PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW READING SERIES TIME OF 3:00 - 5:00 PM

Featuring Nicole Goodwin and Jani Rose

Hosted by Mercy Tullis-Bukhari

Plus open mic

21+, doors open at 3:00 pm

$3 suggested donation. Two drink min, alcoholic or non.

Nicole Goodwin aka GOODW.Y.N. are the winner of the LMCC Creative Engagement Grant awardee for 2023. They are also a 2022-23 Franklin Furnace Fund Recipient, semifinalist for the Headlands 2023 Chamberlain Award, finalist for the CUE Foundation’s 2022 Public Programs Fellowship, as well as the  the 2018 Ragdale Alice Judson Hayes Fellowship Recipient, while advancing to the 2nd Round of the 2018 Creative Capital Awards. They published the articles “Talking with My Daughter…” and “Why is this Happening in Your Life…” in the New York Times’ parentblog Motherlode. Additionally, their work “Ain’t I a Woman (?/!): Poems,” was longlisted for The Black Spring Press Group’s The Christopher Smart-Joan Alice Prize for 2020.

Jani Rose is a Nuyorican Poet, born in El Barrio and raised in the Bronx. She is an educator, curator, and mother of 4 incredible humans. She’s done a lot of poetry stuff since she was a small child. She’s honored to be here to share space, stories, and experiences. Connect with her @jani_rose_poet on the gram.