Sunday, December 10, 2023 Ras Moshe Burnett & Patricia Spears Jones

Ras Moshe Burnett is a Brooklyn born saxophonist/composer/educator, hailing from a musical family. He began performing with his own ensembles in 1987. In 1999, he founded the “Music Now” series, a monthly presentation of new music and free jazz that continues to this day. His music can be heard on the new CD "Star Charts" by The Zodiac Saxophone Quartet, "SunSum" and "Politics" with Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble,"Solidarity" by Matt Lavelle's 12 Houses and  "Helix" by Michael Moss' Accidental Orchestra. He has performed in the ensembles of Bill Cole, Althea SullyCole, Matt Lavelle, William Hooker, Charles Waters, William Parker, Butch Morris, Karen Borca and many others. His anti-war suite, “Peace Be With You” premiered in 2018.

Patricia Spears Jones is the NY State Poet, and is the recipient of the Jackson Poetry Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for American poets, and sponsored by Poets and Writers, Inc. Patricia is published widely and has received many grants, awards and residencies. She will be reading from her latest collection, The Beloved Community, which takes us to delis, laundromats, and the Brooklyn block where morning glories grow “leaves plump as Italian cookies,” poems about poverty, art, and community, become poems about location—always the city is alive and breathing. Later, the collection widens its view, leaving Brooklyn to visit the consequences of violence across America. 

Join us in person at the Scholes Street Studio at 4:40 pm or on livestream. Details to be announced.

The event is free but a $10 donation is appreciated!