Velvet Evenings: ANOWAR x SAMIA

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Velvet Evenings is an intimate evening of poetry, ambient music, coffee, and conversation. It is a new live poetry experience by Anowar Stories, designed as a warm, cinematic, listening-focused gathering inside a cozy café space in Banani. On this second edition, poets Mohammad Anowar Hossain and Samia Nasrin will perform a curated selection of romantic, atmospheric, and emotionally immersive poems, accompanied by live ambient keyboard music. Expect soft lights, quiet pauses, lingering words, coffee aroma, and a room full of human presence. Date: 18 July 2026 (Saturday) Time: 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Arrival From: 7:30 PM Venue: Awake Coffee Roasters, Banani 11 Address: H# 25, Lift-2, R# 11, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh Ticket: - Early Birds: BDT 600 - Regular Price: BDT 700 - On-the-Spot: BDT 800 Includes complimentary coffee. Limited seats: 30 only. Performing Poets: - Mohammad Anowar Hossain - Samia Nasrin Signed copies of books by the Anowar will also be available at the venue in limited quantity.