Margarita Cruz, adjunct professor at NAU, president of the Northern Arizona Book Festival and marketing and event coordinator at Bookmans, hosts Poet Brews every Tuesday night at Flagstaff Brewing Company.
Margarita Cruz, adjunct professor at NAU, president of the Northern Arizona Book Festival and marketing and event coordinator at Bookmans, hosts Poet Brews every Tuesday night at Flagstaff Brewing Company.
Photos by Matthew Hayden
Stuart Howe starts the night by reading one of his favorite poems. At Poet Brews you can read any written work, whether it is written by you or not.
A Flagstaff Brewing Company patron from out of town writes his name on the list of readers.
Flagstaff Brewing Company is located at 16 Historic Rte 66.
People filled the corridor-like room of Flagstaff Brewing Company, and one by one, they took to the mic in the corner of the bar that held the attention of many. Words of peach trees, passion, birth, grief and the impact of poetry on one’s life flowed out of lips, through the mic and into the ears of all present. Lights flickered behind the readers while passersby gazed through the windows to catch sight of the performances. At the end of each reading, the sounds of clapping and cheering overtook the room.
This was the scene at the Poet Brews open mic on Dec. 12, where poets and writers gathered to read their work at Flag Brew. Margarita Cruz is the founder and host of Poet Brews and has been running the open mic every Tuesday night since she started it in March.
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Flagstaff Brewing Company hosts Poet Brews open mic every Tuesday night, bringing together poets, writers and literary enthusiasts to share their work in a welcoming and intimate environment.
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