SYNCOPATION: Performance Off the Beaten Path

The fourth night of free Jazz Poetry presents a refreshing and lively collection of performances. Brazilian-American singer-songwriter Alexia Bomtempo, literary trailblazer Eileen Myles, groundbreaking poet Hiromi Itō, Chicana poet and activist Rachelle Escamilla, and City of Asylum writer-in-residence Olena Boryshpolets supply a night of emphatic verse and sound. These artists bring a kinetic energy to the Alphabet City stage—not relying on standards set before them, but pioneering a beat that is entirely their own.