Poetry + Sip: Latin American Heritage Month
Join us in person on Tuesday, September 22nd from 5:30 – 6:30 PM to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month!
You can select your favorite poem(s) from a beloved poet to read aloud, and/or read your own material.
There will be a self-serve station for hot beverages.
*Optional Homework: Write your own poem as “love letter” to your culture*
Online registration
Read & Write Poetry with Us for Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month
We will be reading a few select poems by U.S. Poet Laureates Adá Limón and Juan Felipe Herrera. Never heard of them? That’s ok! Join us and get an introduction to their work!
There is no need to prepare or read anything beforehand. We will also have time at the end to write our own poems. This will be an inclusive space where people of all experience levels can feel welcome.
Optional RSVP.
An Evening Celebrating Alejandra Pizarnik
Join us for an evening of poetry and discussion celebrating the work of Argentinian poet Alejandra Pizarnik. This program is presented in partnership with the Feria Internacional del Libro en Español (FILNYC).
Composer/Reader Jerome Kitzke will honor the American poet Allen Ginsberg in his Centennial Year by reading his seminal poems Howl and Footnote to Howl as well as reading other Ginsberg poems Kitzke set to music over the last 38 years, including Hum Bom!, Sunflower Sutra, and Song. Each of those readings will be followed by audio recordings of the compositions Kitzke made of them which are titled Mad Coyote Madly Sings, Sunflower Sutra, and A Keening Wish. The recording performances are by pianist Anthony de Mare and Kitzke’s band, The Mad Coyote.
Audience will be capped at 50, so it is recommended you purchase your ticket in advance. 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.)
(Re)Present Reading Series seeks to pay homage to the New York City poets whose voices are now absent from our lives, especially those voices whose indelible imprint has sustained a revolutionary poetics by connecting us to a history prior to, and in opposition to, mass gentrification and corporate takeover. By collaborating with local poets, our intention is to represent and re-present those poets who are gone and honor how their voices continue to live on within the revolutionary spirit of New York City poetry.
Featuring:
Tauyo Na
Kenning JP Garcia
Safia Jama
Zakia Henderson Brown
This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 30 max attendees. Please register in advance.
