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Celebrate Poetry Month with a Reading Featuring Six Local Poets

Event Type: Adults Age Group(s): Adults Date: 4/30/2019 Start Time: 7:00 PM End Time: 8:30 PM Description: Six local poets – Esme Franklin, Benjamin Aleshire, Elizabeth Gross, Brad Richard, Benjamin Morris, and Cassie Pruyn – will discuss and read from their works at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 30, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie. This event … Celebrate Poetry Month with a Reading Featuring Six Local Poets

Parasite Kingdom + this body / that lighting show

April 24th, 6PM-7:30PM Octavia Books 513 Octavia Street (corner of Octavia and Laurel) New Olreans, LA, 70115 Celebrate National Poetry Month with Brad Richard and Elizabeth Gross as they launch their new books. Brad Richard’s collection, Parasite Kingdom, received the 2018 Tenth Gate Prize, selected by editor and poet Leslie McGrat. Elizabeth Gross’s debut collection, this body / that lightning show, … Parasite Kingdom + this body / that lighting show

New Orleans Poetry Festival and Small Press Fair, 2019

NOPF 2019 Schedule Overview: Thursday, April 18, 2019: Dragonfly Open Studio hours/ Registration at Dragonfly (3921 St. Claude), 12-5 Dogfish Reading Series NOPF Opening Event with Oliver Baez Bendorf, Lee Ann Brown, Henk Rossouw & Chen Chen at Dogfish (2448 N Villere), 7PM Friday, April 19, 2019: Marathon Open Mic Poetry Reading at The Dragonfly Noon-5PM Friday … New Orleans Poetry Festival and Small Press Fair, 2019

Poets with Drinks: Resurrecting poetry one sip at a time

Friday, April 19, 2019 at 9 PM – 11 PM 806 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70116-3010, United States Six Ft. Swells Press presents an evening of true After-Hours poetry. Todd Cirillo, Wolfgang Carstens and William Taylor Jr. perform a high wire act of the heart with drinks in hand, humor and heartbreak in … Poets with Drinks: Resurrecting poetry one sip at a time

UNO CWW Hosts Poets Alison Pelegrin and Stacey Balkun

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 8 PM – 10 PM University of New Orleans 2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148 The University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop will host a reading by poets Alison Pelegrin and Stacey Balkun on Wednesday, April 17, at 8 p.m., at the UNO Lakeside Campus, Liberal Arts Building, … UNO CWW Hosts Poets Alison Pelegrin and Stacey Balkun

Pigeon Teeth No. 5: That’s It

New and experimental performance work! Live art! Performance art! Movement! Storytelling! That’s it! TOTAL POETIC LIBERATION! Pigeon Teeth No. 5: That’s It Local artists share the beginning scratches of their new performance work for Scratch Night – an evening meant for experimenting with work in the early stages of development. This is an opportunity for … Pigeon Teeth No. 5: That’s It

Poetry Night: Cate Root and Taylor Murrow

April 10th at 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM The Dragonfly @ 3921 St. Claude Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana 70117 Join us in the Living Room of poetry as we welcome part of the beautiful Dogfish Team who bring monthly readings to our city: Cate Root and Taylor Murrow. Cate Root is a poet and co-produces … Poetry Night: Cate Root and Taylor Murrow

Rubber Flower Poetry Hour

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 7:30 PM – 11 PM 1628 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116 The Rubber Flower Poetry Hour is an Open Mic poetry series in New Orleans, LA. We offer space for fresh and pickled writers alike to spill their guts. Aside from hate speech, there is no limit to what … Rubber Flower Poetry Hour

Visual Poetry – One Day Workshop Intensive

Joseph Makkos & Joseph Bienvenu are hosting a one-day Intensive Visual Poetry Workshop at Nola DNA Studios. Both poets and visual artists are encouraged to participate. Space is limited to a maximum of 8 participants and requires an RSVP. There is a small suggested materials fee of $25 per person. An array of tools and … Visual Poetry – One Day Workshop Intensive

Rubber Flower Poetry Hour

The Rubber Flower Poetry Hour is an Open Mic poetry series in New Orleans, LA. We offer space for fresh and pickled writers alike to spill their guts. Aside from hate speech, there is no limit to what you perform and how you perform it. We strive to maintain a supportive, open, and safe space … Rubber Flower Poetry Hour