Detroit’s Poet Laureate Naomi Long Madgett at the Virgil Carr Center

A Women’s History Month Poetry Reading
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 3pm

Naomi Long Madgett
Detroit’s Poet Laureate Naomi Long Madgett, Poets Hilda Vest and Marilynn Rashid will read. In addition, Melba Joyce Boyd will perform her poetry in concert with jazz bassist, Marion Hayden. The event is co-sponsored by the Arts League of Michigan [...]

The Downtown Poetry Series at The Scarab Club

Annual Women’s Month Reading
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 2 pm
Linda K. Sienkiewicz
a longtime Metro Detroit Writers member, is a fiction writer, poet and artist who recently earned her MFA in Fiction at the University of Southern Maine. Her short stories have appeared in journals such as the Cleis Press anthology “Frenzy,” A Twist of [...]

Book Release: Blair’s “Moonwalking” and The Boyfriends at The Park Bar

Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:00pm – 12:00am

A new book being released on Penmanship Books of New York. The book is called “Moonwalking.” It’s a collection of poems regarding the life, career and influences of Michael Jackson, The King of Pop. Blair will be reading poems from the manuscript and then his band Blair [...]

The 23rd Erotic Poetry and Music Festival

“An eclectic celebration of the erotic arts!”
Saturday February 27th, 2010 – 9:00pm
At Corktown Tavern

Chinonye Goddess
The infamous event known as the “Erotic Poetry & Music Festival” is one of the oldest community arts festivals in Detroit. The festival is an “eclectic celebration of the erotic arts!” It features provocative poetry, dirty spoken word, erotic [...]

MOCAD Winter 2010 Readings Begin With Cuban Poet Jose Kozer

Saturday, February 20, 2010- 7:00pm – 10:00pm

MOCAD’s Winter 2010 Readings series curated by Barry Schwabsky begins on Saturday, March 20th w/ a bilingual poetry reading with preeminent Cuban poet, Jose Kozer reading his own works in the Spanish language and local poet, educator and activist, Marilynn Rashid reading English language translations of Kozer’s works.
The reading [...]

Kresge Artist Fellowships Deadline February 26th

Literary and performing artists can apply for one of 18 $25,000 fellowships
DEADLINE FEBRUARY 26, 2010
There is one month remaining for emerging and established metropolitan Detroit literary and performing artists to apply for one of 18 $25,000 Kresge Artist Fellowships. Applications are only available online at www.kresgeartsindetroit.org and must be completed by Friday, February 26, [...]

Springfed Arts, Metro Detroit Writers Monthly Poetry Series

at the Scarab Club
Wednesday, February 17, 2010- 7:00 p.m.
Performances by
Nandi Comer
Jamaal May
Tommye Blount
 
217 E. Farnsworth at John R
Free Admission

Local Poets Celebrate Black History Month at the Pittmann-Puckett Gallery

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Billione
Poets Eboni Hogan and Natasha “T” Miller, and performance artist Billione step onto the stage on Saturday, February 20th. Miller’s poetry interrogates what it means to be American in the age of Obama, while Hogan is quirkier, offering candid and often lurid tales of her many misadventures in the [...]

“4 into 2010″ An evening of Prose And Poetry at ARTCITE

Thursday, January 14, 2010, 7:30pm – 10:45pm
An evening of prose and poetry at ARTCITE
Features Live readings by:
Len Gasparini
Jim Christy
Edward A. Watson
Salvatore Ala
To lead off the new decade, Artcite will feature an evening of prose and poetry by Windsor (and Toronto area) authors: Len Gasparini will be launching his latest book; “When does a kiss become [...]

Poetic Travelers in Ferndale – Fri 12/18

[ December 18, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:45 pm. ] Friday, Dec. 18
6:30-8:45 PM
Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale

You are cordially invited to attend a celebration with Poetic Travelers, a poetry series hosted by poet/author, Tonja Dudley Bagwell (Sunrise of Revelations and Grace in a Garland, Jafansta, Inc.). Co-host, Ron “Cat Listening” Lavigna, is a multi-talented performer who has been featured as a poet and musician [...]