Night Riffs / Events

Boston Jazz United for Ukraine

Boston Jazz United for Ukraine, May 13, 2022, featuring Ukrainian-born pianist Maxim Lubarsky and many others; hosted by former 1369 Club co-owner, Jay Hoffman; poetry by Natalka Bilotserkivets and Halyna Kruk read by Dzvinia Orlowsky (co-translated by Ali Kinsella and Dzvinia Orlowsky).

Night Riffs

NIGHT RIFFS is an annual Reading/Music series, founded and directed by poet Dzvinia Orlowsky and sponsored by Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices. The inaugural event took place on June 1, 2019 at Lilypad Inman in Cambridge, MA; with readings by former Maine poet laureate Betsy Sholl, Quintin Collins and nonfiction/fiction author Kim McLarin; with an interlude of new music by Mischa Salkind-Pearl and Kevin Madison.