Tuesday,
January 17th 2012 - 7 PM - Library
Foundation of Los Angeles, ALOUD series Mark Taper
Auditorium, Central Library 630 W. 5th Street, Los
Angeles CA 90071.
Website: www.lfla.org/aloud;
Phone: 213.228.7025 - RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED
Saturday,
January 21, 2012 -
Contributors to the PM Press anthology, "Send My Love
and a Molotov Cocktail: Stories of Crime, Love and
Rebellion," including Luis J. Rodriguez, John A. Imani,
Larry Fondation, Penny Mickelbury, moderated by Gary
Phillips, will discuss the intersection between fiction
and politics. Co-sponsored by PM Press and the fair
living and advocacy website fourstory.org. 2 to 3:30
pm at the William Grant Still Art Center, 2520 S.
West View Street, L.A. CA 90016.
Contact: 213-847-1540
Sunday,
January 22, 2012 -
Poetry reading
at Avenue 50 Studio, 131 North Avenue 50, Highland
Park, CA. 2 to 4 pm.
Contact: Luivette Resto (luivette@yahoo.com)
or Kathy Gallegos 323-258-1435
Tuesday,
February 7 and Friday, February 10, 2012 -
Reading, panel, reception and other activities at
the New Profit Inc. conference, Coral Gables, FL.
Contact: Jacqueline Lewis 617-252-2302
Friday
& Saturday, February 24 & 25, 2012 -
University of
Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Evening keynote address for campus
& community; next morning, teachers conference keynote.
Contact: Lisa Scherff 205-348-5872
Wednesday,
February 29 to Saturday, March 3, 2012 - Panelist
and reader with Tia Chucha Press book table and book
signings at the Associated Writers Program Conference,
Chicago Hilton, Chicago, IL. This is not for the public.
Also poetry reading for the Chicago community at the
Guild Complex on Friday, March 2 at 6:30 pm with Michael
Warr, Patricia Smith (and other Tia Chucha Press poets).
Contact: Kimberly Dixon 877-394-5061
Wednesday,
April 4, 2012 - Michigan
State University, East Lansing, MI. Class, lunch,
conversation, dinner, and evening reading.
Contact: Anita Skeen517-884-1932
Thursday,
April 19, 2012 - Reedley
Community College, Reedley, CA (near Fresno). Evening
lecture, Q&A, and book signing.
Contact: David Borofka 559-638-3641
Friday
and Saturday, April 20 and 21, 2012 - Reading
at the 11th Annual Power of Poetry Festival in Logan,
Ohio. Other invited poets include Allison Luterman
and Greg Kimura.
Contact: Alan Cohen at owl111@frontier.com
Saturday,
May 12, 2012 - Participant
in Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural's annual literacy
& performing arts outdoor festival, "Celebrating Words:
Written, Performed & Sung." Mission College, Sylmar,
CA.
Contact: Margarita 818-939-3433
Tuesday
& Wednesday, June 13 & 14, 2012 - Peninsula
Conflict Resolution Center, San Mateo, CA. Dinner
& board meeting discussion; next day, a youth visit
& a luncheon with a 20-minute talk on Community Building
followed by Q&A and book signing.
Contact: Michelle Vilchez 650-513-0330
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Tuesday,
August 14 to Sunday, August 19, 2012 - Teacher/Poet
for Mosaic Multicultural's Foundation's annual men's
conference at Woodland Camp, Mendocino, CA.
Contact: Jacob at info@mosaicvoices.com
Tuesday
& Wednesday, September 18 &19, 2012 - Reston
Community Center, Reston , Virginia. A Town Hall meeting
and an “outreach” visit to a disenfranchised group.
Contact: Linda Ifert 703-390-6168
