Poetry
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UNRAVELING WORDS SiteLines and Poets House present “Red Coil,” with Chilean poet Cecilia Vicuna and flutist Jane Rigler performing improvised stories, chants, and live music. Tonight, 7 p.m., tomorrow, 7 p.m., Sunday, 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 31, 7 p.m. All performances except tomorrow at the Andy Goldsworthy Garden of Stones, Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place at Bowling Green. Thursday: Rockefeller Park Pavilion, Warren Street and River Terrace, 212-431-7920, free.
O CAPTAIN! The Strand Bookstore celebrates the 150th year of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” with a night of poetry and cocktails. The homage pays particular tribute to Whitman’s influence among French writers. Frederic Tuten moderates a discussion among nine poets who read from their work, and Francine du Plessix Gray reads from Whitman’s French translations. Tomorrow, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway at 12th Street, 212-473-1452, free.
