The White Rabbit Cabaret
Located in the heart of Fountain Square, The White Rabbit Cabaret features an ever-changing calendar of live entertainment. Our goal is to create a world where the weirdly elegant thrive and flourish. We host national and local musical headliners, cabaret and burlesque, stand-up and improv comedy, and movie screenings.
Hop on down to The Rabbit and make sure to check out WRC’s own The Burlesque Bingo Bango Show, Let’s Make A Date, VaVaVoom, Rendezvous Drag & Burlesque Revue, as well as Frankie’s Flicks.
All shows are 21+ w/ Valid ID to enter.
Hop on down to The White Rabbit Cabaret and we will see you soon.
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature Tatjana Rebelle (Founder of VOCAB)
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature Auboni Essence
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
About the feature:
Auboni Essence is adaptable, agile and authentic. Auboni is the difference between writing about sadness and having the scars to prove it; the difference between pondering joy and having cheeks sore from smiling. Getting her start at TPOM, Auboni transitioned from attendee into organizer, incubating some of the best writers of Indianapolis for the last decade. Auboni has been a guest poetry lecturer at IU, is a 2026 Indy Art and Soul Featured Artist, and was part of a top 10 slam poetry team for the 2025 Southern Fried Poetry Slam.
Must be 21+
End one year and welcome a new one with us.
The featured players of This Could Be Everything IV are ready to share and celebrate with you.
This Could Be Everything
4-7PM
Pay what you can (proceeds split between artists)
Flyer/art: Lily Groot
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature MAHOGANY
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature ERIC GLOMEZ
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature Manòn Voice
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
ABOUT MANON VOICE:
Manòn Voice is a poet, storyteller, filmmaker, educator, and cultural worker whose work lives at the intersection of art and social change. Rooted in Hip Hop and spoken word, her practice explores identity, justice, and collective memory, creating spaces where storytelling becomes a vehicle for dialogue and transformation. A native of Indianapolis, she has performed on stages across the country and facilitated workshops with diverse communities. She is a Professor of Hip-Hop Music, History, and Culture at Butler University and the director of the IT WAS ALL A DREAM Hip Hop Ensemble, where she engages Hip Hop as a living tool for education, resilience, and cultural expression.
Through her creative practice, Manòn considers herself a poetic documentarian, attuned to the narratives that shape our social landscape. Her poetry has appeared in The Flying Island, The Indianapolis Review, The House Life Project: People + Property Series, Sidepiece Magazine, The World We Live(d) In anthology, Questions for a Resilient Future Series, Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, and Aesthetic Ethics: Towards a Moral Imagination, and more.
Her work engages urgent issues such as housing insecurity, environmental justice, food access, and systemic inequality, while also holding space for beauty, healing, and possibility. Alongside her artistic practice, she is committed to land stewardship and Afro-Indigenous approaches to farming, exploring the relationship between cultivation, culture, and community healing. Her documentary ROOT BLACK, centered on Afro-Diasporic agrarian heritage and Black farming in the United States, premiered at the Indy International Film Festival. She is also the 2025 PitchDox Award winner for her upcoming documentary, Barbara Boyd: On Top of the World, which chronicles the life and legacy of Indiana’s first African Amer
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
End one year and welcome a new one with us.
The featured players of This Could Be Everything IV are ready to share and celebrate with you.
This Could Be Everything IV
12/14/25 4-7PM
Pay what you can (proceeds split between artists)
Flyer/art: @kootchickkatepaints
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature Tracy ( T-Spirit) Stanton
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
ABOUT THE FEATURE:
Tracy ( T-Spirit) Stanton is a highly featured award winning International SpokenWord Artist, Trainer/Workshop Facilitator, Community organizer, and Peace Maker who uses the transformative power of spoken word poetry and storytelling as a tool for personal and societal transformation. She deeply understands the need for connection, collective liberation, and creative expression. Tracy speaks truth to power and healing to the heart as a form of resistance. She is also a founding member of Freedom Community Center which is a black led abolitionist organization that is building a movement of survivors who are intervening in interpersonal and systemic violence and the founder of Some Things Must Be Heard : Spitting & Politicking which is a community building and spoken word platform that features radical, revolutionary artists and community organizers that are dedicated to freedom dreaming and power building.
