| September 20, 2009 |
| 5:00 PM | to | 8:00 PM |
Tara Betts will celebrate the release of debut collection ARC & HUE at the Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NY, NY, near Bleecker & Houston. Featured guest poets and performers include: Rachel McKibbens, Latasha Natasha Diggs, Nemiss, Giselle Buchanan from the Urban Word NYC ‘09 slam team, host Mahogany Browne and others.
| November 11, 2009 |
| 7:00 PM | to | 9:00 PM |
Tara Betts, Rachel McKibbens and Willie Perdomo will read on behalf of the Acentos crew at the Poets Out Loud series. Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus,
12th Floor Lounge, 113 W. 60th Street, New York, NY. Email pol@fordham.edu for more information.
| November 9, 2009 |
| 7:00 PM | to | 10:00 PM |
The Molly Malone’s Open Mic features a very special evening with Tara Betts. This long-running Chicago area open mic is hosted Nina Corwin and Al DeGenova. Molly Malone’s is located at 7652 Madison Street, Forest Park, IL.
| November 5, 2009 |
| 6:30 PM | to | 8:30 PM |
Tara Betts, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Marilyn Nelson, Patricia Smith and Patricia Spears Jones read to represent Cave Canem and some of the regional instructors and summer faculty at The New School, Arnold Hall, 55 W. 13th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY. This event is free and open to the public. Email Camille at CamilleRankine@ccpoets.org for additional info.
| October 17, 2009 |
| 3:00 PM | to | 4:25 PM |
The Massachusetts Poetry Festival includes a showcase featuring Cave Canem poets at
St. Anne’s Church, 8 Kirk Street, Lowell, MA, hosted by Afaa Michael Weaver and Jarita Davis. Readers include: Tara Betts, Metta Sama, DeLana R.A. Dameron, January O’Neil, Jarita Davis, Jericho Brown, Lillian Bertram, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Venus Trash, Joy Gonsalves, and Johnny Davis.
| October 5, 2009 |
| 7:00 PM | to | 10:00 PM |

Bar 13, 35 E. 13th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
Tara Betts will be featuring at this reading series in the heart of Union Square to celebrate the release of her debut poetry collection “Arc and Hue” (Aquarius Press/Willow Books). Email webmaster@louderarts.com for information about upcoming readings.