Celebration of Community Poets

Northside Association for Community Development 612 N Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

The Celebration of Community Poets The Celebration of Community Poets is a yearly event hosted by the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival as a part of our National Poetry Month Festival Week. […]

Your Turn Open Mic

Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative 1249 Portage Street, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

Your Turn Open Mic Join Fire and Kalamazoo Poetry Festival for The Magic Open Mic, hosted by Great Dane. Come early if you think you want to read! Accessibility: - […]

Featured Reader Workshop: Aaron Coleman

First Congregational Church 345 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

REGISTER HERE How We Attune to Gratitude In this workshop we will explore how poets cultivate an intimate sense of attention: attuning to the complexity of the world around us […]

Featured Reader Workshop: Denise Miller

First Congregational Church 345 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

REGISTER HERE Sounding the Heart of the poem Sounding the Heart of the poem is a workshop by The Institute of Public Scholarship poet, playwright, and fiction writer, Denise Miller, […]

Craft Talk

First Congregational Church 345 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

Craft Talk Featured Poets Denise Miller and Aaron Coleman participate in a Craft Talk moderated by KPF board member Nancy Nott. The poets will discuss their writing process and thoughts […]

Featured Readers Finale & Reception

First Congregational Church 345 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

Featured Poets Aaron Coleman and Denise Miller will each read their work for 25 minutes. The Finale Read will be followed by a reception catered by Kalamazoo local JaRay Reese. […]