JMU - Calendar of Activities
Calendar of Activities
August 2011
Aug. 1-5: 7th Annual Children's Poetry Camp "Word Pebbles in a Pond", at 9:00a.m. - 2:00p.m. Monday through Friday for children 8 - 14 years of age in JMU's Memorial Hall; $50 registration fee includes lunch and snacks; scholarships are available.
September 2011
Sept. 22: Poetry Reading by Glenis Redmond, at 4:00p.m. in JMU's Taylor Hall, Room 404; free and open to the public; for more information about Glenis Redmond, click here.
October 2011
Oct. 10: Registration opens for "Poetry as Compass: A Collegiate Summit", at James Madison University; workshops and readings hosted by renowned poets, including members of the Affrilachian Writer's Collective; for more information, click here.
Oct. 21: Africana Studies Conference Keynote Address by Dr. Daryl Cumber Dance, the "Dean of Folkculture", at 5:00p.m. in JMU's Festival Ballroom A; co-sponsored with the Furious Flower Poetry Center; for more information about Dr. Daryl Dance, click here.
Oct. 30: Tribute event, "Speak the Truth to the People," honoring poets Mari Evans and Lerone Bennett, Jr. at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, IL.
November 2011
Nov. 7: Children's Winter Poetry Contest begins; an original work of poetry will be chosen from those submitted and the author will win a horse-drawn carriage ride through the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum; click here for more information.
Nov. 7-11: Community poem "James Madison University" written by JMU students, faculty, and staff, at Warren Hall, ISAT, and HHS.
Nov. 19: "Illumination: Out of the Dark," Poetry Jam and Open Mic at 7:00p.m. in JMU's Taylor Down Under, Taylor Hall; sponsored by the Furious Flower Poetry Center and Word Is Born Writers' Society; for more information about Word Is Born, click here.
Nov. 28: Deadline to submit a poem for the Children's Winter Poetry Contest.
December 2011
Dec. 10: Children's Poetry Contest Winner's carriage ride through the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum.
January 2012
Jan. 10-16: Martin Luther King Celebration Week, link to activities sponsored by JMU's Center for Multicultural Student Services.February 2012
Feb. 24: Poetry Jam for students at Thomas Harrison Middle School.March 2012
March 1: Deadline to register for "Poetry as Compass: A Collegiate Summit".
March 22-24: "Poetry as Compass: A Collegiate Summit", at James Madison University; workshops and readings hosted by renowned poets, including members of the Affrilachian Writer's Collective; for more information, click here.
April 2012
April 1: Start of National Poetry Month.
April 9: Registration begins for the 8th Annual Children's Poetry Camp; details TBA.
April 26: Poet-Tree Reading, the staffs of the Furious Flower Poetry Center and the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum invite poets to bring a poem to read at the annual Poet-Tree Reading held in the Arboretum at 4:00p.m.
April 28: "Furiously Fun Party," Furious Flower Advisory Board's 2012 Spring Fundraiser at 8:00pm-11:00pm; location is the House of Oak & Sofas; for more information, click here.
May 2012
June 2012
June 14-December 30: Won't You Celebrate With Me: Honoring the Life and Poetic Legacy of Lucille Clifton at the Enoch Pratt free Library in Baltimore, MD; photographer Lynda Koolish exhibits her photographs of the tribute event "73 Poems for 73 Years: Celebrating the Life of Lucille Clifton" ; Opening reception at 6:00p.m., click here form more information about the reception; sponsored by the Furious Flower Poetry Center.
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June 15-December 30: Among Poets: Remembering Lucille Clifton, Maryland's Poet Laureate at the Reginald F. Lewis Musuem in Baltimore, MD; Lynda Koolish's exhibit will showcase her images of Lucille Clifton; Opening Reception at 6:00p.m.
July 2012
July 12: Deadline to register for the 8th Annual Children's Poetry Camp.August 2012
Aug. 6-10: Furious Flower Poetry Center's 8th Annual Children's Poetry Camp "Words Light the Way", at 9:00a.m. - 2:00p.m. Monday through Friday for children 8 - 14 years of age in JMU's Memorial Hall; $50 registration fee includes lunch and snacks; scholarships are available.
September 2012
October 2012
Oct. 16: "Sheer Good Fortune" Celebrating Toni Morrison, at 7:00p.m. in Virginia Tech's Burruss Auditorium, Blacksburg, VA; ticket information TBA.
