The Complete Deaths of William
Shakespeare
Friday,
January 15 at 8 pm; Saturday, January 16 at 8 pm; and Sunday, January 17 at 4
pm
St.
Mary’s Community Center
3900
Roland Ave
Baltimore,
Maryland 21211
Celebrating
the 400th Anniversary Year of Shakespeare’s death, Cohesion Theatre Company and Baltimore Shakespeare Factory present a
devised work of stage combat, bard appreciation, and silliness encompassing every
death of every character written into all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays (and maybe
a few that aren’t). Join us for an evening of non-stop mayhem and fun as we
slaughter our way through every single death Shakespeare ever wrote on stage.
Second Annual POE-Zella
Saturday,
January 16 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
1145
Hollins St,
Baltimore,
Maryland 21223
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, and to honor his
207th birthday, the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum (203 N. Amity) will
celebrate one of our City’s most famous denizens by having a party, exhibition
and benefit. This event, our second “POE-Zella!”, is a free juried Poe-inspired
party, benefit exhibition, and silent auction. It is scheduled to be held at Zella’s Pizzeria on
January 16 from 2:00 – 6:00 pm. (Time subject to change.) While, entry to this special event is
free, donations at the door are encouraged to help sustain the mission to
promote and interpret Edgar Allan Poe’s life, death, and legacy in Baltimore.
Paul Lisicky—The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship
Saturday,
January 16 from 6:00 pm to __
Politics
& Prose Bookstore
5015
Connecticut Ave NW
Washington,
District of Columbia 20008
Lisicky
is a novelist, essayist, editor of StoryQuarterly,
and a teacher in the MFA program at Rutgers University-Camden. Picking up from
the shorter reminiscences of Famous
Builder, Lisicky’s fifth book explores two very different and deeply
meaningful relationships. Charting the end of his marriage, a friend’s cancer
diagnosis, and his own sharp response to the larger wounds of Haiti’s
earthquake, the Gulf oil spill, and other natural and man-made disasters,
Lisicky’s memoir is a moving account of what holds a life together, tears it
apart, and allows it to heal again. Lisicky will be in conversation with
Richard McCann, President of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, American University
MFA writing teacher and the author of Mother
of Sorrows and Ghost Letters
Sunday Kind of Love, Hosted by
Sarah Browning and Katy Richey, Featuring Fady Joudah and Fatimah Asghar
Sunday,
January 17, at 5:00 pm
2021
14th St NW
Washington,
District of Columbia 20009
Sunday Kind
of Love Open Mic Poetry features emerging and established poets from the
Washington, DC area and around the nation. Each program includes one to two
featured poets and an open mic segment. Co-sponsored
by Split
This Rock, the national organization dedicated to poetry of provocation and
witness.
Free Writing Workshop with Split
This Rock and The Beltway Poetry Slam
Wednesday,
January 20 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Split
This Rock
1112
16th St NW, Sixth Floor Conference Room
Washington,
District of Columbia 20036
Split
This Rock and The Beltway Poetry Slam are hosting bi-monthly writing workshops
on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month. All ages are welcome; no need to
RSVP. Just come ready to write! If you have any questions, please email
info@splitthisrock.org or call 202-787-5210.
David Ebenbach, Kathy Flann, and
Leslie Pietrzyk
Thursday,
January 21, at 7:00 pm
The
Ivy Bookshop
6080
Falls Road
Baltimore,
Maryland 21209
Join
us for a reading by three acclaimed writers of short fiction, poetry, and essay.
Poets Unite!
Saturday,
January 23, 2:00 pm
National
Portrait Gallery
Nan
Tucker McEvoy Auditorium
8th
St NW & F St NW,
Washington,
DC 20001
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To celebrate the landmark edition, “One Life: Dolores Huerta,” 21st
Poet Laureate Consultant Juan Felipe Herrera, along with poets Arlene Biala
and Diana García, will read newly-commissioned work in response to the
exhibition. Co-sponsored by Letras Latinas, a literary initiative at the
University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, Library of Congress
Hispanic Division, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Asian Pacific
Center, and Smithsonian Latino Center.
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Lines
& Stars Winter
2016 Reading and Ten-Year Anniversary Fete
Monday,
January 25 at 7:00 pm
Colony
Club
3118
George Ave NW,
Washington,
District of Columbia 20010
Please
join us in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 25th for our Winter 2016 Reading
and Ten-Year Anniversary celebration! Jessica Lynn Dotson, whose chapbook Time Trials won our 2015 Mid-Atlantic
Chapbook Series, will be reading her work, as will former L+S contributors Devin Kelly and Mikala Rempe. We'll also be
celebrating ten years of existence. How time flies!
The Welcoming Committee Open Mic Night
Tuesday,
January 26 at 8:00 pm
Busboys
& Poets
1025
5th St NW
Washington,
District of Columbia 20001
Get your hands in snapping position.
TWC is teaming up with Zami to organize an LGBTQ open mic night at Busboys and
Poets! Hop on the open mic for two to five minutes to perform a piece or series
of pieces of your choice. Poets, spoken word performers, singers, comedians,
and acoustic musicians are all welcome. RSVP to the event on Facebook.
The evening will also feature renowned poet and spoken word performer Regie
Cabico! Zami is a monthly gender and sexuality series that seeks to energize
community discourse about the intersections between sexuality, gender, race,
and human rights by bringing together artists, scholars, and community members.
Shulem Deen—All
Who Go Do Not Return
Sunday,
January 31, 10:30 am
Washington
Hebrew Congregation
3935
Macomb St NW
Washington,
District of Columbia 20016
Shulem Deen was raised to believe that questions are
dangerous. As a member of the Skverers, one of the most insular Hasidic sects
in the United States, he knew little about the outside world — only that it is
to be shunned. His marriage at 18 was arranged and several children soon
followed. His first transgression, turning on the radio, was small, but
curiosity led him to the library, and later the Internet. Thus began a feverish
inquiry into the tenets of his religious beliefs, until, several years later,
his faith unraveled entirely. The author of All Who Go Do Not Return, Mr. Deen will trace his
harrowing loss of faith, while offering an illuminating look at this highly
secretive world.
Delmarva Review
Reading
Sunday, January 31 from 2:00 pm – 4:00
pm
The Writer’s Center
4508 Walsh Street
Bethesda, Maryland 20815
The Writer’s Center is pleased to welcome writers from the eighth edition of The Delmarva Review. The event will highlight a “conversation” with Sue Ellen Thompson and Anne Colwell about writing They, Thompson’s celebrated boo of poems about acceptance and raising a transgender child. Her book inspired the selection of the Review’s cover image by Portuguese photographer Jorge Pereira Rudolfoelias. A reception with the writers and editors follows.
Poetry, Presidents, and
Photography
Sunday,
January 31, 2:00 pm
National
Portrait Gallery
First
Floor, Education Center
8th
St NW & F St NW,
Washington,
DC 20001
Join
curator and poet David Ward and poet Steve Scafidi in the Dark Fields of the
Republic galleries for a poetry reading.
1 comment:
I still can't get over this great place I recently visited! This isn't only a good place. It is also one of the best around here. There isn't a listing of the unique offerings, although there should be! The venues Chicago were magnificent!
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