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Poetry with Teresa Breeden & Melanie Perish
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesCarson City poet Teresa Breeden is aware that words can both create and destroy as she uses her words as a means to begin a conversation about the complexities of relationships. Her poetry book, Handling Shadows, explores the dark and light sides of parenting and families. Melanie Perish, from Reno, is a gender fluid crone […]
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2026 Poetry Out Loud Nevada State Finals
FeaturedJoe Crowley Student Union Theatre - University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, United StatesNevada high school students from six counties across the state advanced through school and county-level Poetry Out Loud recitation competitions. At this statewide gathering, these students will share prepared memorized recitations of selected poetry. The winner of this gathering will represent the state of Nevada in the National Poetry Out Loud Finals held in Washington, […]
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BMI Live: On Persian Poetry and the Art of Translation: Celebrating Ahmad Shamlou’s Centennial featuring Niloufar Talebi and Maryam Ala Amjadi
Beverly Rogers Literature and Law Building (RLL), UNLV 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV, United StatesNiloufar Talebi’s new book, a bilingual edition of Ahmad Shamlou, one of Iran’s most influential 20th-century poets, showcases her skill and dedication as a translator and cultural worker. In Elegies of the Earth, published to mark the poet’s centennial, Talebi brings Shamlou’s revolutionary voice of resistance and modernity to English readers. Join Maryam Ala Amjadi, […]
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BMI Live: Nature is What We Come To in the Practice of Remembering featuring Saretta Morgan with Lazarus Letcher, Erica Vital-Lazare, and Claytee D. White
West Las Vegas Library 951 W. Lake Mead, Las Vegas, NV, United StatesThis conversation opens a space to celebrate the rich perspectives of Black artists, social change makers, and everyday folks who’ve deepened our capacities to feel, observe, and be present to natural worlds that are often weaponized against us as Black people shaped in various ways by the U.S. South (east/west). Coming from a range of […]
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Poetry Out Loud National Finals
Washington, DC, Venue TBC TBC, Washington, DC, United StatesHigh school Poetry Out Loud State Champions will share prepared readings of selected poetry and represent their state in the 2026 National Poetry Out Loud Finals. Students from all U.S. territories will gather in Washington, D.C., and compete over a span of two days while sharing prepared readings of selected poetry. Venue details to be […]