“Last Fridays At The Drake” Pilot Event For Poetry

Source: The Drake

Friday nights are for poetry at The Drake. In New York City, you’d go to the world-renowned Nuyorican Poets Cafe. In Washington, D.C., you’d be enjoying an evening at Busboys and Poets. In Houston, you’d find yourself in Avant Garden at Write About Now. In Western Massachusetts, the place to be now on the last Friday of the month is at The Drake. The inaugural “Last Friday Poetry Night” is scheduled for May 27 and has been designated a pilot event for the monthly series that will begin in the fall. “Last Fridays at The Drake” will be hosted by Lyrical Faith and will feature open mic as well as award-winning spoken word artists from across the country.

Come for music, drinks, and artistic expression where poets take center stage to share new work, old work, or any work that helps them get free. Doors and bar open at 5 p.m.. Early arrival is encouraged to get a slot on the sign-up sheet. The cover charge is $5 with a college ID or $10 for general admission.

Lyrical Faith is a Black American Educator, Activist, and Spoken Word Poet from The Bronx, NY. She is the third- ranked Woman Poet in the World as of the 2022 Women of the World Poetry Slam, an inaugural Bronx Poet Laureate finalist, a two-time recipient of the Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO Award, and the 2015 Syracuse University Poet of the Year. She’s a graduate of the Public Relations program at Syracuse University, a Masters degree recipient of the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at NYU, and a current Social Justice Education doctoral student at UMass Amherst studying the intersections of arts and activism.