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
Read MoreFriday, 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.
Read MoreNovember 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
Read MoreWriting 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
Read MorePost 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
Read MoreIf 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,
Read MoreOn Sunday, July 31st we will present a work-in-progress libretto reading of “Post Pardon: The Opera.” Adapted from Arisa White’s eponymous poetry chapbook, published by Mouthfeel Press in 2011, “Post Pardon: The Opera” is the transgenerational apology needed to repair a Black woman’s soul. This reading will feature local artists and actors, focusing on the
Read MoreThe Fugitive Creative: A Practice of Residing in Your Own Humus Soil This generative workshop engages the mind, body, and spirit in mapping out its humus—the “dark organic matter” nourishing your boldest and daring ideas. Led by Arisa White, folx will sift through their fears, inhibitions, and the social expectations that hinder creativity by participating
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