Events

OCTOBER 2018

• 10/19, 9AM-11AM,  A Good Time for the Truth, an online book club discussion for University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Community Vitality.

 

SEPTEMBR 2018

• 9/15, 2:00-3:15 pm, Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Minneapolis, Seeking Justice and Making Trouble: Artists' Perspectives on the Paradox of Peace Part 2,  Augsburg University, Oren Gateway, Room 100.  You must register and purchase tickets for this event. 
  
  
• 9/14, 11:15 am-12:30 pm, Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Minneapolis, Seeking Justice and Making Trouble: Artists' Perspectives on the Paradox of Peace Part 1, Augsburg University, Oren Gateway, Room 100.  You must register and purchase tickets for this event. 

JULY 2018

• 7/28, 3:30 pm, Augsburg University, INAPPROPRIATE: A Talk About Cultural Appropriation 
  free and open to the public  - Hagfors Center, Room 150A&B, 700 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55454
  
  
• 7/24, 6pm, LALA Festival 2018, Poetry Workshop by Poetry Asylum 
  
  
• 7/16, 7pm, Moon Palace Books, Poetry Reading with Joseph Legaspi, 신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin, and May Lee-Yang

JUNE 2018

• 6/20 - 6/25 , Faculty at Kundiman Retreat in New York City

MAY 2018

• 5/26, 2pm, Brooklyn Park Public Library, poetry talk, free and open to the public
  
  
• 5/12, 8 pm, Poetry Asylum Party and Fundraiser, with LOTT and DJ Devata Daun, tickets $25, available on Evenbrite soon!, cosponsored by and held at Public Functionary, Minneapolis
  
  
• 5/10, 3:45 pm, St. Catherine University, Serving the Whole Child, St. Paul

APRIL 2018

• 4/14, 2 pm, Brooklyn Park Public Library, reading and talk for National Poetry Month, free and open to the public
  
  
• 4/14, 8 pm, Poetry Asylum reading with LeAnn Roripaugh (South Dakota Poet Laureate) and guests, Moon Palace Books, Minneapolis, free and open to the public
  
  
• 4/19, 6 pm, Burroughs Elementary, discussion facilitation
  
  
• 4/21, 7 pm, Minnesota Book Awards, presenting Poetry Award, tickets needed
  
  
• 4/28, 7 pm, Poetry Asylum presents the 9th annual Great Twin Cities Poetry Read, Moon Palace Books, free and open to the public

 

MARCH 2018

• 3/24 - 25, RELAY RELAY: an interview marathon on contemporary performance, Red Eye Theater, 15 W 14th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403, full schedule here, tickets needed
  
  
• 3/13, 5:30 pm, "Minnesota Nice & Race," University of St. Thomas, A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, St. Paul 
  
  
• 3/8, 6 pm, Burroughs Elementary with IBé and Shannon Gibney, A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, Minneapolis 
  
  
• 3/5, 6 pm, Hamline University, Matt Rasmussen's elegy class, St. Paul
  
  
• 3/3, 11:30 am, Poetics of Forgiveness Project, Lake of Dreams Launch, East Lake Library with Mukhtar Ibrahim (MPR reporter), cosponsored by PEN America, Minneapolis, free and open to the public

FEBRUARY 2018

• 2/28, 5 pm, "Local Press Freedom Initiatives," PEN America Board of Trustees meeting, New York 
  
  
• 2/18, 1 pm, Lake Harriet United Methodist Church with Shannon Gibney, A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, Minneapolis, free and open to the public
  
  
• 2/15, 7 pm, Civic Poetics reading and panel, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, free and open to the public
  
  
• 2/10, 8 pm, Poetry Asylum reading with Marcie Rendon and guests, Assembly 2854 Columbus Ave. S, Minneapolis, free and open to the public 
  
  
• 2/1, 6 pm, "Identity and Inclusion," Serving the Whole Child, St. Catherine University, St. Paul 

JANUARY 2018

• 1/19, 8 pm, Poetry Asylum reading with Kaveh Akbar and guests, Moon Palace Books, Minneapolis, free and open to the public
  
• 1/17, 10:30 am, convocation presentation, Concordia University, A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, St. Paul