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CLARK COUNTY POET LAUREATE 2019 & 2020 EVENT ARCHIVE
June 2019
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Saturday, June 1st, 6 PM, The Writer's Block, A Reading by Two Poets Laureate
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Friday, June 7th, 7 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Poetry Matters!
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Sunday, June 9th, 1 PM, Galleria at Sunset Mall, Galleria Art Expo
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Thursday, June 13th, 6 PM, Green Valley Library, Poetry Nuts & Bolts Writing Workshop
July 2019
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Wednesday, July 3rd, 6:15 PM, Atria Seville Senior Living, Meet The Local Author
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Friday, July 5, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Teen Leadership Camp, Poetry of Communication
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Friday, July 5th, 7 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Poetry Matters!
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Wednesday, July 10th, 6 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Picturesque & Interplanetary Poetry Workshop
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Thursday, July 11th, 6 PM, Green Valley Library, Poetry Nuts & Bolts Writing Workshop
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Friday, July 12, 5 PM, contact Heather for location, Las Vegas, Let's Submit Poetry!
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Thursday, July 18, 10 AM, Las Vegas Academy, Brave New Voices, Haiku Workshops
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Friday, July 20, noon, UNLV Barrick Museum, Community Art Day
August 2019
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Saturday, Aug. 3rd, 10 AM, Clark High School, 10 AM-4 PM, Annual O Bon Festival, Author Signing
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Thursday, Aug. 8th, 6 PM, Green Valley Library, Poetry Nuts & Bolts Writing Workshop
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Wednesday, Aug 14th, 6 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, And Beyond Poetry Reading
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Saturday, Aug. 17th, 6 PM, The Hydrant Club, Pups & Poetry
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Saturday, Aug. 24th, 1 PM, Moapa Valley, Re-Discovering Haiku
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Friday, Aug. 30th, 5:30 PM, The Writer's Block, Elizabeth Quiñones-Zaldaña's Chapbook Release
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
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Friday, Sept. 6th, 7 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Poetry Matters!
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Saturday, Sept. 7th, 2 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Prose in Poetry: Workshop by Vanessa Couto Johnson
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Monday, Sept. 9th, 7 PM, Flagstaff, AZ, Uptown Pubhouse, Northern Arizona Book Festival's Narrow Chimney Reading Series
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Tuesday, Sept. 10th, 2 PM, Sedona, AZ, Las Vegas Poets Visit Sedona Public Library Reading
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Wednesday, Sept. 11th, 5:30 PM, Historic Fifth Street School, #ARTUOK?
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Thursday, Sept. 12th, 6 PM, Green Valley Library, Poetry Nuts & Bolts Writing Workshop
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Saturday, Sept. 14th, Reno, Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl
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Tuesday, Sept. 17th, 8:30 AM, Nevada State College, State of the College
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Tuesday, Sept. 17th, 6 PM, Nevada State College, Helen: A Literary Magazine Reading
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Thursday, Sept. 19th, 6 PM, Green Valley Library, Feature at Open Mic
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Saturday, Sept. 21st, 5 PM, The Writer's Block, Through Poetry: Exploring The Strength of Our Community
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Friday, Sept. 27th, 1:30 PM, contact Heather for location, NSC Blue Sage Writer's Guild Workshop
October 2019
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Tuesday, October 1st, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic
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Friday, Oct. 4th, 3 PM, contact Heather for location, Indigenous Authors Celebration
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Friday, Oct. 4th, 7 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Poetry Matters!
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Saturday, Oct. 5th, 1 PM, Clark County Wetlands Park, Re-Discovering Haiku: A Writing Workshop
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Thursday, Oct. 10th, 6 PM, Green Valley Library, Poetry Nuts & Bolts Writing Workshop
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Friday, Oct. 11th, 5:30 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Calaveras Poetry Workshop
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Saturday, Oct. 12th, 2 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Calaveras Poetry Workshop
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Sunday, Oct. 13th, 1 PM, Galleria at Sunset Mall, Galleria Art Expo
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Saturday, Oct. 19th, 9 AM - 6 PM, Las Vegas Book Festival
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Friday, Oct. 25th, 1:30 PM, contact Heather for location, NSC Blue Sage Writer's Guild Workshop
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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!
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Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic
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Thursday, Nov. 7th, 3:30 PM, UNLV Barrick Museum, Answering Art: A Poetry Workshop
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Friday, Nov. 8th, 1 PM, Nevada State College LAS 124, Discussion with Andy Clausen
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Friday, Nov. 8th, 7 PM, Clark County Library, Andy Clausen Poetry Reading
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Saturday, Nov. 9th, 2 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Andy Clausen Poetry Workshop
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Sunday, Nov. 10th, all day, Camp Lee Canyon, Poetry Among The Pines
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Saturday, Nov. 16th, 2:30 PM, Poetry at the Dog Park
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Friday, Nov. 22nd, 1:30 PM, contact Heather for location, NSC Blue Sage Writer's Guild Workshop
December 2019
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Sunday, Dec. 1st, 1 PM, Galleria at Sunset Mall, Galleria Art Expo
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Tuesday, Dec. 3rd, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic
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Saturday, Dec. 7th, 2 PM, UNLV Barrick Museum, Answering Art: A Poetry Workshop
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Friday, December 13th, 5:30 PM, The Writer's Block, Angela M. Brommel's Book Release Reading: Mojave in July
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Wednesday, Dec. 24th, 2 PM, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Poetry & Hot Cocoa
January 2020
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Thursday, Jan. 2nd, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Little Free Library + Poetry Reading
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Tuesday, Jan. 7th, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic
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Saturday, Jan. 18th, 1 PM, Clark County Wetlands, Nature Poetry
February 2020
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Saturday, Feb. 1st, 2 PM, Moapa Valley Library, Haiku Workshop
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Tuesday, Feb. 4th, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic
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Thursday, Feb. 6th, 6 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Exhibition Opening: Margaret, Are You Grieving
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Friday, Feb. 7th, 7 PM, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Poetry Matters!
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Friday, Feb. 21st, 4 PM, Whitney Library, Pizza & Poetry
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Saturday, Feb, 22nd, The Writer's Block, Dawson College Bound Workshop
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Saturday, Feb. 29th, 2 PM Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Who is Gayle Brandeis? Poetry Workshop
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Saturday, Feb. 29th, 7 PM, Ferguson's Downtown, February Neon Lit - Project 150 Fundraiser
March 2020
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 6 PM, West Charleston Library, Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic
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POSTPONED: A Reading by Gayle Brandeis (previously scheduled for 3/13)
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POSTPONED: Lunch/Workshop: Gayle Brandeis (previously scheduled for 3/14)
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POSTPONED: Sandstone & Silver Book Launch Reading (previously scheduled for 3/21)
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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)
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POSTPONED: Bunkerville Library Nature Poetry Workshop (previously scheduled for 4/4)
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POSTPONED: West Charleston Library Poet Laureate & Pals Open Mic (previously scheduled for 4/7)
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POSTPONED: NSC Anthology Reading: NSC Faculty, Students & Alum (previously scheduled for 4/14)
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POSTPONED: Nuts & Bolts workshop: Metaphor (previously scheduled for 4/9)
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POSTPONED: Las Vegas Voice (previously scheduled for 4/1 7)
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POSTPONED: WDCC Create-a-Zine Poetry Workshop (previously scheduled for 4/21)
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POSTPONED: Winchester Dondero Cultural Center's Children's Festival