Shab-e She'r Oct 2018 Report

Shab-e She’r LXVII Report

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) on October 23, 2018 was a beautiful brave night. Our features Sheila Tucker and Khashayar Mohammadi shared terrific poetry and poetry translations. We had 13 people on the open mic:

1.      Ian French

2.      Christian

3.      Bahar Ebrahimi

4.      Stedmond Pardy

5.      Dan Balken

6.      Meena Chopra

7.      Leah Cohen

8.      Myles

9.      Shehzad Chowhan

10.  Chaitanya Kalevar

11.  Gavin Barrett

12.  Sargon Yousefian Dezag Tekki

13.  Terese Pierre

I also shared a poem.

Big love to Shab-e She’r team— Terese (co-host), Glen Gary (poster), Mārta Ziemelis  and Giovanna Riccio (the door). Much love to our bartender Sarah and audience member Laura for helping with the sound system. Huge thanks to our wonderful features for sharing wonderful work, distributing free chapbooks among our audience (Khashayar), and waiving their honorarium towards future Shab-e She’r events (Sheila.)

Thanks to Guernica Editions for their book gifts to our features, to Tranzac for the lovely space, to everyone who shared the event on social media, etc. and helped spread the message of diversity and courage. Much love to Mārta and Moji for their help with the set-up and to everyone who helped with the chairs and tables at the end of the night.

You want to attend our next event.  Join us for our 6th anniversary to celebrate this milestone with poetry and music. Mark your calendars for November 27th, featuring the poets Gavin Barrett and Erin Kang and the musician Lata Swarn. We will also have an open mic for performances in any language or with any accent.

The book in the picture was gifted by the poet and artist Meena Chopra, titled: “She! The Restless Streak.”   

Much love,

B?noo Zan

The Founder