UPCOMING READINGS, BOOK SIGNINGS, PANELS and TOURS

In addition to the public events listed below, this winter, Kim Roberts is a poet-in-residence at Banneker High School, a DC Public School, through the Folger Shakespeare Library's Poets-in-the-Schools program. She also judged Banneker's Poetry Out Loud Competition. Kim continues to teach memoir writing classes at Cedar Lane Unitarian Church and Maplewood Park Place Senior Living Community. And she is currently working on a project to document the history of Spoken Word Poetry in DC, thanks to a grant from the Humanities Council of Washington, DC, and the support of The Word Works, Inc.

**CANCELLATION due to snow
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 2:00 pm
"The Superbowl of Poetry: An Alternative to Football" at The Writers Center in Bethesda, MD will be rescheduled at a later date.

Saturday, February 27 at 5:00 pm
Intersections: A New America Arts Festival
"When Words Collide" reading by poetry educators from the Folger Shakespeare Library's Poets in the Schools program. Kim reads with Sami Miranda and R. Dwayne Betts and top student poets from DC Public Schools. $10 Admission.
Atlas Performing Arts Center, The Loft, 1333 H Street NE, DC. (202) 399-7993.

Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation and Witness
Kim hosts a reading by select guest editors featured in the Tenth Anniversary issue of Beltway Poetry Quarterly: Naomi Ayala, Andrea Carter Brown, Sarah Browning, Regie Cabico, and Toni Asante Lightfoot. Admission fee; open to conference participants
True Reformer Building, 1200 U Street NW, historic U Street neighborhood, DC.

Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8:30 am
Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation and Witness
Kim participates in the panel "The Poet as Historian in the 21st Century: A Rare Opportunity in Difficult Times," with Scott Hightower, Robin Coste Lewis, Martha Collins, and Andrea Carter Brown. Admission fee; open to conference participants
True Reformer Building, 1200 U Street NW, historic U Street neighborhood, DC.

Monday, March 22, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm, WPFW 89.3 FM
Poet's Corner Radio Show, hosted by Abdul Ali
Interview with Kim Roberts about the anthology, Full Moon on K Street: Poems About Washington, DC (Plan B Press). Plus readings by contributors Teri Ellen Cross, Hayes Davis, and Miles David Moore.

Tuesday, March 23 at Noon
Library of Congress Poetry at Noon Series
Reading by Full Moon on K Street contributors Ramola D, Merrill Leffler, Venus Thrash, and Kim Roberts. Free.
Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, Whittall Pavilion, 10 First St. SE, Capital Hill neighborhood, DC. (202) 707-1308.

Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Beltway Poetry Quarterly Tenth Anniversary Reading by Full Moon on K Street anthology contributors Toni Asante Lightfoot, Gregg Shapiro, and Rebecca Villarreal, with Deborah Darr reading poems by Ann Darr, and David Trinidad reading poems by Tim Dlugos. Free.
Women & Children First Books, 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL (773) 769-9299.

Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 2:30 pm
National Poetry Month Event! Kim hosts a Beltway Poetry Tenth Anniversary reading from the new anthology Full Moon on K Street: Poems About Washington DC. Featured authors: Reginald Dwayne Betts, Carleasa Coates, Donna Denizé, Sunil Freeman, Deidre R. Gantt, Mary Ann Larkin, Saundra Rose Maley, David McAleavey, Joseph Ross, and Dan Vera. Free.
Historical Society of Washington, DC, 801 K Street NW, Mount Vernon Square neighborhood, DC. (202) 383-1850.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Kim hosts a poetry reading by Full Moon on K Street anthology contributors Holly Bass, Grace Cavalieri, Tina Darragh, Joel Dias-Porter, Daniel Gutstein, and Merrill Leffler. Free.
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Poe Room, Central Library, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD (410) 396-5430.

Saturday, October 2, time TBD
Capital BookFest
Beltway Poetry Quarterly hosts the panel, "Portraits of a City: Writing About the Urban Experience," moderated by Kim Roberts, and featuring Kenneth Carroll, Fred Joiner, and stevenallenmay. Free.
The Boulevard at the Capital Centre, Arena Drive, Largo, MD. (703) 371-4325.

Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Sunday Kind of Love Series
Kim hosts a Beltway Poetry Tenth Anniversary reading featuring authors included in the anthology Full Moon on K Street: Poems About Washington DC. Featured authors: Abdul Ali, Paulette Beete, Natalie E. Illum, Alan King, and Maureen Thorson. Free, but donations accepted.
Busboys & Poets, 14th & V Streets NW, Historic U Street neighborhood, DC. (202) 387-POET.

Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Iota Poetry Series, hosted by Miles David Moore
Kim hosts a Beltway Poetry Tenth Anniversary reading featuring authors included in the anthology Full Moon on K Street: Poems About Washington DC. Featured authors: Kwame Alexander, Francisco Aragón, Robert L. Giron, Kathi Morrison-Taylor, Jose Padua, and Richard Peabody. Free.
Iota Restaurant and Bar, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Clarendon neighborhood, Arlington, VA. (703) 522-8340.

Also upcoming:

Beltway Poetry Quarterly Tenth Anniversary Reading in September 2010 at the 15th Annual Baltimore Book Festival, Creative Cafe Tent, Mount Vernon Place, 600 block of North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD.

The Humanities Council of Washington, DC's 30th Anniversary Celebration in September 2010 will feature Kim's presentation of "A History of Spoken Word in DC," a booklet made possible by a grant from the Humanities Council and The Word Works, Inc.

More details about these events to be announced here soon!