Please join us for a free poetry reading by Kalamazoo area community poets on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The theme is “Magic.” A reception with snacks will follow this event. This event will take place at the Northside Association for Community Development at 612 N. Park Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007.
Individuals and groups reading their poems are Shonda Buchanan, Markeva Love, Kyle Brautigam, Kinetic Affect, Buddy Hannah, Anessa, Janet Ruth Heller, Giuliana Tartari-Bush, Alexander Long, Ashley Watkins, Leslie Barajas, The Price Family (Zahra, Destiné, and Kim), Vidal Wilger, and the Friends of Poetry Community Poem Readers.
This event is part of the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival of 2024. Other free events include the following:
MAGIC: A Thematic Poetry Workshop for Middle School and High School Aged Youth on Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Read & Write Kalamazoo, 802 South Westnedge Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008.
The MAGIC Open Mic by Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative and the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival on Friday, April 19, 2024 with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. and the poetry reading starting at 6 p.m. and running through 8 p.m. at 1249 Portage St., OG Entrance, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001.
The website for the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival is https://kalamazoopoetryfestival.com/events/upcoming-festival/#workshops
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