Saturday May 5th, at the Anacostia Branch of the DC Public Library, more than eighty poetry lovers listened to DC Poet Project finalists John Johnson, Monica Leak, Jeffrey Banks, Shaquetta Nelson, and Aiy’ana Ford, and voted to select one winner. When all the votes were counted, and the dust had settled: John Johnson is the […]
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May
May
Inspired by the Oberlin College art rental project, which for more than thirty years has allowed college students to live with real artwork in their dorm rooms, and through a partnership with the arts center BloomBars, and funding from the DC Arts Commission, we have more than twenty works of art to loan for $5 […]
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Apr
Apr
This past weekend, poets Alan King and E. Ethelbert Miller selected DC poets Jeffery Banks and Monica Leak as finalists for the spring 2018 DC Poet Project, completing the grouping. At earlier events, John Johnson, Aiyi’nah Ford, and Shaquetta Nelson, were selected. Join the finalists at the culminating event May 5th, 2:00pm – reserve tickets […]