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kansas city literary events
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& outlying regions in missouri and kansas |
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Friday,
August 13, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Chato Villalobos and Glen North |
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A Riverfront
Reading
series
poetry event at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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8:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Riverfront Reading Series |
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816-753-1090 |
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
overland park, kan. |
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Greg Field |
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Field will read and perform with the musical
group RCO at the Johnson County Public Library, 9875 W.
87th Street, Overland Park, Kan. |
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Johnson County Central Resource Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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913-495-9107 |
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Friday,
August 20, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Mary-Lane Kamberg and Olive Sullivan |
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A Writers
Place event at
3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Friday,
August 27, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Italian-American Reading |
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An evening
with
Italian-American
writers of
fiction,
nonfiction,
and
poetry: Carmela
Palazzo
Hakan, Al
Ortolani,
Robert
Stewart,
Maryfrances
Cusumano
Wagner,
Charles
Ferruzza,
and J. T.
Knoll.
Suggested
donation:
$5/$3
members.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Friday,
September 3, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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J.C. Hallman |
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Short story writer
and essayist J.C. Hallman appears at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.
Suggested
donation:
$5/$3
members.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Friday,
September 10, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Rosemarie Kinder and Matthew Eck |
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A Riverfront
Reading
series event
featuring
fiction
writer and
poet Kinder
and fiction
writer Eck at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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Time: |
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8:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Riverfront Reading Series |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Tuesday,
September 21, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Terry McMillan |
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Terry
McMillan
discusses
Getting
To Happy,
her long
awaited
sequel to
the
bestselling
novel
Waiting To
Exhale,
at the
Truman
Forum,
Kansas City
Public
Library
Plaza
Branch, 4801
Main Street,
Kansas City,
MO.
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Time: |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Rainy Day Books |
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Tele.: |
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913-384-3126 |
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
overland park, kan. |
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Dan Jaffe |
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Author Dan Jaffe reads at the Johnson
County Public Library, 9875 W. 87th Street, Overland
Park, Kan. |
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Johnson County Central Resource Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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913-495-9107 |
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Wednesday,
September 22, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Jonathan Franzen |
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Jonathan
Franzen,
bestselling
author of
The
Corrections,
appears for
his new
novel
Freedom
on
Wednesday
September
22, 2010 at
7:00 PM,
Unity Temple
on the
Plaza, 747
W. 47th
Street,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Rainy Day Books |
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Tele.: |
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913-384-3126 |
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Friday,
September 24, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Gary Gildner and Christie Hodgen |
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Part of the
Paired
Voices
Reading
Series, at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
Suggested
donation:
$5/$3
members
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Friday,
October 8, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Dolores Miller and Jan Kroll |
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A Riverfront
Reading
series event
featuring
poets Miller
and Kroll at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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Time: |
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8:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Riverfront Reading Series |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Friday,
October 15, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Robin Behn and José Faus |
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Part of the
Paired
Voices
Reading
Series, at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
Suggested
donation:
$5/$3
members
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Friday,
October 15, 2010-
Saturday, October 16, 2010
lee's summit, mo. |
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MCC-Longview Literary Festival |
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Literary festival held at Mel Aytes Education Center,
500 SW
Longview
Road, Lee's
Summit, Mo.
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Time: |
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10:30 a.m. - 6:30
p.m. both days |
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Contact: |
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Susan Satterfield, MCCC |
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Tele.: |
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816-524-4852 |
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Monday,
October 18, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Joyce Carol Oates |
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Joyce Carol Oates appears as part of the Writers At Work
Speaker Series on Monday October 18, 2010 at 6:30 PM, at
Kansas City Public Library.
