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poetry

Mar 02 2023

Hillsborough’s Last Fridays Return with Exciting New Poetry Programming


—Arshia Simkin, The Underline An exciting new season of Hillsborough’s Last Fridays programming, which will include a robust poetry component, will begin this March and last through November, 2023. According… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, The Underline · Tagged: Arshia Simkin, hillsborough arts council, Jennifer Daniels, Last Fridays, poetry, The Underline

Feb 24 2023

MEET THE 2023 PIEDMONT LAUREATE: DASAN AHANU


  —David Menconi, Down on Copperline Dasan Ahanu, the poet and spoken-word artist who recently became the 2023 Piedmont Laureate, grew up under his given name, Chris Massenburg. But once… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: chapel hill, chris massenburg, Dasan Ahanu, david menconi, down on copperline, durham, orange county, piedmont laureate, poetry, spoken word

Feb 15 2023

Orange County BIPOC Elected Officials Present Poetry Readings


Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: News · Tagged: black history month, carrboro, chapel hill, elected officials, Ella Baker, hillsborough, Making The Struggle Every Day, Maya Angelou, Michael Koh, orange county, poetry, Still I Rise

Jan 21 2023

Titles, Beginnings, Turns, and Endings: an On-line Poetry Workshop in Two Parts by Pam Baggett – PART TWO


Part Two: Turns and Endings The last lines of a poem, as we know, can be challenging. And while not every poem makes a turn, most make one or more,… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Tagged: Hills, Orange County Public Library, Pam Baggett, poetry

Jan 21 2023

Titles, Beginnings, Turns, and Endings: an On-line Poetry Workshop in Two Parts with Pam Baggett – PART 1


Part One: Titles and Beginning Lines Title are doors that open onto poems. They’re the first hint at what’s to come, the bait that lures readers in. The beginning lines… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Tagged: Orange County Library, poetry

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