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Jazz Poetry Month: Night Two Featuring Rakiem Walker Quartet at Jazz Poetry Month at City Of Asylum @ Alphabet City
Courtesy of Nada Wheelock | Posted on April 17, 2024
Where
City Of Asylum @ Alphabet City
Jazz Poetry Month
40 W North Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
Map
412-435-1110
When
Thu, May 9, 2024
7:00 pm
Save the date
Musicians
About
Experience “the ultimate authentic sound from Harlem” with Rakiem Walker as he and his quartet fuse jazz, soul, and hip hop to create their unique sound. Rakiem will collaborate with four poets: finalist for the 2020 Emerging Poet Laureate of Allegheny County grace (ge) gilbert, winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Ladan Osman, author of four novels in Arabic and City of Asylum writer-in-residence Anouar Rahmani, and Astrid Roemer, winner of the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren, the most prestigious prize for Dutch writers. Astrid’s performance is presented in partnership with The Center for the Art of Translation in San Francisco.