Three Time U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky Presents Proverbs of Limbo

Boston, MA–Three time U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky will present “Proverbs of Limbo,” Saturday, September 9 at 7:30 pm (doors at 6:30 pm) at WBUR’s CitySpace [890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215]. It’s PoemJazz. It’s a jazz concert. It’s a poetry happening. It’s uniquely its own thing. Poetry, Proverbs and Percussion.

Louis Chude-Sokei, Professor of English, George & Joyce Wein Chair in African American & Black Diaspora Studies and Director of The African American & Black Diaspora Studies Program at Boston University, will offer introductory remarks for the evening’s program.

Tickets are on sale now at $25 (reserved seating), $15 (general admission) and $5 for students. CitySpace’s cash bar will be available.

The band will feature Music Director and pianist Laurence Hobgood, bassist John Lockwood, cellist Catherine Bent, saxophonist, flutist and singer Stan Strickland and Special Guest Percussionist, Mino Cinélu who performed and toured with Miles Davis, Sting, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and hundreds of other major artists.

Robert will also be releasing a new album, Proverbs of Limbo: PoemJazz III (2023), in sync with this concert. The album will feature Laurence Hobgood, Stan Strickland, John Lockwood and Mino Cinélu who all will be performing in this concert as well. The album will be on sale at CitySpace as well.