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Time: |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Kansas City Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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816-701-3407 |
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
overland park, kan. |
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Elizabeth Schultz & Jane Wood |
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Schultz and Wood read at the Johnson
County Public Library, 9875 W. 87th Street, Overland
Park, Kan. |
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Johnson County Central Resource Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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913-495-9107 |
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Thursday,
October 21, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Brian Turner |
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Midwest Poets Series Event. Poet of Here,
Bullet and Iraqi war vet. Rockhurst
University, 54th Street and Troost, Kansas City,
Mo. Admission to Midwest Poets Series is
$3. No one will be turned away for lack of
funds.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. reading;
reception begins at 6:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst
University |
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Tele.: |
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816-501-4607 |
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Wednesday,
November 3, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Christie Hodgen |
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Author and
UMKC
Creative
Writing
Professor
Christie
Hodgen discusses
her books
with Angela
Elam in this
live taping
of New
Letters on
the Air at the
Truman
Forum,
Kansas City
Public
Library
Plaza
Branch, 4801
Main Street,
Kansas City,
MO.
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Time: |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Kansas City Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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816-701-3407 |
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Friday,
November 12, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Catherine Anderson and Denise Low |
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A Riverfront
Reading
series event
featuring
poets
Anderson and
Low at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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Time: |
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8:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Riverfront Reading Series |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Tuesday,
November 16, 2010
lawrence, kan. |
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Joseph O'Neill |
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Acclaimed author of the PEN/Faulkner-Award winning novel
Netherland lectures at the Hall Center for the
Humanities, Lawrence, Kan. |
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Time: |
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TBA |
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Contact: |
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Hall Center for the Humanities |
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Tele.: |
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785-864-4798 |
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Thursday,
November 18, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Gjertrud Schnackenberg |
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Midwest Poets Series Event, presents winner of
the Rome Prize, Berlin Prize, & Academy Award in
Literature. Rockhurst University, 54th Street
and Troost, Kansas City, Mo. Admission to
Midwest Poets Series is $3. No one will be
turned away for lack of funds.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. reading;
reception begins at 6:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst
University |
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Tele.: |
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816-501-4607 |
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Friday,
December 10, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Riverfront Reading Holiday Open Mic |
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A Riverfront
Reading
series event at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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Time: |
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8:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Riverfront Reading Series |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Thursday,
January 27, 2011
kansas city, mo. |
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Kay Ryan |
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Midwest Poets Series event features United States Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. Rockhurst University, 54th Street and Troost, Kansas City, Mo. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m.,
reading; 6:30 p.m. reception |
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Contact: |
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Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst University |
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Tele.: |
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816-501-4607 |
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Monday, March 7 to
Thursday, March 10, 2011
kansas city, mo. |
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Terrance Hayes |
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The
prominent
poet will be
the
Cockefair
Chair
Writer-in-Residence,
hosted by
the UMKC
M.F.A.
Program in
Creative
Writing and
Media Arts.
Public
events are
planned.
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Time: |
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TBA |
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Contact: |
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UMKC Department of English |
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Tele.: |
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816-235-1305 |
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Thursday,
March 17, 2011
kansas city, mo. |
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TBA |
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Midwest Poets Series Event. Rockhurst
University, 54th Street and Troost, Kansas City,
Mo. Admission to Midwest Poets Series is
$3. No one will be turned away for lack of
funds.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. reading;
reception begins at 6:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst
University |
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Tele.: |
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816-501-4607 |
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Thursday,
March 24, 2011
kansas city, mo. |
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TBA |
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Midwest Poets Series Event. Rockhurst
University, 54th Street and Troost, Kansas City,
Mo. Admission to Midwest Poets Series is
$3. No one will be turned away for lack of
funds.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. reading;
reception begins at 6:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst
University |
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Tele.: |
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816-501-4607 |
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Thursday,
April 14, 2011
lawrence, kan. |
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
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Distinguished professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., lectures
at the Hall Center for the Humanities, University of
Kansas, Lawrence. |
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Time: |
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TBA |
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Contact: |
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Hall Center for the Humanities |
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Tele.: |
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785-864-4798 |
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