Reading in collaboration with Toni Ross’s installation “Transient Permanence”
Parish Art Museum 279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, NY, United States
Panel Discussion: Defining Wholeness and Health through Imagination, Art and Politics
Hostos Community College 500 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY, United StatesThe “What Creates Health” community conversation will bring activists, artists, performers and local community organizations together to talk about how we can define what shapes health in our communities and how to prevent deadly diseases like the pancreatic cancer. Join us! Check out art, music and dance performances by local artists Take part in workshops … Continue reading "Panel Discussion: Defining Wholeness and Health through Imagination, Art and Politics"
Resist Poetry Reading
Malia Mills Store 55 Main Street, East Hampton, New YorkHobart Festival of Women Writers
Hobart, NY, United StatesKathy Engel is making her Hobart Book Village Festival of Women Writers debut in 2017. In addition to giving a reading of her published work, she will moderate the festival's Public Conversation on Art and Politics. Times and venues TBA.
“The Blueness of Evening” – launch and panel discussion
Book Culture 536 W 112th St, New York, NY, United StatesCome to Book Culture on 112th to celebrate the release of Hassan Najmi's first English translation of his poetry collection, The Blueness of the Evening. Hassan will be joined by a panel consisting of Madeleine Dobie, Kathy Engel, Julio Ramos, and Mbarek Sryfi. Hassan Najmi, born in Ben Ahmed in 1960, now resides in Rabat. He is the author of two novels and ten … Continue reading "“The Blueness of Evening” – launch and panel discussion"
Ghost Fishing Installation: Unveiling & Inaugural Reading
Kimmel Windows LaGuardia Pl & W 3rd St, New York, NY, United StatesThe public art installation Ghost Fishing opens on Monday, September 10th, 5-7pm with a blessing of the plants and the poems offered by Shinnecock Nation elder Denise Silva-Dennis, followed by readings from a few of the poets and organizers. Kathy Engel's poem "Return" is featured in one of the windows. Earlier in the day, a … Continue reading "Ghost Fishing Installation: Unveiling & Inaugural Reading"
Freedom Forum 2018: Testify: Memoir as a Tool for Building History
Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY, United StatesCan memoir become a tool for action? Is there a way that a living literature by those whose voices have been silenced can make its way into the canon – to be taught in high schools, colleges and universities; to be circulated side by side with the writings of those who are already acknowledged by … Continue reading "Freedom Forum 2018: Testify: Memoir as a Tool for Building History"
Poetry Street
The Blue Duck Bakery Cafe 309 E Main Street, Riverhead, NY, United StatesKathy will be reading some of her work at The Blue Duck Bakery Cafe together with poets Luis Solano and Ella Engel Snow .
Voices of a People’s History
Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 East 3rd Street, New York, NY, United StatesVoices of a People’s History of the United States brings to life the extraordinary history of ordinary people who built the movements for social justice in the United States. By giving public expression to rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past—and present—VOICES seeks to educate and inspire a new generation working for social justice. Featuring … Continue reading "Voices of a People’s History"