The Week in Poetry

Thank you to P.C. McKinnon for compiling the information below:

MONDAY APRIL 6 – FRIDAY APRIL 10
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM: KRTU Radio: Jazz & Poetry lunch feature with Aaron Prado and Jim LaVilla-Havelin

TUESDAY APRIL 7
10:30 AM: LEON VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY (LVPL) / 6425 Evers
“Poetry Story Time: Poetry for Toddlers,” including tips on sharing
poetry with young children and recommended resources
7:00 PM: LEON VALLEY CITY HALL
Poetry Month in Leon Valley – a Mayoral Proclamation & Poetry
Calendar

WEDNESDAY APRIL 8
7:00 PM: TRINITY UNIVERSITY / Attic Theater
Barbara Ras and Ellen Watson conversation & reading

THURSDAY APRIL 9
6:00-8:00 PM: SAN JACINTO SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER / 1512 El Paso St
In collaboration with “El Placazo Community Newspaper”
OPEN MIC and Poetry Reading Night (info: 226-7466)

SATURDAY APRIL 11
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM: LVPL, during LV Trade & Market Days
“Poetree” Children writer/illustrate poems on leaf-shaped paper to be placed on the “tree”
“Poetry Path” participants use a provided map and make stops at “poetry places/” Those visiting all the stops on the path receive a “Poetry Lover” button at the Library
10:30 AM: LVPL / 6425 Evers
Share Your Poem – local poets are invited to read
6:30 PM: GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
Westside Poets Celebrate National Poetry Month
Ramon Vasquez & Santiago Garcia’s group of writers & musicians

SUNDAY APRIL 12
10:00 am – NOON: GOVERNMENT CANYON STATE NATURAL AREA
Family Poetry Hike: Parents and children ages 8-up will enjoy a short hike and writing poetry together – magnifying glasses and writing journals – in hand (provided) Reservations: (reservations@friendsofgc,org)
THIRD COAST STUDIO in SEASHELL VILLAGE / Port Aransas
6th “Texas Laughing Gull Writing Contest Awards,” with high school Emerging Writers Poetry Contest Winners (info: 361 / 749-7334)