October 9, 2024; 8:00-10:00 PM, Cocktail Mary, 229 Congress Street, Portland, ME Grab a cocktail, kick back, and hear from queer writers Johan Alexander, Chen Chen, Michael Colbert, Melissa Febos, Emily Lowe, Rebecca Turkewitz, and Arisa White.
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October 5, 2024; 7:30 pm | Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts, Waterville, ME Reserve Free Tickets at https://www.purplepass.com/events/299422-post-pardon%3A-the-opera-presents-%22the-black-azaleas-oct-5th-2024 Conducted by Marshunda Smith, the evening performance presents “The Black Azaleas Song Cycle,” which introduces the group of eco-activists at the core of Post Pardon: The Opera. Featuring local vocalists and musicians, as well as Colby students
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Friday, February 9, 2024 12:00-1:00 PM: Book signing at Black Lawrence Press (Bookfair) 1:45-3:00 PM: Poet to Playwright: On the Dramatic Joy of Changing Hats with panelists Jason Bayani, Arisa White, Tess Taylor, and Patricia Smith. Poetry and playwriting are linked crafts—and not only in the hands of the famed Bard of Avon. What happens
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Friday, February 16, 2024, 7-9:30 PM, Bangor Arts Exchange, 193 Exchange Street, Bangor, ME. Hosted by Maine Women’s Lobby, featuring comedian Julie Poulin, poet Arisa White, improv by ImprovAcadia, and music by Darcy Withers.
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November 10, 2023, 5:00–6:30 pm EST, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Join us for a VS Live event at the Guggenheim with VS co-hosts Ajanaé Dawkins and Brittany Rogers and special guests LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs and Arisa White. During this participatory gathering, you will have the chance to reflect on notions of care, freedom, and
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Writing In & Through the Legacy of Black Women Poets Friday, November 3 | 2:45-4:00 pm | Panel 24 Jackson Convention Complex 207/208 “The Theme Song of the Chicago Colored Girl – Singing Along with Mama Gwen” Patricia Smith, Princeton University “Our Grace, Sarcophilous” Duriel E. Harris, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora
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Post Pardon: The Opera | Librettist & Composer Talk (June 23) and Work-in-Progress Showing (June 30)
LIBRETTIST & COMPOSER TALK Friday, June 23, 6:30-8:00pm, Greene Block + Studios, Waterville, Maine. FREE Post Pardon is an opera-in-development that draws on African-diasporic spirituality and folklore to tell the story of Willow, a queer activist confronted with the ghost of her estranged mother who committed murder-suicide. Moderated by director Ellen Sebastian Chang, librettist Arisa
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If you find yourself in Newark, NJ, I will be reading and in conversation with poets from Thursday, Oct 20 – Saturday, Oct 22. There are over eighty poets joining the Festival this year, and you can find the full schedule here: https://www.dodgepoetry.org/festival-events/program/full-schedule/ THURSDAY, OCT 20 9:00-10:00a: Festival Poets Reading with Wendy Barnes, Rochelle Hurt,
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