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Watch Toni Lumbrazo Luna and Christopher Luna Read at SoulFood Poetry Night in Redmond, WA on June 20, 2019

June 25, 2019

We had a great time at Soul Food Poetry Night in Redmond, WA. Many thanks to host Michael Dylan Welch for inviting us, to all of the great open mic readers and audience members, and to the staff of Soul Food CoffeeHouse and Fair Trade Emporium for making us feel so welcome.

Toni Lumbrazo Luna’s set begins at 25:42 and Christopher Luna’s set begins at 52:00. You can watch the video of the livestream broadcast here.

To find out about Christopher’s upcoming readings for Message from the Vessel in a Dream and Toni’s readings for Driven By Hope, visit our Events page.

SoulFood Poetry Night Featuring Christopher Luna & Toni Lumbrazo Luna at SoulFood Coffee House in Redmond, WA June 20, 2019

May 26, 2019

SoulFood Poetry Night
Featuring Christopher Luna and Toni Partington

Thursday, June 20, 2019, 7:00 p.m.
SoulFood Coffee House
15748 Redmond Way
Redmond, WA 98052

20 June 2019 (1)

Series Description from host Michael Dylan Welch: On the third Thursday of every month, SoulFood Coffee House in Redmond, Washington, is home to SoulFood Poetry Night, an evening of engaged and engaging poetry. Our performance stage features professional sound and lighting systems in an inviting gallery and café setting in SoulFood Coffee House. Performances are streamed live to the Internet.

SoulFood Poetry Night is curated by Michael Dylan Welch, and has been running monthly since July of 2006 (we held our 100th reading in October of 2014). For more than a decade, we asked one featured reader to select someone else to read with him or her. This process echoed the sense of community and connection that is central to SoulFood Coffee House. This serendipity brought in new voices, and helped to create harmony or contrast in our reading series. Starting in 2016, though, we switched to primarily featuring groups or organizations. Featured readers start shortly after 7:00 p.m. Our featured readers are mostly from the greater Seattle area, but we welcome poets from farther afield as well.

After we have a break to enjoy the bookstore, its art gallery, and especially its café, we have an open-mic reading where we invite you to share your poetry. Just sign up when you arrive and be prepared to read for about three or four minutes each (depending on the number of readers). And the occasional song is welcome, too.