2021 | 2020 | 2019
February 28th (7:30-9:30p EEST) via Zoom
Sidewalk Beirut, established by one of our November featured poets, Maysan Nasser, hosted a generative poetry workshop with Anna Turner, a British poet and playwright.
February 27th (6:30-8:30pm MST) via Zoom
Two Navajo-Nation Poets Laureate, including one of our featured poets, Laura Tohe, officially kicked off NEA Big Read Phoenix with a conversational community event.
February 27th (1-4pm MST) via Zoom
One of our featured poets, Amber McCrary (the founder of Abalone Mountain Press), led a zine-writing workshop at the Labriola National American Indian Data Center (at ASU Library), as a part of NEA Big Read Phoenix.
February 20th (2-3pm MST) via Zoom
June Powers, a September poet guest, hosted a triple-book launch virtually at Palabras Bilingual Bookstore.
February 14th (8p Beirut Time) via Zoom
Sidewalk Beirut (established by our featured guest, Maysan Nasser) hosted a “speed-dating” style mini chat-and-create get together, where participants were matched with three different people to discuss thoughts on various aspects of love, then share the result of those brainstorms in an open mic.
February 13th (6-8p PST) via Zoom
Imogen Arate (host of Poets and Muses) was a featured poet at the inaugural Los Angeles Poet Society Press Presents: Acid Verse Literary Journal Release Party.
February 13th (11am-6pm EAT) at Bushpig Backpackers Kampala
Because Uganda has COVID under control, Open Mic Uganda, co-founded by two of our featured guests, The Black Poet and Dennis Ssesanga, fêted Valentine’s Day with in-person literary festivities.
February 11th-16th via YouTube
Proverse Hong Kong showcased a poem a day from Home, Away, Elsewhere, the latest poetry collection by our featured poet,
Vaughan Rapatahana.
February 9th (7-8:30p MST) via Zoom
Dr. Tamika Sanders, a past poet guest, gave a fascinating presentation about the role of coded messages and songs in helping slaves reach freedom via the Underground Railroad.
February 7th (3-4p AKST) via YouTube
Our past poet guest, Felicia Zamora, was one of the featured poets taking part at the Pièces de Résistance benefit reading for the Alaska Quarterly Review.
January 27th (6p GMT) via Zoom
The Oxford Arab Society launched a monthly Poetry Night with Sidewalk Beirut, established by our featured poet, Maysan Nasser.
January 13th (6-8p MST) via Zoom
Our past poet guest, Erin Kong, co-curated a special lunar new year / anniversary celebration reading and open mic.
January 8th (7-9p MST) via Zoom
Join the Sun Valley Jack and Jill Chapter every 2nd Friday for an evening of poetry, storytelling, music, and comedy.
Hosted by our past poet guest, Tamika (aka Dr. T)
January 8th (7:30p EST) via Zoom
Imogen Arate (host of Poets and Muses) was a featured poet at 2021’s first iteration of Words out Loud
2020
December 31st (6p PST) via Zoom
Imogen Arate (host of Poets and Muses) read with other participants of the Los Angeles Poet Society‘s Love Letters to 2020 writing workshop.
December 31st (7p EST) via twitch
Count down to the new year with The Poetry Stream’s “New Year’s Eve vs battle” poetry slam between Chrissy Bloom and Nicole Tracii (an August poet guest)
December 21st (8:30 CST) via Instagram
Service (an August poet guest) hosted a virtual listening party for his Born + Raised project.
on Instagram:
@servicenoservice
December 19th (7p PST) via Zoom
Imogen Arate (host of Poets and Muses) was a featured poet at Open Mic McGee #13. DM her on Twitter or Instagram to get the sign-in details
December 17th (8p EST) via Stream Yard
Imogen Arate (host of Poets and Muses) was one of the featured performers at the Healing Collective Benefit for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
November 10th-20th
Live discussions between Poets and Muses Host, Imogen Arate, and Sidewalk Beirut‘s Founder,
Maysan Nasser
July 16th (7:30pm AZ time) via Zoom
Ric Castillo and Imogen Arate will be guest-hosting July’s District 4 Poetry Open Mic
May 25th (8pm EDT) via Zoom from Woolly Mammoth
Imogen Arate (host of Poets and Muses) demonstrated her geek creds at the Spit Dat Digital “Say Nerd” event.
May 16th (5:30p MDT) via Twitch.tv
A new poem by Imogen Arate (host of Poets and Muses) was featured during Broche Ballet’s Third-Anniversary Multimedia Concert.
April 29th (8pm EDT) via Instagram Live
Imogen Arate (host of Poets and Muses) chatted with The Haifa Girls about staying creative during the lock down.
The Haifa Girls is a lifestyle company co-founded by our past poet guest, Alana Hayes.
April 10th (7-9pm) via Zoom
Imogen Arate (host of Poets and Muses) & a number of past poet guests were featured at the second of four Friday readings from Phoenix Poetry Series, to celebrate National Poetry Month.
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March 16th (postponed due to the coronavirus) at Blue House Café
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February 22nd at ASU Tempe
Poets and Muses was scheduled to exhibit at the Desert Nights, Rising Stars Literary Fair (cancelled due to rain), where past poet guests, tanner menard and Laura Tohe, gave talks and readings (this portion was moved to Piper Writers House).
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February 21st at Alwun House
Host of Poets and Muses, Imogen Arate, past poet guests, Anna Flores and Tristan Marshell, and other bards will envelop you in erotic poetry.
January 3rd at Palabras Bookstore
2019
November 28th at First Church
November 26th at First Church
November 9th at Space 55
Imogen Arate, the Executive Producer and Host of Poets and Muses, will be performing at Desert Diwata’s “Exodus” event, along with Poets-and-Muses guests, Megan Condeno Atencia and Erin Kong (DD’s Co-Founder), and other notable AAPI & POC artists.
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October 5th at the Phoenix Public Market
Poets and Muses exhibited at the 2019 Meet Your Literary Community event (along with Poets-and-Muses guest, Leah Marché and Erin Kong, and other exhibitors) and took part in our partner, Oh My Ears’s demonstration of the Phoenix Poetry Orchestra.
September 26th at the Uganda Museum
Imogen Arate was featured, along with a number of talented Ugandan poets, writers, performers and artists, at Tontoma‘s Meet & Greet with Arts Collaboratory (including Poets-and-Muses guests, Rap Poet, Gideon Mugay and the Black Poet).
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September 21st at the Phoenix Urban Arts Market
Poets-and-Muses guests, Imani the Lyricist, Dyrti Redd, Lupe Castro and Francisco Torres, were featured.
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June 4th at the Phoenix FilmBar
Imogen Arate performed with the Phoenix Poetry Orchestra wind quartet, with music composed by Kevin E. Kerr, specifically to the poems she read.
During the 2nd half, the audience participated in writing improv poetry that the talented musicians interpreted (in vivo) in musical form.
June 1st at the Mesa Convention Center
Poets and Muses exhibited at the 2019 KJZZ Arizona Story Fest & Authors Showcase.
May 25th at Narrative
Imogen Arate read her poetry and short stories along with Poets-and-Muses guests, Sean Avery and Anna Flores, among other writers.
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May 11th at the Heard Museum
Imogen Arate MCed the Poetry Reading Open Mic at the Books, Beats and Bite event, which also featured Poets-and-Muses guests, Freddy Lopez and Dyrti Redd.
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