Healing Verse Germantown uses poetry and public art to strengthen community bonds
Love Philly? So do we. Let’s be friends. Sign up for the Billy Penn newsletter today. Walking home from…
6 National Poetry Month Events You Can Attend In WeHo This April
On Saturday, April 11, 2026, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room, located…
Poet Robert Hershon’s Eclectic Home in Boerum Hill
The house with the blue door on Wyckoff Street, in Boerum Hill, got more mail than the neighbors’…
At Zoe Branch’s table, poetry is alive and well in New York City
When Zoe Branch left her journalism career in Washington State and moved to New York at the height…
Verbal Jousting in Oak Cliff: The Black Literary Tradition of Battle Rap
When my friend SoulArty invited me to a local battle rap event last December, I had no idea…
Dr. John Goodson, physician, poet, and primary care advocate, dies at 76
Of one patient, he wrote about the startling way death suddenly arrives: “And then you vanished / only…
LA Mayor Bass announces search for new city poet laureate
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has launched a search to find the city’s next poet laureate. But rather…
Ready, set, slam! BronxWrites young poets compete at the Bronx Music Hall – New York Family
Racial identity, gratitude and the overwhelming state of current events are just a few of the topics explored…
6 ways to celebrate Black History Month in San Antonio
The Texas capital is busy with visitors from all over, including San Antonio. In addition to some San…
Barnes Foundation hosts cultural programming during PECO Free First Sunday Family Day
PHILADLEPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Today, the art of poetry and hip-hop was on full display at the Barnes…