BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:City of Alexandria Poet Laureate KaNikki Jakarta invites resid ents to read poetry in celebration of the National Poem in Your Pocket da y. METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Poem in Your Pocket Day Event on Apr 28\, 2020 VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:VIRTUAL: Poem in Your Pocket Day Event on Apr 28\, 2020 X-WR-CALNAME:VIRTUAL: Poem in Your Pocket Day Event on Apr 28\, 2020 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts CATEGORIES:Author Reading CATEGORIES:Family CATEGORIES:Performing Arts CATEGORIES:Recreation DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=31939\n\nCity of Alexandria Poet Laureate KaNikki Jakar ta invites residents to read poetry in celebration of the National Poem i n Your Pocket day. The 2020 "DASHing Words in Motion" Poets have also be en invited to read their winning poetry that will be displayed on the DAS H buses and Trolleys throughout the month of April. This virtual event i s hosted by KaNikki Jakarta\, the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association and the Office of the Arts. If you wish to read or participate as an aud ience member\, please send in your RSVP to: poet@alexandriava.gov. In th e email\, state if you wish to read\, or just be an observer as an audien ce member. A confirmation and ZOOM invitation will be sent to you by KaNi kki Jakarta\, Poet Laureate\, City of Alexandria. \n \nFor additional in formation about the Poet Laureate and other literary programs\, visit the Office of the Arts' website at www.alexandriava.gov/Arts\; email the Poe t Laureate at poet@alexandriava.gov\; or call Cheryl Anne Colton at 703.7 46.5565\, email cherylanne.colton@alexandriava.gov\, \n\nFor reasonable disability accommodation\, contact Cherylanne.colton@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.5565\, Virginia Relay 711.\n\nAbout the Poet Laureate:\n\nKaNikki Jakarta is an award-winning performance poet who has toured the United S tates and the United Kingdom. She has founded\, facilitated\, or hosted 1 5 live poetry events\, ranging from "open mics" and award ceremonies to c onferences and workshops. With more than 26 years of writing experience a nd nearly two decades on the poetry scene\, Jakarta has opened for vocali sts Jill Scott\, Raheem DaVaughn\, and Lyfe Jennings. She has authored th ree works of fiction\, two poetry collections\, a poetry CD\, and a memoi r.\n\nThis program is part of the Office of the Arts "Arts at Home" serie s\, supporting local artists and the community.\n\n\n\nLocation: Virtual Only\nContact Person: Cheryl Anne Colton\, Regional Program Director\nCo ntact Phone: 703.746.5565\nContact Email: cherylanne.colton@alexandriava. gov\nFees: Free\, reservations required\, email poet@alexandriava.gov\nAu dience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Author Reading\, Family\, Perform ing Arts\, Recreation\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=31939\n\nWeb resources:\n\n http://alexandriava.gov/arts\n DTEND:20200429T010000Z DTSTAMP:20200417T215942Z DTSTART:20200428T230000Z LOCATION: Virtual Only SEQUENCE:8 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Poem in Your Pocket Day Event TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:0701a442-b26b-424c-ae32-22a403cc9d14 URL:http://alexandriava.gov/arts X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=31939
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City of Alexandria Poet Laureate KaNikki Jakarta invites residents to read poetry in celebr ation of the National Poem in Your Pocket day. The 2020 ?DASHing Words i n Motion? Poets have also been invited to read their winning poetry that will be displayed on the DASH buses and Trolleys throughout the month of April. This virtual event is hosted by KaNikki Jakarta\, the Northern Vi rginia Fine Arts Association and the Office of the Arts. If you wish to r ead or participate as an audience member\, please send in your RSVP to: p oet@alexandriava.gov. In the email\, state if you wish to read\, or just be an observer as an audience member. A confirmation and ZOOM invitation will be sent to you by KaNikki Jakarta\, Poet Laureate\, City of Alexand ria. \n
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For additional information about the Poet Laureate and other literary programs\, visit the Office of the Arts? website at w ww.alexandriava.gov/Arts\; email the Poet Laureate at poet@alexandriava.g ov\; or call Cheryl Anne Colton at 703.746.5565\, email cherylanne.colton @alexandriava.gov\, \n
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For reasonable disability accommodat ion\, contact Cherylanne.colton@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.5565\, Virgin ia Relay 711.\n
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About the Poet Laureate:\n
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KaNi kki Jakarta is an award-winning performance poet who has toured the Unite d States and the United Kingdom. She has founded\, facilitated\, or hoste d 15 live poetry events\, ranging from ?open mics? and award ceremonies t o conferences and workshops. With more than 26 years of writing experienc e and nearly two decades on the poetry scene\, Jakarta has opened for voc alists Jill Scott\, Raheem DaVaughn\, and Lyfe Jennings. She has authored three works of fiction\, two poetry collections\, a poetry CD\, and a me moir.\n
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This program is part of the Office of the Arts " \;Arts at Home"\; series\, supporting local artists and the community .\n
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Location: Virtual Only\n
Contact P erson: Cheryl Anne Colton\, Regional Program Director\n
Contact Phon e: 703.746.5565\n
Contact Email: cherylanne.colton@alexandriava.gov\ n
Fees: Free\, reservations required\, email poet@alexandriava.gov\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: Arts\, Author Reading\, Fa mily\, Performing Arts\, Recreation\n
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Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&\ ;si=31939
\nhttp://alexandriava .gov/arts
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