Houston Public Library’s Poetry Reading Series
Start the New Year at the Houston Public Library’s Poetry Reading Series |
| WHAT: Everyone is invited to start the New Year by listening to the imagery and emotion of poetic words spoken by talented local and visiting poets at the Houston Public Library’s (HPL) Public Poetry Reading Event. Afterwards, the audience can meet the poets and have copies of their books signed. This poetry reading series is presented by the Houston Public Library in partnership with Public Poetry. The event is free and open to the public. For more details visit www.houstonlibrary.org or call 832-393-1313. WHO:
WHEN: WHERE: Saturday, January 7, 2011 | 2 PMFeatured Guest — Ad Deum Dance Company is one of Houston’s leading professional contemporary dance companies. The company is comprised of dance artists that have relocated to Houston from all across the USA and also from several continents. Their work is described as soul stirring and passionately inspiring. The company performs locally and offers tours internationally. They have been invited by the governments of both Mexico and Malaysia to perform as special guests. In Houston, they have participated in Texas Weekend of Contemporary Dance at Miller Outdoor Theatre, Dance Houston at Hobby Center, East Meets West at Miller Outdoor, Dance Days at Discovery Green and seasonal shows at Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex. Local PoetsOutspoken Bean is the project coordinator for Metafour Houston and is a member of the Houston VIP National Slam Team, resident poet with Writers in the Schools, Young Audiences of Houston, Harris County Department of Education, Texas Commission on the Arts, and Watermill Center. Bean is a profound performer who has shared stages with Cornel West, Talib Kweli, M.C. Lyte, and Buddy Wakefield. Radames Ortiz’s work has appeared in numerous literary journals including, “Gulf Coast,” “Texas Observer,” “Open City,” “Hayden’s Ferry Review,” “Cortland Review,” and “Exquisite Corpse.” His work has also been collected in various anthologies including “US Latino Literature Today,” “Regeneration: Telling Stories from Our Twenties,” and “Is This Forever, Or What?: Poems and Paintings from Texas.” You can follow him on Twitter @radameso and read his blog at theamplifiedbard.blogspot.com. Loueva Smith’s poetry has been published in “DoubleTake,” “The Texas Review,” “The Louisiana Review,” “Kalliope,” and “Pearl.” Her plays, “Wounded Woman Fashion Show,” and “Bruna Bunny and Baby Girl,” were performed at The Houston Fringe Festival in 2008 and 2009. Her latest work is a hand-made, fur covered book of love poems: “Book of Wool and Fur.” Randall Watson’s “The Sleep Accusations” received the 2004 Blue Lynx Poetry Award, and is currently available from Carnegie Mellon University Press. His first book, “Las Delaciones del Sueno,” was published in a bi-lingual edition by the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, Mexico. His novella, “Petals,” (under the pseudonym Ellis Reece), won the 2006-07 Quarterly West Novella Competition. About the Houston Public Library For further information, visit the Houston Public Library at www.houstonlibrary.org or call 832-393-1313. |
