Nehirim
GLBT Jewish Culture & Spirituality
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The day before Valentine's Day, experience a "higher love" at this evening of amazing, passionate, spiritual love poetry written by queer mystics from across the ages. You'll hear ancient and contemporary voices, set to music and rhythms and staged in a way that is anything but a "reading." Hear Judah haLevy the way you've never heard him before, be moved by Hafiz and James Broughton, and hear contemporary poets (including Nehirim's own Jay Michaelson) read, chant, shout, and sing their queer love poems for God.
Admit it, it's a lot cooler (and hotter) than seeing a movie.
There'll also be a short open-mic period, if you have some of your own verse to share, and plenty of time to relax and meet the nice gay boy or girl of your dreams.
"Business, medicine, law -- these are all noble pursuits, and necessary for sustaining life. But poetry! Poetry is life."
Cost: $8 members/$10 nonmembers. Pay at the door, or reserve a spot in
advance through the
JCC in Manhattan website.
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