Friday, April 1, 2011

April Events - Split This Rock Keeps Busy During National Poetry Month

SUNDAY APRIL 3

DC Youth Slam Team Semi-Finals
5:00-7:00pm
Busboys and Poets
1025 5th St, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Chinatown Metro
$5


FRIDAY APRIL 8

A Tribute to Lucille Clifton
Woodstock Writers Fest
4:00-5:30pm
Kleinert/James Arts Center
34 Tinker St.
Woodstock, NY 12498

Featuring Sarah Browning, Cornelius Eady, Aracelis Girmay, & Patricia Smith. Hosted by Gretchen Primack.


TUESDAY APRIL 12

Global Day of Action on Military Spending
at the White House
12:00pm

Six Split This Rock poets join the Institute for Policy Studies in drawing attention to the grossly bloated spending on the military worldwide. Featuring: Jonathan B. Tucker, Kim Roberts, Dan Vera, Sarah Browning, Mark Nowak, and Esther Iverem.


THURSDAY APRIL 14

DC Youth Poetry Slam Team FINALS
6:00-8:00pm
True Reformer Building
1200 U St. NW (12th & U)
U Street Metro
$5.00


SUNDAY APRIL 17

Sunday Kind of Love
Featuring Kevin Coval and the DC Youth Slam Team
NEW TIME! 4:00-6:00pm
Busboys & Poets
14th & V St. NW
Washington, DC

**$5 suggested donation - none turned away
**Open Mic follows


WEDNESDAY APRIL 20

A Reading to Celebrate She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems
6:30-9:30pm
555 12th St. NW
Washington, DC

With poets Sarah Browning, Donna Denize, Hermine Pinson, and Kim Roberts

Join Poets & Writers, Barnes & Noble, and Hyperion/Voice as we celebrate National Poetry Month with a series of readings inspired by She Walks in Beauty.

Sponsored by Hyperion/Voice


SATURDAY APRIL 30

"Breaking Silence: Poetry of Sexual Violence" a free writing workshop led by Kim Roberts
Sponsored by Split This Rock
and the Humanities Council of Washington's "Live to Read" Program
1:00 to 4:00 pm
at the offices of the Humanities Council of Washington, DC
925 U Street NW

April is both National Poetry Month and Sexual Awareness Assault Month. To mark this convergence, the Humanities Council of Washington, DC is partnering with Split This Rock to present a workshop on writing poems about sexual violence.

Writing is an important tool in healing. In this afternoon seminar, we will look at model poems on the topic, and discuss how we can transform traumatic personal experiences (of our own or those we have witnessed) into art. We will examine point of view, tone, and the balance between the told and the implied.

Limited to 12 participants. Open to men as well as women. Admission is free but pre-registration is required. To register, email Alicia Gregory at Split This Rock at: gregory@splitthisrock.org.

This workshop is presented as part of "Live to Read," an annual program to encourage DC residents to read literature for pleasure. The 2011 book is the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play "Ruined," by Lynn Nottage. For more information on "Live to Read" see: www.wdchumanities.org.

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