Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring Susan Oringel

On Wednesday, February 5,  Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Susan Oringel.   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

Susan E. Oringel is a published poet, writer, teacher of creative writing, and psychologist in the NYS Capital District.  She co-translated a collection of Latin American poetry: Messengers of Rain, Groundwoods Press (2002, 2011), has been published in various literary journals, and her collection of poems My Coney Island was released in June 2019 from Finishing Line Press.

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.