DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities: Poet Laureate Programs
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Poet Laureate Programs

Below is the current schedule of programs for 2006 and 2007. For more information on these programs, please call (202) 724-5613.

Date and Time Event
Place
Saturday,
January 7, 2 pm
Photo Shoot/Collective Voices
Martin Luther King Jr. Library
901 G Street, NW
Monday,
January 9, 6 pm
21st Mayor's Arts Awards
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Concert Hall
2700 F Street, NW
Saturday,
January 14
2 pm - 5:30 pm
Reading/Collective Voices
Martin Luther King Jr. Library
901 G Street, NW
Saturday,
January 28, 6:30 pm
Poet-in-Progress Reading
The Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Friday,
February 3, 11 am
Review Panelist for VSA Arts
VSA Arts
818 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 600
Wednesday,
February 15
Noon-1:30 pm
Poetry in the Workplace/Reading Celebrating Black History Month
Press Room
Mayor of the District of Columbia
Sunday,
April 2, TBA
Panelist
Women's Democratic Club
Thursday,
April 6, 6 pm
Phoenix Dance Theatre
British Embassy
3100 Massachussetts Avenue, NW
Wednesday,
April 19, 11 am
Reading
Arts for the Aging, Inc.
6917 Arlington Road, Suite 352
Bethesda, MD  20814
Tuesday,
April 25, TBA
Reading
Lake Braddock School
9200 Burke Lake Road, Burke, VA
Sunday,
April 23,
7:30 pm 
Honored Guest at the DC Hall of Fame 2006 Induction Ceremonies
Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H Street NW
Friday,
April 21, 6pm
Honored Guest
The Center for the Book
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., SE
Friday,
May 5, 6 pm
Larry Neal Awards Ceremony
Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Monday - Friday,
May 15 - 19
Visiting Poet
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday,
May 30, TBA
Poetry Awards for Senior High School Students
Duke Ellington School for the Arts
3500 R Street, NW
June TBA
Reading
 
Veteran's Medical Center
50 Irving Street, NW
Tuesday, June 20, 7 pm Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center Film Event
Iglesias Conference Center
Inter-American Development Bank
1300 New York Avenue, NW
Friday, June 23,
10 am
Graduation Address
The Foundation School
 
Monday, June 26, 6:30 PM
Reading
Canadian Embassy
501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Tuesday, June 27, Noon Meeting with the Canadian Arts Council DC Arts Commission
Friday, July 14, Noon DC Hip Hop Theater Festival
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Wednesday, September 13, 2 pm Meeting on "The Same Boat" DC Arts Commission
Monday - Thursday, September 18 - 21 Reading with the Poet Laureate of Canada Edmonton, Canada
Saturday, September 30, 5:30 pm Poetry Reading and Sailing
Tall Ship
Maritime Commission
Washington, DC
September, TBA Poetry in the Workplace Event
British Council/British Embassy
3100 Massachussetts Avenue, NW
Thursday,
October 12
Poetry in the Workplace Event
VSA Arts
818 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 600
Wednesday,
October 18
Guest Speaker at Exeter Alumni Event Yale Club, New York
Tuesday,
November 14
Poetry Reading and Speech
International Institute for
US Fullbright Program
November, TBA Centennial Celebration of Paul Laurence Dunbar with actor David Toney
TBA
Monday,
December 11
First Installment of new monthly Poetry Series "In Praise of Others: An Awakening of Poets"
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