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 [...]

Poets Follies Reading Series at Ewald Library – Thurs 12/17

[ December 17, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Thurs, Dec. 17, 2009
6:30 pm
Ewald Branch Library, Grosse Pointe Park

Poets Follies Reading Series introduces local writers Mary Sanders Smith, Vievee Francis, and Judith Kerman.

Mary Sanders Smith divides her time among Grosse Pointe, Michigan, New York City, and northern Wisconsin; she is the author of two previous collections of fiction. Her work has received many [...]

Maria Constantini at A Gathering of Writers – Thurs 12/17

[ December 17, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009
7:30 P.M.
Plymouth Coffee Bean Co., 884 Penniman Ave., Plymouth, MI 48170

A Gathering of Writers presents:
Feature: Maria Constantini
Presenter: Olga Klekner

Maria Costantini, formerly a Bilingual/ESL teacher in the Utica Community Schools, lives in Rochester, Michigan. She was born near Rome, Italy, and came to the [...]

The Woodward Line Poetry Series – Weds, 12/16

[ December 16, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Wednesday, December 16, 7:00 PM
The Scarab Club, 217 E. Farnsworth
FREE

Anita Schmaltz is an artist, writer, photographer, musician and teacher with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the College for Creative Studies and a Masters of Creative Writing degree from Wayne State University. She’s written hundreds of articles and reviews about the arts [...]