By Elinor Bugli

Poet Amy Roby reads at Mile High Jazz Band's Jazz & Poetry event at Comma Coffee.
Poet Amy Roby reads at Mile High Jazz Band’s Jazz & Poetry event at Comma Coffee.

The Mile High Jazz Band with vocalists Sheryl Adams and Cindee LeVal will be joined by several poets and readers for an evening of big-band music and poetry on the theme “Light of Day.” Each poem will be followed by a related big-band tune.

The event will be on Tuesday, September 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m., at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. The event will be outdoors in the adjacent courtyard, weather permitting. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

The program will feature poets and readers Rita Geil, Roy Chavez, Susan Sara Priest, Tim Rhodes, Amy Roby, and Lee Warner.

For more information, call the Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154, or visit the web site MileHighJazz.com.