Jelena aka Helen the Bashful Dragon 9.16.01

I must confess, I'm one of those artistic types who keep weird hours and an even stranger diet: I feed myself with poetry... So, where does a poetry addict go for a fill on a Saturday night? Westside, I'd say.

First, you start off with Soul Speech for dinner (at least I did), then proceed to Poets Cabin for late night snacks, and end up at Aftaglow for poetry breakfast. Aftaglow is a weekly early morning hangout for poets, spoken word artists, musicians, visual artists and other artistic types (or artist groupies) housed by Cafe Future and Gallery in Inglewood and hosted by Tovi Khali. Glowing begins officially after midnight, and lasts until 4:00 a.m. every Sunday morning. The lights are low, candles are burning on every table, drummers are drumming, DJ is spinning, poets are speaking, singers are singing, paintings and photographs are hanging from the walls, and Terence and company are making some tasty concoctions in the kitchen. All in all, a perfect late night chill-out spot. And when the closing time rolls around, people are still sitting on the sidewalk, reading poetry and talking to their new poetic friends. If you didn't know, artists are very friendly people...

So, if you are up for a poetic breakfast any given Sunday morning, stop by Cafe Future, get your fill, and tell Terence we sent you.

Glowing at the Aftaglow and raving for LitRave,
Jelena aka Helen the Bashful Dragon

Café Future and Gallery
1314 N. La Brea Ave.
Inglewood
310-671-7775