MOXIE Theatre & The Electric Company Theatre PresentI And You by Lauren GundersonDirected by Callie Prendiville From MOXIE’s Stage to Your ScreenMarch 5, 2021 is San Diego Poetry Annual Night, featuring post-show Q&A with SDPA’s Michael Klam and Anthony Blacksher! With over 200 productions worldwide and penned by America’s most produced living playwright, I AND YOU is…
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Last of 2020 Poets at the Bench featuring Sage and Klam
From Deborah Ramos, host of Poets at the Bench: Please join the global community for our next online Poets at the Bench on Sunday, Nov. 29, at 3 p.m. I am honored to have two featured poets for the last Zoom bench of the year, Michael Klam and Sage. Sage is a 15-year-old creative, growing up in San Diego, Calif. As a San Diego High…
New Books by Michael Klam and Jimmy Jazz, $1,000 Kowit Poetry Prize, Sounds of Change
Publish your poetry in the San Diego Poetry Annual. Submissions open until Oct. 15. Click here for guidelines. The window for the $1,000 Steve Kowit Poetry Prize also closes Oct. 15: https://sdeag.submittable.com/submit. Sounds of Change Poetry, Performance and Politics Voter turnout! Not voter suppression! Poetry, Performance, and Politics with Gill Sotu, Sharon Elise, Lori Walkington,…
Mary F. Lenox, Broken Anchor Poetry Zoom, Saturday, June 27, 1:00 p.m.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Mary F. Lenox is a poet, writer, speaker, and educator. She was a professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the School of Library and Information Science, later serving as dean for 12 years. She is the author of two books of poetry, Threads of Grace: Selected Poems (2015) and Riches…
SDPA Celebration Zoom with SD’s first poet laureate Ron Salisbury, Al Zolynas, open mic
The San Diego Poetry Annual (SDPA) and Border Voices Poetry Project (BV) present our first combined online reading and open mic. Our features for the evening are the first ever San Diego Poet Laureate Ron Salisbury, Garden Oak Press author Al Zolynas, writers published in SDPA and the upcoming BV anthology, and you! Ron and…
Poetry Karaoke winners and Michael Klam & Sharon Elise at Amplified
Congratulations to Tia Meredith for nabbing another first place win with her performance of John S. Hall’s “My Lover” in the style of Gospel. Second place went to Karalani Cross with Jane Hirshfield’s “The Poet” in the style of Musical Theater, and third place went to Gill Sotu for his rendition of Billy Collins’ “Cheerios”…
Poetry & Art, Friday, Oct. 18
Featuring Emdash, Bethel Swift, Andy Palasciano, Pat Andrus, Chris Nelson, and Christophver R, along with Poetry Karaoke
Fall for Writing, Poetry Karaoke, Acid Vault & upcoming P&A
On Saturday, Aug. 31, at 6 p.m., join hosts Judy Reeves and Steve Montgomery along with judges Michael Klam, Kristen Fogle, and Carol Moscrip for another lively session of San Diego Writers, Ink’s Open Mic Poetry Karaoke. Grab a binder filled with poems of all kinds—from Angelou to Yeats, Brooks to Whitman—and select the one…
Kowit Kickoff, Submissions open for SDPA
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…
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…
