Comma Coffee in Carson City hosting jazz & poetry event Sept. 13

Cindee LeVal, pictured, and the Mile High Jazz Band will be joined by several poets and readers from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at Comma Coffee for an evening of big-band music and poetry on the theme “Falling.” The program will feature poets and readers Rita Geil, David Bugli, Tracy McQuay, Susan Sara Priest, Timothy Rhodes, and Amy Roby. Poems will explore the arrival of autumn, sharing a plane ride with a cat, meteor showers, windfalls under apple trees, other subjects, and, of course, falling in love. Admission is $5 and free for ages 18 and under. Call the Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154, or visit MileHighJazz.com.