# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Iain Haley Pollock & Blanche Saffron Kabengele & an Open Mic
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Don't miss this one! Iain Haley Pollock is traveling from the Hudson River Valley to share his stellar poetry with us, and local poet Blanche Kabengele opens the featured event. Bring a poem to share in the open mic!

✍️ IAIN HALEY POLLOCK has written three poetry collections, most recently All the Possible Bodies, which was published by Alice James Books in 2025. His work has received recognition from the Cave Canem Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Poetry Society of America. He directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Manhattanville University in Purchase, NY.

✍️ BLANCHE KABENGELE, a poet from the West End of Cincinnati, is the author of Conjugal Relationships of Africans and African Americans, and Quiet as it's Kept, Me Too, and Other Poetic Expressions of Life! She holds a doctorate from UC, and has poems in The Prose Poem, The Woolf and the WAYE.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cincinnati/iain-haley-pollock-and-blanche-saffron-kabengele-and-an-open-mic/200029320984155
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 42

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Cincinnati
- **state**: OH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1660 Blue Rock St, Cincinnati, OH, United States, Ohio 45223
- **lat**: 39.16075
- **long**: -84.54198
- **full address**: 1660 Blue Rock St, Cincinnati, OH, United States, Ohio 45223

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Iain Haley Pollock & Blanche Saffron Kabengele & an Open Mic being held?
  - **A:** Iain Haley Pollock & Blanche Saffron Kabengele & an Open Mic takes place on Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 pm at 1660 Blue Rock St, Cincinnati, OH, United States, Ohio 45223.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Iain Haley Pollock & Blanche Saffron Kabengele & an Open Mic?
  - **A:** Iain Haley Pollock & Blanche Saffron Kabengele & an Open Mic is organized by Poetry at Artifact.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Iain Haley Pollock & Blanche Saffron Kabengele & an Open Mic 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 Cincinnati, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Iain Haley Pollock & Blanche Saffron Kabengele & an Open Mic sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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