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Ton-Aime named director of literary arts at Chautauqua
Jan. 14, 2020
CHAUTAUQUA 鈥 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鈥
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Kent State鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center to Debut National Interactive Exhibit in Support of 50th Commemoration of May 4
Nov. 18, 2019
Kent State University鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center is set to debut its 鈥淎rmed With Our Voices鈥 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鈥
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 Kent State鈥檚 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 Kent State Honors College, the 鈥
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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 Freeman鈥檚 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鈥
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KSU鈥檚 Traveling Stanzas headed to Ellis Island
Aug. 4, 2019
The Kent State University Wick Poetry Center鈥檚 鈥淭raveling Stanzas鈥 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鈥
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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鈥
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Kent State鈥檚 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 river鈥檚 reputation as one of the most polluted in the United States. Since then, clean-up efforts have helped鈥
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