wide-open mic.

The crowd is a Stone Soup signature: veterans who remember the Cambridge years alongside first-time readers, with every style welcome from quiet lyric to barnburner spoken word. Admission is free, with donations appreciated for the featured readers, and the series fills the gaps between live nights with online open mics. Come to read or just to listen — either way it’s an easy, low-stakes entry into Boston’s working poetry scene.