Annual Anti-Valentine's Day

But let's avoid the mushy stuff.

Gate’s Anti-Valentine's Day Reading and open-mic night features readers who bestow their critical views on the woes of love, life, and friendship.  

This year, our annual reading was, yet again, a smashing success, tempting audience members across the campus to join us in the not-so-secretive, semi-private, and inclusively-exclusive Main Livingroom Speakeasy.  

With salty treats from our very own Madeira kitchen, a dose of chocolate, and a beautifully bubbly “heart’s-crush” mocktail, revelers were primed for poetry. The main show came from our most exclusive readers: Ace Clarkson, Ava Ghods, Jules Marshall, Ellie Kluger, Casper Cancelado, and Robin Reed, who bestowed their sparkling stanzas and dangerous webs of words upon us.