April 25 –
Arts Charter Wrap-Around
Jen Karetnick, director of the Miami Arts Charter Creative Writing Program, wraps Miami Arts Charter’s building with a blank canvas of paper. Students, local and visiting poets are encouraged to stop by and paint their own poem on the school.
April 26 – 7:00pm
Abe’s Penny Live Closing
NWSA ArtSeen Gallery
We celebrate the final chance for anyone and everyone to write a poem in response to local photography exhibit in our student-made photography/writing room installations with performances by a local music groups.
April 27 – 7:00pm
Poetry & Poesia
New World Center | SunTrust Pavilion
Forrest Gander, Victor Rodriguez-Nunez & Kate Hedeen
Bi-lingual (Spanish/English).
Thursday, April 28
April 28 – 7:00pm
Yale Anthology of Rap
New World Center | Performance Hall
Adam Bradley, Adrian Castro, Adrian Matejka + special guests
Nationally renowned poets and MCs share a reading of lyrics and poems, celebrating the nexus of poetry and rap.
April 28 – 10:00pm
Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match
Purdy Lounge
Judges: Ben Greenman, Andrew Whiteman, Patricia Engel Contestants: Matt Gajewski, Dave Landsberger, Hialeah Haiku, and Mary Sheffield.
Opium Magazine presents its first Miami edition of the internationally acclaimed Literary Death Match. Celebrity judges rate local performers in a winner-take-all literary talent show. Admission free.
Friday, April 29
5:30pm
Poetry in the Park
Lincoln Park
Talking Head Transmitters, and the Miami Poetry Collective.
Poetic happenings in Lincoln Park, leading up to the reading in the New World Center.
7:30pm
Poetry & Persona
New World Center | SunTrust Pavilion
Actor, writer, artist, and international renaissance man extraordinaire James Franco will read his poetry, alongside his poetic mentor Tony Hoagland, and Miami’s own hometown poetry hero Campbell McGrath
Ticket Click here to purchase tickets from the New World Symphony Box Office.
9:30pm
Broken Social Spam
Purdy Lounge
Andrew Whiteman (Broken Social Scene) & DJ Le Spam (Spam All-Stars)
A special night of experimental poetry, featuring DJ Le Spam’s epically deep collection of poetry vinyl. Admission free.
Saturday, April 30
3:00pm
Poetry & Violence
New World Center | SunTrust Pavilion
Jill McDonough, Brian Turner, & Raul Zurita
A discussion and reading of poetry written for contexts of political violence.
5:30pm
Poetry in the Park
Lincoln Park
Talking Head Transmitters, Miami Poetry Collective
Poetic happenings leading up to the night’s reading in New World Center.
7:00pm
US Poet Laureate Reading
New World Center | SunTrust Pavilion
W.S. Merwin, Carla Faesler
A reading with the current US Poet Laureate. With Mexican poet Carla Faesler, presenting video and projection poems, along with traditional poems. Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) reading.
In addition to the special events, poetry can be found at Biscayne National Park, at Fairchild, at a Miami City Commission Meeting, on abandoned buildings in Miami, by a judge welcoming the daily Jury Pool, Soul Of Miami and everywhere in between!
