# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry Reading & Open Mic at Phinista Café, Cambridge
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Featured poets: Ben Mazer, Katia Kapovich, Alfred Corn 
Followed by open mic in this wonderful Vietnamese cafe.

Here’s a compact Facebook-ready version:

Ben Mazer is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Selected Poems, and the editor of major editions of John Crowe Ransom, Frederick Goddard Tuckerman, Delmore Schwartz, and Landis Everson. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is currently editing The Collected Poems of Delmore Schwartz for Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Katia Kapovich is a bilingual Russian poet born in Chişinău, Moldova. A former member of a Soviet samizdat dissident group, she is the author of several Russian poetry collections and the English-language books Gogol in Rome and Cossacks and Bandits. Her work appears in Poetry 180, edited by Billy Collins.

Alfred Corn is the author of eleven books of poems, two novels, and three essay collections. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Academy of American Poets. His translation of Rilke’s Duino Elegies was published by Norton in 2020.

Please bring something for the open mike! Open mike will follow the featured readers.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/poetry-reading-and-open-mic-at-phinista-café-cambridge/200030257818224
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Phinista Cafe, 1876 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140
- **lat**: 42.38824
- **long**: -71.11962
- **full address**: Phinista Cafe, 1876 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Poetry Reading & Open Mic at Phinista Cafe, Cambridge being held?
  - **A:** Poetry Reading & Open Mic at Phinista Cafe, Cambridge takes place on Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Phinista Cafe, 1876 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Poetry Reading & Open Mic at Phinista Cafe, Cambridge?
  - **A:** Poetry Reading & Open Mic at Phinista Cafe, Cambridge is organized by Philip Nikolayev.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Poetry Reading & Open Mic at Phinista Cafe, Cambridge is ideal for aspiring performers, spoken word artists, budding comedians, and audiences who love discovering raw, unpolished talent in an intimate and supportive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Cambridge, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Poetry Reading & Open Mic at Phinista Cafe, Cambridge sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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