Each year on
the last weekend of July, Governors Island is home to the New York City Poetry Festival. For two days, 14,000 people enjoy the poetry
of 250 poets. Only July 27th
and 28th, starting at 11am (and ending the first day at 7pm and the
second at 5pm), this spectacular event is free and open to the public.
Some of the
big names this year include:
1. Chen
Chen (currently a Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University);
2. Dorothea
Lasky (currently an Assistant Professor of Poetry at Columbia University’s
School of the Arts)
3. Lynn
Melnick (currently teaches poetry at Columbia University and the 92Y, and works
with saferLIT)
Mark your
calendars for September 6 – 8 for a cultural connection closer to home. Launched by Marsha Massiah of The Idea
Room Corp., this unprecedented festival seeks to “deliver a
product that truly reflects the dynamic relationship between the borough of
Brooklyn and its Caribbean inhabitants and the unique personality.”
