Local musician Laszlo Slomovits and poet Linda Nemec Foster will team up at Nicola's Books for a joint reading and musical performance of “Cry of Freedom," a collaborative work.

Slomovits has rendered Foster's poems into an expansive range of reflect rich ballads, quiet elegies and expressive folk tunes. Together, they will bring a richness and depth to both the written word and the music played.

Laszlo Slomovits is one half of the brother duo Gemini, which has been entertaining kids and adults alike for generations. Poet and writer Linda Nemec Foster is the author of nine poetry collections, including the critically acclaimed "Amber Necklace of Gdansk."

Tuesday April 30, 2013. 7 p.m. Free. Nicola's Books is in the Westgate Shopping Center at 2513 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor. 734-662-0600.