New Mexico Black Leadership Council

Tag: poetry

  • Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival Finals

    Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival Finals

    Don’t miss the hotly anticipated Chicharra (Cicada) Poetry Slam Festival Finals, where the nation’s top talents compete and the poetry buzzes with life! You won’t soon forget the poetry – from passionate love poems to powerful social commentary – you hear on this incredible night.

    Team and solo competitions. Adults $25/kids $10. Come early to connect with the community!

     

  • Online Poetry Workshop: Phillis Wheatley – On Self-Evidence (afternoon)

    Online Poetry Workshop: Phillis Wheatley – On Self-Evidence (afternoon)

    Explore the writing style of the first African American published poet, Phillis Wheatley. Articulate your value to yourself and others using argumentation, imagery, and characterization.

    Register for the poetry workshop HERE. Registration is required.

    The workshop will be led by international slam poetry champion Anthony McPherson, who has reached over ten million views since his first viral poem, “All Lives Matter: 1800’s Edition.”

  • Online Poetry Workshop: Phillis Wheatley – On Self-Evidence (morning)

    Online Poetry Workshop: Phillis Wheatley – On Self-Evidence (morning)

    Explore the writing style of the first African American published poet, Phillis Wheatley. Articulate your value to yourself and others using argumentation, imagery, and characterization.

    Register for the poetry workshop HERE. Registration is required.

    The workshop will be led by international slam poetry champion Anthony McPherson, who has reached over ten million views since his first viral poem, “All Lives Matter: 1800’s Edition.”

     

  • Mary Oishi Author Talk

    Mary Oishi Author Talk

    Mary Oishi, the “Pandemic Poet Laureate” of Albuquerque, will be reading from and signing her latest collection of poetry, Sidewalk Cruiseship. The book is a moving exploration of motherhood, war, and compassion.

  • Contemporary Rebel Woman Reading

    Contemporary Rebel Woman Reading

    Shirley Campbell Barr, Suzanne Barr, and Yashika Graham will share their poetry and prose.

     

    Shirley Campbell Barr will read selections from her five poetry collections. She has written De Negro Vengo Ataviada, the seminal Rotundamente Negra y Otras Poemas, and Palabras Indelebles de Poetas Negras. Suzanne Barr is the author of My Ackee Tree: A Chef’s Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen. Yashika Graham is a Jamaican writer, visual artist, and author of the forthcoming poetry collection Some of Us Can Go Back Home.

    Presented as part of the AfroMundo Festival.

    Photo: Shirley Campbell Barr

  • Lamya’s Poem Watch Party

    Lamya’s Poem Watch Party

    A refugee girl is inspired by a poem by Rumi in this beautiful animated film. Enjoy the film and free snacks!

    See the trailer HERE.

  • Moving Stories with National Dance Institute of NM

    Moving Stories with National Dance Institute of NM

    Enjoy the exciting culmination of a collaboration between the Hiland Company dancers, Hiland Artistic Director Layla Amis, and Urban Verbs founders Hakim Bellamy, Colin Diles, and Carlos Contreras.

     

    The performance uses poetry, music, art and dance to reflect on our inner and outer worlds: As we become more deeply ourselves coupled and learn respect and compassion for one another, we can bring any dream into being.

     

    Doors open at 6:30. Get your tickets HERE!

  • Moving Stories with National Dance Institute of NM

    Moving Stories with National Dance Institute of NM

    Enjoy the exciting culmination of a collaboration between the Hiland Company dancers, Hiland Artistic Director Layla Amis, and Urban Verbs founders Hakim Bellamy, Colin Diles, and Carlos Contreras.

     

    The performance uses poetry, music, art and dance to reflect on our inner and outer worlds: As we become more deeply ourselves coupled and learn respect and compassion for one another, we can bring any dream into being.

     

    Doors open at 6:30. Get your tickets HERE!

  • From Decimas to Spoken Word: AfroMundo Festival Event

    Explores the poetic tradition of decimas in the context of poetry as a means of resistance for Afro peoples. With poet Eleuterio Santiago-Díaz and special guest artists Pauila Melissa Alves, aka Mel Adún, Marcus Gonçalves da Silva, aka Guellwaar Adún, Monice Aguilar, J. Gourdin, and Leandro Pita.

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