Name: Turn of Phrase
Start: 2025-02-15T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-15T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 2200 Mt Vernon Ave

Turn of Phrase: A Conversation Between a Poet and a Bassist
About this Event

Turn of Phrase is part poetry reading, part music performance: the sum is greater than the parts. Poet Heather Grant and bassist Chris Kosky converse and jam around Heather’s poems. Due to the improvised nature of the duo, no two performances are exactly alike. Our primary goal is to bring beauty, love, and deep respect for the natural world through the arts of poetry and music.

We'll have food and drink out at 6:30pm, with the performance starting at 7pm. Folks are welcome to bring and share their own poetry after the performance, as we'll be open until 9pm.

Bios:

Heather Grant is a poet and writer. Her debut poetry collection Where All Is Brought To Light was published July, 2023. She has published two chapbooks and contributed poems to various journals and anthologies. Heather has given poetry readings at the Canal Street Gallery in Wash., DC; Divergent Arts Poetry Series, Phoenix, AZ; the former Stacey’s Coffee House in Falls Church with Irish singer, Connie McKenna, and other venues. You can find more information at www.heathergrant.com

Chris Kosky has been playing Double Bass and Electric Bass for more than 40 years and loves playing a variety of musical styles, as well as collaborating with poets and performance artists. Chris was a member of the United States Air Force Band from 1993-2015, and currently enjoys freelancing and teaching in the Washington, DC area. She is the author of a Double Bass method book called The Thumb Transition Zone.