Creole’s “Evening of Poetry & Song”
Rue just wrote to remind me:
Don't miss a fabulous "Evening of Poetry & Song" hosted by The Old Town Poetry Series this coming Wednesday, Nov. 9th, 7:30 PM at the Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. in Lansing's historic Old Town. The evening will feature a local favorite, poet Joyce Benvenuto, plus Los Maestros, Miguel Cabanas and Jose Colmeiro, singing songs that evolved from Spanish and Galician poems. English translation will be provided by the singers and Ruelaine Stokes.
Joyce Benvenuto has been a powerful voice within the Lansing poetry scene from many years. She served as an English teacher par excellance at the Meridian High School in Haslett until her recent retirement. Now living in Vermont & Arizona, she returns periodically to help with the Capitol Area High School Poetry Contest, of which she was a founding organizer, and help with various poetry projects. We feel fortunate to have "captured" her for this reading.
Los Maestros, a dynamic Spanish band featuring Miguel Cabanas and Jose Colmiero, is a true delight — high energy and deeply melodic. They will sing Spanish and Galician songs which originally came from poems. Miguel and Jose work as Spanish professors at MSU, and Jose is teaching a class this semester on the interconnections between Spanish poetry and song.
Plus, we will have an Open Mike Session. Participating poets are invited to "throw their names in the hat" at the front table. Poets read 1 poem . . . . . unless we have extra time.
A donation is suggested (w/ a sliding scale from $3-$5). Refreshments are free. Parking is available on the street or in the large parking lot on the south side of the intersection of Turner St. and Grand River Avenue. (Turner Street is just 1 block east of the Grand River in Lansing's Old Town.)
For more information, contact Ruelaine Stokes, 267-0410 or 353-0800.