Saturday
and Sunday, April 26 & 27, 2008
Participant in the LA Times Festival of Books at UCLA campus,
Los Angeles, CA. For more information contact the LA Times
Festival of Books:
www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/contact.html
Tuesday,
April 29, 2008
A Judge in the "Poetry Out Loud" National Recitation Competition
Finals, Washington, DC. Also noon Congressional meeting
and a 4:30 PM dinner meeting with judges. And 7 PM judging
of the 12 finalists.
Contact: Stephen Young, Poetry Foundation 312-799-8002
Wednesday,
May 7 through Friday, May 9, 2008
Sonoma County Library and Schools, Santa Rosa, CA: A public
lecture, four school visits, and dinner.
Contact: Kathy DeWeese 707-545-0831x513
From
December 2007 to May 2008
Lancaster State Prison, Lancaster, CA writing project with
maximum security prisoners. Includes two Sundays a month
through May, with a possible anthology of prison writing
at the end. Part of the Lancaster Prison Arts Education
program with Lucinda Thomas.
Sunday,
June 7, 2008
Participant with Tia Chucha's Bookstore & Cultural Center
and hundreds of writers, vendors, musicians, poets, and
community members at the annual Feria del Libro, downtown
Los Angeles.
Wednesday,
July 16, 2008
Summer Bridge Program conference, Walnut, CA. One-hour keynote
talk and book-signing.
Contact: Laura Gonzalez 909-594-5611 x 6375
Saturday,
June 21, 2008
Luis Rodriguez will be on hand at Tia Chucha's 3rd Annual
"Celebrating Words" Festival from noon to 7 PM at El Cariso
Park, 13100 Hubbard Street, Sylmar, CA 91342, co-sponsored
by LA City's Department of Cultural Affairs. Community vendors,
food, raffles & prizes, art exhibit, children's activities,
books, and more will be featured. Also on stage will be
Very Be Careful, El Vuh, Besskepp, Street Poets, The Blends,
Poets of the Round Table, Danza Temachtia Quezalcoatl, and
much more.
Contact: Frank Escamilla 818-896-1479 or go to: www.tiachucha.com
Sunday,
August 3, 2008
Tia Chucha's Bookstore & Cultural Center's Second Annual
"Celebrating Community & Culture; Si Se Puede, Yes We Can!"
benefit event at the world famous Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood,
CA. Contact:
Frank Escamilla 818-896-1479.
August
19 to 24, 2008
Luis Rodriguez will be teacher/poet for "Holding the Thread
of Life: A Mentoring Retreat for Younger and Older Men"
with Michael Meade, Jack Kornfield and Orland Bishop. Sponsored
by Mosaic Multicultural Foundation. Woodlands Camp in Mendocino,
CA.
Contact: Jacob: 800-233-6984 or info@mosaicvoices.org
Monday
& Tuesday, November 3 & 4, 2008
King’s College, Wilkes Barre, PA. Class visits, informal
lunch, evening poetry reading & talk.
Tony Grasso 570-208-5900 x5631
Wednesday
Nov 5, 2008
Salem College, Salem, North Carolina. Lecture, book signing
dinner & class.
Contact: Ginger Hendricks 336-721-2851.
Thursday
Nov 6, 2008
Coalition of Essential Schools Conference, Charlotte, NC
. Keynote, book signing, reception.
Contact:
Jay Feldman 510-433-1914.
