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POETRY PERSISTS!
Social Distancing Poetry Opportunities

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CLARK COUNTY POET LAUREATE 2019 & 2020 EVENT ARCHIVE 

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June 2019

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• Saturday, June 1st, 6 PM, The Writer's Block, A Reading by Two Poets Laureate 

• Friday, June 7th, 7 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Poetry Matters! 

• Sunday, June 9th, 1 PM, Galleria at Sunset Mall, Galleria Art Expo 

• Thursday, June 13th, 6 PM, Green Valley Library, Poetry Nuts & Bolts Writing Workshop

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July 2019

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• Wednesday, July 3rd, 6:15 PM, Atria Seville Senior Living, Meet The Local Author

• Friday, July 5, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Teen Leadership Camp, Poetry of Communication

• Friday, July 5th, 7 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Poetry Matters! 

• Wednesday, July 10th, 6 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Picturesque & Interplanetary Poetry Workshop

• Thursday, July 11th, 6 PM, Green Valley Library, Poetry Nuts & Bolts Writing Workshop

• Friday, July 12, 5 PM, contact Heather for location, Las Vegas, Let's Submit Poetry!

• Thursday, July 18, 10 AM, Las Vegas Academy, Brave New Voices, Haiku Workshops

• Friday, July 20, noon, UNLV Barrick Museum, Community Art Day 

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August 2019

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• Saturday, Aug. 3rd, 10 AM, Clark High School, 10 AM-4 PM, Annual O Bon Festival, Author Signing

• Thursday, Aug. 8th, 6 PM, Green Valley Library, Poetry Nuts & Bolts Writing Workshop

• Wednesday, Aug 14th, 6 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, And Beyond Poetry Reading

• Saturday, Aug. 17th, 6 PM, The Hydrant Club, Pups & Poetry 

• Saturday, Aug. 24th, 1 PM, Moapa Valley, Re-Discovering Haiku 

• Friday, Aug. 30th, 5:30 PM, The Writer's Block, Elizabeth Quiñones-Zaldaña's Chapbook Release

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September 2019

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• Friday, Sept. 6th, 3 PM, Nevada State C0llege, National Read A Book Day: a 300 Days of Sun reading

• Friday, Sept. 6th, 7 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Poetry Matters! 

• Saturday, Sept. 7th, 2 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Prose in Poetry: Workshop by Vanessa Couto Johnson

• Monday, Sept. 9th, 7 PM, Flagstaff, AZ, Uptown Pubhouse, Northern Arizona Book Festival's Narrow Chimney Reading Series

• Tuesday, Sept. 10th, 2 PM, Sedona, AZ, Las Vegas Poets Visit Sedona Public Library Reading 

• Wednesday, Sept. 11th, 5:30 PM, Historic Fifth Street School, #ARTUOK?

• Thursday, Sept. 12th,  6 PM, Green Valley Library, Poetry Nuts & Bolts Writing Workshop

• Saturday, Sept. 14th, Reno, Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl 

• Tuesday, Sept. 17th, 8:30 AM, Nevada State College, State of the College 

• Tuesday, Sept. 17th, 6 PM, Nevada State College, Helen: A Literary Magazine Reading  

• Thursday, Sept. 19th, 6 PM, Green Valley Library, Feature at Open Mic 

• Saturday, Sept. 21st, 5 PM, The Writer's Block, Through Poetry: Exploring The Strength of Our Community

• Friday, Sept. 27th, 1:30 PM, contact Heather for location, NSC Blue Sage Writer's Guild Workshop

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October 2019

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• Tuesday, October 1st, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic

• Friday, Oct. 4th, 3 PM, contact Heather for location, Indigenous Authors Celebration

• Friday, Oct. 4th, 7 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Poetry Matters! 

