On Wednesday, August 1, Caffè Lena will present poetry performance by Los Lorcas which includes Poets Partridge Boswell and Peter Money, along with guitarist Nat Williams. An open reading will follow. Doors open for sign-ups at 7pm and the readings will start at 7:30. The host for the event will be Carol Graser and the cost is $5 general, free for students.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, 583-0022, www.caffelena.org
In the spirit of Federico Garcia Lorca—gifted musician, legendary poet/playwright and ebullient performer—poets Partridge Boswell and Peter Money, along with guitarist Nat Williams, fuse poetry and music in a passionate and surprising mash-up. Los Lorcas blurs boundaries between spoken word and song, weaving poetry with Andalusian ballads, blues, rock, folk, reggae, hip hop, Americana and jazz in pursuit of the cantejondo (deep song) Lorca so ardently championed.
“Los Lorcas in unity is a marvel that would silence any creative individual to awe, inspiring the quietest observer to reach for each word as if they were Federico Lorca himself, meditating on song and poetry mid-stage, arms outstretched.” —Bianca Viñas, PoemCity 2018
