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Events

December 17, 2009
6:00 PMto8:00 PM

E.j. Antonio, Tara Betts, Randall Horton and David Mills at Golda Solomon’s PoJazz series.
at PoJazz at Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, New York, New York 10014. Cover: $15 (includes one house drink).

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Tara Betts at Cantab (Cambridge, MA)

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December 16, 2009
8:00 PMto11:00 PM

Tara Betts will be the feature at Boston’s popular poetry slam venue, The Cantab, 738 Massachusetts Ave., near Harvard Yard.

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Pete’s Candy Shop

by Tara on November 30, 2009 · 0 comments

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December 4, 2009
7:00 PMto9:00 PM

PetesBigPoetrySeries

Pete’s Candy Shop, 709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211
Tara Betts, Crystal Williams, Tyrone Williams, and Jackie Clark feature.

Crystal Williams, author of Kin, Lunatic, and Tangled Tongues

Crystal Williams, author of Kin, Lunatic, and Tangled Tongues

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March 25, 2010
12:30 PMto3:30 PM

Tara Betts, author of Arc & Hue (Willow Books/Aquarius Press) and John Murillo, author of the upcoming Up Jump the Boogie (Cypher Books) will reading at and leading workshops for teens on Thursday, March 25, 2010, 12:30 p.m. at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. For more information, check out the National Black Writers Conference online.

The conference founded by novelist John O. Killens and his wife activist Grace Killens. Mrs. Killens made her transition on November 10, 2009, at age 90.

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Tara Betts at Poetry Atlanta

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January 12, 2010
7:30 PMto9:30 PM

Poetry Atlanta

Poetry Atlanta
Decatur Library
215 S. Sycamore Street
Decatur, Georgia 30030

Collin Kelley, poet and novelist, hosts Poetry Atlanta.

Collin Kelley, poet and novelist, hosts Poetry Atlanta.

Collin Kelley hosts feature Tara Betts, Travis Denton, and Tania Rochelle. This reading is co-presentation with Georgia Center for the Book. Poetry Atlanta or Georgia Center for the Book.

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Official Arc & Hue NY party

by Tara on August 5, 2009 · 1 comment

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September 20, 2009
5:00 PMto8:00 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.Arc and Hue_FC_061409

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Poets Out Loud-Fordham University-NY

by Tara08.05.2009

[ 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.

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Molly Malone’s-Forest Park, IL

by Tara08.05.2009

[ 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.

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Cave Canem Workshop Instructors Read-The New School-NYC

by Tara08.05.2009

[ 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 [...]

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Massachusetts Poetry Festival

by Tara08.05.2009

[ 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, [...]

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