The Sound of Cicadas: Poetry Reading & Roundtable

Start: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 6:00PM
End: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 8:00PM

Featuring NM Poet Laureate Lauren Camp, Albuquerque Poet Laureate Emeritus Hakim Bellamy, Academy of American Poets 2023 First Book Award Winner Sara Daniele Rivera and Scott Wiggerman, Founder of Dos Gatos Press. We invite you to join us for an evening of poetry and conversation with these incredibly talented poets. Poets will share their own work for the first hour, then we will have an open panel, or roundtable, discussion. The theme for the evening's discussion is "The Art of Performance" and poets will share varying perspectives on the importance and tradition of sharing poetry through verbal expression and the ways in which poetry continues to engage in the oral tradition. This event is free of charge, and is a kickoff event for the Chicharra Poetry Festival taking place March 20-22 across Albuquerque. The festival offers numerous free workshops, open mics and events for everyone, no matter what style of poetry you prefer. We wish to express our tremendous gratitude for our sponsors, ABQ Arts & Culture, The Hispano Chamber of Commerce and Cheeky Monkey Tattoos, as well as the Albuquerque Museum for supporting this event, and the Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival. For details on other opportunities for poets to engage, participate and witness the full event schedule, please visit our website at www.cicadapoetryslamfestival.com