7:30pm
The jazz poetry of Langston Hughes with musical compositions from Grammy-recognized trumpeter, Markus Rutz.
The transporting poetry of award-winning journalist and war correspondent, Tom Squitieri, with performances by Helen Hayes Award-winners Christopher Lane & Susan Marie Rhea, alongside acclaimed DC theatre artists: Ricardo Frederick Evans, Ray Ficca, Chris Stezin and Richard C. Washer.
Plus, new and inspiring prose submitted from local poets and writers around the globe.