Thursday, Apr 1, 7:00pm

New York City

100TH ANNUAL PSA AWARDS CEREMONY

null previewThe 100th anniversary of the PSA's awards ceremony, celebrating the winners of our 13 annual awards and honoring the life and work of our 2010 Centennial Frost Medalist, Lucille Clifton. PSA President Emerita Molly Peacock and former Executive Director Elise Paschen will also be honored.

Admission is free.

Grand Gallery, National Arts Club
15 Gramery Park

 
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Monday, Apr 5, 6:00pm

New York City

THE FIGURE OF ORPHEUS IN POETRY AND PERFORMANCE, 1910-2010
with John Ashbery, Yusef Komunyakaa, Mark Strand, Maria Tucci, and others

null previewIn honor of Lincoln Center's 50th Anniversary and the PSA's 100th Anniversary, an event celebrating the figure of Orpheus mythologized in poetry as well as dance, music, and film.

Co-sponsored by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center.


Admission is free.

Bruno Walter Auditorium
111 Amsterdam Avenue and 65th Street

 
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Thursday, Apr 8, 4:30pm

Denver, CO

PSA CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT AWP
Cyrus Cassells, B. H. Fairchild, Kimiko Hahn, Joy Harjo, Jean Valentine, Diane Wakoski, Gary Young, and Matthew Zapruder

null previewAs part of the Association for Writers & Writing  Programs Annual Conference, past and present PSA Award winners from across the country read their work.

Admission is free for AWP Conference attendees.

Centennial Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Denver
650 15th Street
 
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Friday, May 14, 7:30pm

Minneapolis, MN

POETS OF THE AMERICAN MIDWEST, 1910-2010
Antler, Robert Bly, Marvin Bell, Heid Erdrich, Ray Gonzalez, Mary Kinzie, Jim Moore, and Thylias Moss

null previewDistinguished Midwestern poets read their own work as well as the work of their canonical predecessors.

Co-sponsored by Rain Taxi Review of Books.

Admission is $5 / $3 for MCBA, PSA, and Rain Taxi Members and Students.

Target Performance Hall, Open Book
1101 Washington Avenue S.