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Of Poemballs and Provo: Open Mic May 5th – featured in 15 Bytes: Utah’s Art Magazine

HUGE thanks to David G. Pace of 15 Bytes for his thoughtful interview and also to Pioneer Book and the Downtown Provo Art Stroll for supporting poetry and literary arts! This event, Friday, May 5, 2017 from 7 – 9pm, features local slam poets and invites the community to come share their favorite poem or one of their own at the open mic! We’ll also have the Poemball Machine (as featured on KSL) and be giving away a free poetry book of Utah poets to anyone who steps up to the mic.

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Utah poets featured on 90.9 FM KRCL’s Radioactive – 6pm every night this week!

To help celebrate poetry month, KRCL is featuring a different Utah poet every day this week on their Radioactive public affairs program at 6pm on weekdays. Specifically, these poets are Utah county poets and members of the local poetry group Rock Canyon Poets. Tune in for National Poetry Month announcements and to hear the poets read one of their original poems.

Listen one of three ways:

The schedule is as follows:

If you’re not familiar with KRCL, you should check them out. This is not some boring community radio station. They play popular/indie music with no advertisements all day, produce amazing local programming like Radioactive, and bring in great national programs such as The Grateful Dead Hour and Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. They are big supporters of local arts–including poetry.