Come out to Lorem Ipsum tonight to savor the literary stylings of two moving poets and two inquisitive essayists! New York’s Thera Webb brings an intense connection with nature and spirit to her poetry, manifesting this connection in bold images and powerful tone (“Oh, soft chewed sinew/ my hand guide your needle”). Local essayist and professor Boyd Nielson consistently asks the important (read: challenging) questions about the social mechanisms of literature and its place in the lives of the individual and the contemporary American conscience. Ariel Shearer has done pretty much every cool thing you can imagine – she wrote for The Phoenix, documented and photographed the Occupy Boston movement – and shows no sign of slowing down any time soon. And you probably know Ben Potrykus from his stellar songwriting for Bent Shapes; tonight, he’ll be channeling his literary muses for your listening pleasure. Come out to Inman and give your head and heart something delicious to feast on.

7pm // All Ages // $ome cost