Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring Richard Levine

On Wednesday, June 5, Caffè Lena will present poetry by Richard Levine.   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

A retired New York City teacher, activist, and poet Richard Levine is the author of the poetry collections Selected Poems (Future Cycle Press 2019) and Contiguous States (Finishing Line Press, 2018), as well five chapbooks: The Cadence of Mercy, A Tide of a Hundred Mountains, That Country’s Soul, A Language Full of Wars and Songs, and Snapshots from a Battle. Some of his activism appears on YouTube.

About the author: Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.