• Saturday, Oct. 5th, 1 PM, Clark County Wetlands Park, Re-Discovering Haiku: A Writing Workshop

• Thursday, Oct. 10th,  6 PM, Green Valley Library, Poetry Nuts & Bolts Writing Workshop

• Friday, Oct. 11th, 5:30 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Calaveras Poetry Workshop 

• Saturday, Oct. 12th, 2 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Calaveras Poetry Workshop 

• Sunday, Oct. 13th, 1 PM, Galleria at Sunset Mall, Galleria Art Expo 

• Saturday, Oct. 19th, 9 AM - 6 PM, Las Vegas Book Festival

• Friday, Oct. 25th, 1:30 PM, contact Heather for location, NSC Blue Sage Writer's Guild Workshop

• Thursday, Oct. 31st, 7 PM, The Writer's Block, An Evening with Poet Jake Skeets
   

November 2019

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• Friday, Nov. 1st, 7 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Poetry Matters! 

• Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic

• Thursday, Nov. 7th, 3:30 PM, UNLV Barrick Museum, Answering Art: A Poetry Workshop

• Friday, Nov. 8th, 1 PM, Nevada State College LAS 124, Discussion with Andy Clausen

• Friday, Nov. 8th, 7 PM, Clark County Library, Andy Clausen Poetry Reading

• Saturday, Nov. 9th, 2 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Andy Clausen Poetry Workshop

• Sunday, Nov. 10th, all day, Camp Lee Canyon, Poetry Among The Pines

• Saturday, Nov. 16th, 2:30 PM, Poetry at the Dog Park

• Friday, Nov. 22nd, 1:30 PM, contact Heather for location, NSC Blue Sage Writer's Guild Workshop

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December 2019

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• Sunday, Dec. 1st, 1 PM, Galleria at Sunset Mall, Galleria Art Expo

• Tuesday, Dec. 3rd, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic

• Saturday, Dec. 7th, 2 PM, UNLV Barrick Museum, Answering Art: A Poetry Workshop

• Friday, December 13th, 5:30 PM, The Writer's Block, Angela M. Brommel's Book Release Reading: Mojave in July

• Wednesday, Dec. 24th, 2 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Poetry & Hot Cocoa

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January 2020

 

• Thursday, Jan. 2nd, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Little Free Library + Poetry Reading 

• Tuesday, Jan. 7th, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic

• Saturday, Jan. 18th, 1 PM, Clark County Wetlands, Nature Poetry 

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February 2020

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• Saturday, Feb. 1st, 2 PM, Moapa Valley Library, Haiku Workshop  

• Tuesday, Feb. 4th, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic

• Thursday, Feb. 6th, 6 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Exhibition Opening: Margaret, Are You Grieving

• Friday, Feb. 7th, 7 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Poetry Matters! 

• Friday, Feb. 21st, 4 PM, Whitney Library, Pizza & Poetry

• Saturday, Feb, 22nd, The Writer's Block, Dawson College Bound Workshop

• Saturday, Feb. 29th, 2 PM Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Who is Gayle Brandeis? Poetry Workshop

• Saturday, Feb. 29th, 7 PM, Ferguson's Downtown, February Neon Lit - Project 150 Fundraiser

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March 2020
 

• Tuesday, March 3rd, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic

• POSTPONED: A Reading by Gayle Brandeis (previously scheduled for 3/13) 

• POSTPONED: Lunch/Workshop: Gayle Brandeis (previously scheduled for 3/14) 

• POSTPONED: Sandstone & Silver Book Launch Reading (previously scheduled for 3/21)

• POSTPONED: Henderson Library Local Author Showcase (previously scheduled for 3/28)
   

April 2020

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• POSTPONED: Poetry Matters! (previously scheduled for 4/3)  

• POSTPONED: Bunkerville Library Nature Poetry Workshop (previously scheduled for 4/4)  

• POSTPONED: West Charleston Library Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic (previously scheduled for 4/7)  

• POSTPONED: NSC Anthology Reading: NSC Faculty, Students & Alum (previously scheduled for 4/14)  

• POSTPONED: Nuts & Bolts workshop: Metaphor (previously scheduled for 4/9)  

• POSTPONED: Las Vegas Voice (previously scheduled for 4/1 7)  

• POSTPONED: WDCC Create-a-Zine Poetry Workshop (previously scheduled for 4/21)  

• POSTPONED: Winchester Dondero Cultural Center's Children's Festival

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