A highlight for poetry month this past April involved a wonderful collaboration with Coastal Jazz. Award-winning saxophonist, John Gross, set up a meeting with artistic programmer Cole Schmidt to plan a special evening that would feature four acclaimed local spoken word poets performing city-related poems alongside notable jazz musicians at Tyrant Studios downtown. Jillian Christmas, Tawahum, Johnny Trinh and R.C. Weslowski were paired up with musical improvisers John Gross, Feven Kidane, Theo Girard, Lisa Cay Miller and Josh Zubot. It turned out to be a memorable evening with many moments of remarkable synergy!
