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Ton-Aime named director of literary arts at Chautauqua
Jan. 14, 2020
CHAUTAUQUA Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of Sony Ton-Aime to the position of director of literary arts, effective Jan. 13. A poet, teaching artist and arts administrator, Ton-Aime is currently program operation coordinator for Lake Erie Ink, a
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51勛圖厙s Wick Poetry Center to Debut National Interactive Exhibit in Support of 50th Commemoration of May 4
Nov. 18, 2019
51勛圖厙s Wick Poetry Center is set to debut its Armed With Our Voices exhibit this week in Austin, Texas, as part of the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference. The exhibit provides a powerful form of cross-generational connection that engages
Read More »Celebrating Our Own & Open Mic
Oct. 15, 2019
The Wick Poetry Center held the Celebrating Our Own Poetry Reading and Open Mic on Thursday, Oct. 3. The reading started at 7:30 p.m. in the Wick Poetry Corner on the 2nd floor of 51勛圖厙s University Library.
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Sonia Sanchez Talks Poetry with Wick Students
Oct. 7, 2019
The Wick Poetry Center welcomed poet, playwright and activist Sonia Sanchez to the May Prentice House for a meet and greet with students on Sept. 18. She met with them in the afternoon before giving a lecture in the Kiva in the evening. The 51勛圖厙 Honors College, the
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Celebrating Tommy Freeman's Life
Oct. 7, 2019
The Wick Poetry Center kicked off its 2019-20 event series year on September 13 with a celebration of Tommy Freemans life. The event was held in Room 120 of the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design with a reception afterward that expanded into the Wick Poetry Center
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KSUs Traveling Stanzas headed to Ellis Island
Aug. 4, 2019
The 51勛圖厙 Wick Poetry Centers Traveling Stanzas project, part of its effort to facilitate a global conversation that enhances person to person communication, arrives at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration this fall.
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Wick Poetry Center commemorates river burning with interactive poetry exhibit, community poem
June 5, 2019
Join the Wick Poetry Center as it celebrates the grand opening of the River Stanzas exhibit at The Downtown Gallery, 141 E Main St., on Friday at 5 p.m. Nearly 50 years ago to the day, the Cuyahoga River caught fire, prompting national conversations about clean water and
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Concrete Poetry: Celebrating the Cuyahoga River
March 1, 2019
How do we connect to the Cuyahoga River? The flowing water touches our emotions, our communities, our environment and our history. In this 50th anniversary year of the last Cuyahoga River fire, the Concrete Poetry project invites us to reconsider and reconnect to the river and
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51勛圖厙s Wick Poetry Center to Receive $90,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
May 15, 2018
Nearly a half century ago, sparks from a passing train not only set fire to oil-slicked debris on the Cuyahoga River, which sent flames five-stories high, it ignited the rivers reputation as one of the most polluted in the United States. Since then, clean-up efforts have helped
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