Thanks to all who came out for the last Poetry & Art event at the San Diego Art Institute, and thanks to feature reg e gaines! Join the San Diego Poetry Annual on July 10 from 6:30-8pm at the Central Library’s Neil Morgan Auditorium for the Kowit Kickoff open mic. Submissions are now open for…
SDPA at Poetry & Art with reg e gaines on June 14
On Friday, June 14, Poetry & Art Series 2019 at the San Diego Art Institute (SDAI) presents the 2018-19 San Diego Poetry Annual (SDPA) reading. The event features author, director and Tony Award-winning playwright reg e gaines, who contributed poetry to this year’s SDPA. Authors published in the 2018-‘19 SDPA and Kids! San Diego Poetry Annual…
reg e gaines
Playwright, poet and director
Malachi Black
Malachi Black will perform at Poetry & Art on April 12 at the San Diego Art Institute. Malachi Black is the author of Storm Toward Morning (Copper Canyon Press, 2014), a finalist for the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber First Book Award and a selection for the PSA’s New American Poets Series (chosen by…
P&A Cultures Connect April 12, Poetry Karaoke Returns at the San Diego Writers Festival
Happy National Poetry Month! Don’t miss this year’s Cultures Connect at SDAI on April 12. Tap here for all the details. Poetry Karaoke is back on April 13 at San Diego Writers Festival! Check out the details from host Judy Reeves. San Diego Writers Festival info: https://sandiegowritersfestival.com/ April 12 P&A links: San Diego Reader San…
Poetry & Art Series @ SDAI, April 12
On Friday, April 12, Poetry & Art Series 2019 at the San Diego Art Institute (SDAI) presents Connect, a reading by renowned authors Kimberly Dark, Malachi Black, Jennifer Minniti-Shippey, Mario DeMatteo, minerva, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, and Gerardo Navarro, a.k.a. Nemónico. People’s Choice open mic follows. Hosted by Michael Klam and Jim Moreno. DJ Gill Sotu will provide music…
Natasha Hooper performs at P&A Feb. 22
Natasha Hooper will step in for Jeff Walt, who is unable to perform at Poetry & Art this Friday. We look forward to hosting Jeff at a later date. Check out the videos of Natasha performing below. Natasha Hooper is an international poet, spoken word artist, activist, and host currently residing in San Diego, Calif….
Jeff Walt
Poet and regional editor of the San Diego Poetry Annual
Poetry Karaoke, Karla Cordero Poem, P&A Feb. 22
Inaugural Poetry Karaoke event at Lestat’s West, a poem by Karla Cordero, and the next P&A at SDAI.
P&A 2019! Feb. 22: Karla Cordero, Jeff Walt; Michael Klam at Spacebar This Weekend
Poetry & Art Series 2019 presents poet, professor, editor Karla Cordero and multiple award-winning poet Jeff Walt with People’s Choice Poem Performance Awards following the features.
Viet Mai wins, Bill Harding’s new novel, and introducing Dylan Hochman
Viet Mai was the adult winner of the $1,000 Poetry & Art poetry performance competition. Here’s his winning poem, “Stolen Superheroes” (video of performance at Da Poetry Lounge in Los Angeles): Come to author and publisher Bill Harding‘s book launch event at the Central Library on Tuesday, Nov. 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m….
$1,000 Poetry contest @ SDAI, Oct. 26
Poetry & Art Series 2018 presents the $1,000 Youth and Adult Poetry Performance Prize.