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature Sylvia Thomas
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
ABOUT SYLVIA:
Sylvia Thomas is an internationally renowned musician and poet creating unique experiences for audiences to engage in storytelling and soundscapes.
For the last 10 years, she’s performed across the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Mexico, for the United Nations, and all over her hometown of Indianapolis. Sylvia is also part of the long-term artist residencies with Big Car Collaborative.
She’s excited to come back to where her career began at VOCAB!
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature Sylvia Thomas
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
ABOUT SYLVIA:
Sylvia Thomas is an internationally renowned musician and poet creating unique experiences for audiences to engage in storytelling and soundscapes.
For the last 10 years, she’s performed across the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Mexico, for the United Nations, and all over her hometown of Indianapolis. Sylvia is also part of the long-term artist residencies with Big Car Collaborative.
She’s excited to come back to where her career began at VOCAB!
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature Sunshine Lombre (Chicago)
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature Sunshine Lombre (Chicago)
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
Must be 21+
MORE INFO ON THE FEATURE:
Chicago native Sunshine Lombre is a dancer & poet who specializes in expressing sensuality & emotional authenticity through her words & movements. Sunshine performs poetry and choreography while also curating seasonal artist showcases based around Black heritage. Sunshine strives to share her passion for Spoken Word and choreography while empowering Black communities worldwide through
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature KENN SUXX
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
ABOUT THE FEATURE:
Kenn Suxx so much that even though they have forthcoming work in mags like So It Goes (the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library's lit mag), Quotidian, Heartland Society, and a few other places outside of Indy, they still don’t know how to drive. They dropped out of LSU because the vibes were off and are now getting their MFA at Butler University—a school that absolutely would’ve rejected them in 2015 based on their high school transcripts.
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Special Feature this month Imani Lehte
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
General Admission *$10 at the door / advance
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TXC
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
ABOUT TXC:
TXC is a Queer Black Trans Woman from indiana who writes visceral and decimating verse, poetry, essays and stories from the perspective of the perpetually persecuted. TXC is the woman that loves being under the cracks, the roots in sidewalks and the roses from concrete. She's aware there is no one else like her, and if that's her only advantage, she'll play her hand.
She's featured for SoFarSounds, Fair Creek Films, IMCPL, The Indiana Arts Council, Iconoclast, IDOC Watch, Arts with a Purpose, Bloomington Pride, Irvington Pride, and IndyPride; just a selection from scores.
A founding member of Caliban Co-op, TXC has published two collections: Untitled Legacy & Imperfect Bids,
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature IMANI LEHTE
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
General Admission *$10 at the door / advance
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Special Feature this month EDDIE DEAN
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
ABOUT EDDIE:
Hailing from the east side of Indianapolis, IN, Eddie Dean is an emerging artist, passionate about story telling and connecting people with their innermost self. As an Actor, Screenwriter, Filmmaker & Musician, Eddie conveys the importance of loving self, loving others and standing in your truth.
General Admission *$10 at the door / advance
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature KRISTINE ESSER SLENTZ
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
General Admission *$10 at the door / advance
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
General Admission *$10 at the door / advance
Must be 21+
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature Thomas Kneeland
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
General Admission *$10 at the door / advance
Must be 21+
Please visit www.whiterabbitcabaret.com for all of our venue/staff health protocols and policies.
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
General Admission *$10 at the door / advance
Must be 21+
Please visit www.whiterabbitcabaret.com for all of our venue/staff health protocols and policies.
The producers of this show decided to postpone the event.
No worries, they will be back on March 13th
VOCAB
A monthly evening of poetry, spoken word and more.
Plus there’s always the monthly open mic.
This month’s feature TBA
Hosted by Corey Ewing & Januarie York
with sounds by DJ Stylistic
Door 8pm, Show 9pm
General Admission *$10 at the door / advance
Must be 21+
Please visit www.whiterabbitcabaret.com for all of our venue/staff health protocols and policies.
