POETRY FEST IS BACK!
Announcing the 2023 5th Annual Poetry Fest: Jersey Proud.
Jersey City Writers honors home-grown wordsmiths with a special series of hybrid events. Join us in welcoming poets from around the Garden State as we celebrate the words that shape us and the stories we can’t forget. We’ve recruited the poetic dream team. Don’t miss a word of it!
ASL interpreters will be present at all JCW Jersey Proud events.
THE PATH OF THE POET
APR. 13 | 7:00 PM
CITY HALL
2nd FLOOR
Jersey City Poet Laureates Rescue Poetix (2020-2022) and Ann E. Wallace PhD (2022-2024) share what it takes to go from an emerging writer to an honored wordsmith. Join our panel discussion at Council Chambers (2nd Floor) City Hall in Downtown Jersey City to discover your path to poetic success.
Presented by Jersey City Writers, Poet Laureate Ann Wallace, and Jersey City's Office of Cultural Affairs.
Supported by public funds from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund.
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HOMETOWN ADVANTAGE
MAY 10 | 6:00 PM
DINEEN HULL ART GALLERY
HUDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
The Hoboken Museum poet-in-residence Danny Shot has been writing about his passions for decades (How to Write the Great New Jersey Poem and Cars). During this combined lecture/workshop at Hudson County Community College (71 Sip Ave), learn how to best express your love for the Garden State through poetry.
Supported by public funds from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund.
POETRY Ayscue
JUN. 14 | 6:00 PM
DINEEN HULL ART GALLERY
HUDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
It's poetry, just a little Ayscue, in fact, Mariah Ayscue, a Montclair native and Spoken Word wonder, performs some of his best work at Hudson County Community College (71 Sip Ave), and shares his poetry story through and beyond the LGBTQ+ perspective.
Supported by public funds from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund.
HOW TO BE A SLAM POET WITH RADI the Poet
JUL. 12 | 6:00 PM
JERSEY CITY FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
MILLER BRANCH
Award-winning poet One Name, All Caps: RADI's work covers a number of topics that reflect her real life experience as a proud Fat Black Lesbian Achieving. Please join us at the Jersey City Free Public Library (489 Bergen Ave) for an electric performance from this 4x New Jeru Slam Champion and get solid advice on how to attain slam perfection.
