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Oct 28 2021

The Underline: West End Poetry Festival – Carrboro’s Free Annual Poetry Festival


Article by Arshia Simkin, On October 15 and 16, the town of Carrboro held its free annual West End Poetry Festival—a two-day event that celebrates all things poetry. Featuring a… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, The Underline · Tagged: carrboro, Carrboro Town Commons, Chapel Hill Poet Laureate, Crystal Simone Smith, fred joiner, Poet Laureate of Carrboro, Poet Laureate of Hillsborough, Poetry Foundation, Town of Carrboro, west end poetry festival

May 06 2021

This Human Way: The Poetic Curator, Fred Joiner


The Poetic Curator. This Human Way, Emilie Menzel. Photograph of Fred Joiner

—Article by Emilie Menzel Many of you are perhaps already familiar with Fred Joiner’s written forms of poetry. Since 2019, he’s served as Carrboro’s poet laureate, bringing poetry into the… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, This Human Way · Tagged: Ackland Art Museum, carrboro, chapel hill, fred joiner, poet laureate, This Human Way, visual art, writing

Apr 15 2021

Put a poem in your pocket: Town of Carrboro celebrates April as poetry month


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: carrboro, chapel hill, Daily Tar Heel, fred joiner, national poetry month, UNC Chapel Hill

Mar 09 2021

Orange County artists reflect on impact of COVID-19 on their work


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: Daily Tar Heel, fred joiner, Jenn Adams, XOXOK

Feb 25 2021

Carolina Complexions: Celebrating Black artists and creatives in North Carolina


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: clture, fred joiner, jaki shelton green

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