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St. Augustine PoetFest
April 15 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
8 a.m.-9 p.m. at Flagler College’s Ringhaver Student Center, 50 Sevilla St., St. Augustine. Activities include: 8-8:50 a.m. Guided meditation at the Alumni House labyrinth, to get everyone in the “write mood”; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Book Bazaar and author-signing table; noon-5 p.m. Zine Zone events with a fanzine-making workshop at 1 p.m. ($10 for materials; limited to 12 participants); 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Six-Hour Open-Mic Marathon featuring author talks, workshops and panel discussions, a Florida Poets showcase hour, a storyteller spotlight, and a dramatic theater reading at the Markland House, Gamache-Koger Theater and outdoor courtyard at Ringhaver Student Center; 12:30-1:30 p.m. Writers Who Work Spotlight at the Brown Innovation Center; 3:30-9 p.m. Virginia Room Presentations: 3:30-4 p.m. Haiku Spotlight Presentation featuring winners of the third annual St. Johns Cultural Council Haiku Contest; 4-5 p.m. Out of State Spotlight: New York Poet George Wallace; 5-6 p.m. Jax by Jax: The First Ten Years, with co-directors Erica Saffer and Darlyn Finch Kuhn; 6-6:30 p.m. Out of State Spotlight: Georgia Poet Jimmy Broccoli; 6:30-7:30 p.m. Two Rust Belt Voices: featuring US Beat Poet Laureate John Burroughs and Lucas County (Toledo) Poet Laureate Jonie McIntire; 7:30-9 p.m. One-Hour Keynote Presentation featuring Michigan Beat Poet Laureate Joe Kidd with Sheila Burke, followed by meet-and-greet and book-signing.
9 p.m. PoetFest at Night performance presented by Hellthy and Bandtoro, featuring underground spoken-word artists, indie singer-songwriters, and traveling poets at Sarbez, 115 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine. $10. Event link: https://poets.org/event/st-augustine-poetfest