Sylvie Simmons uncurled the helix that is Leonard Cohen and sang "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "Suzanne," as well as her own song "Midnight Cowboy." Eli Brown took us through a scene of culinary suspense from Cinnamon and Gunpowder. M.K. Chavez recited poems about women, birds, and freedom. Apollo Papafrangou read a scene about the turbulent dynamics between Greek fathers and sons. Jen Burke Anderson asked what Jacques Brel would do, and slayed the dragon complacency.