The first Wednesday of every month is Poetry Night at Caffe Lena. Hosted by Carol Graser, this event includes an open mic reading and a featured poet.  The doors open for signups at 6:30 and the readings start at 7PM. In March the featured poet is John-Francis Quiñonez .The featured reading will also be livestreamed, please visit caffelena.org for links and information.

John-Francis Quiñonez (They/Them) is a resident of Providence, RI and a Queer Writer & Multimedia Artist. They are House Manager of the Columbus Theatre and Current Resident of the Queer.Archive.Work project. John-Francis has a collection of poems with Write Bloody Publishing (2022) entitled Keep Your Little Lights Alive: Poems After Kate Bush’s “Hounds of Love” & Others. Their work has appeared in Pigeon Pages, Ours Poetica, Voicemail Poems, Slamfind, Counterclock, Maps for Teeth, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, and as part of a playing card deck with Game Over Books. https://www.johnfrancisquinonez.com/