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Tuesday September 1
Poetry in Dangerous Times, From Witness to Resistance: Retreat with Demetria Martínez. Workshop. Registration required for each weekly session. 5-7:30 PM. Southside Library, 6599 Jaguar Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87507. More info and register to attend here.
Wednesday September 2
Bedlam Writing Fellows. Prompts and community feedback. Free. 6-7:30 PM. Vital Spaces, 3140 Cerrillos Rd Suite B, Santa Fe, NM 87507. More info here.
Saturday September 5
Alicia Elkort (poetry/spoken word) with The Overlook Quartet. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10. Chatter N: Contemporary Chamber Music for Sonic Explorers. 10:30 AM. Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA), 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505. More info & tickets here.
Monday September 7
First Monday Poetry Open-Mic. Presented by Santa Fe Poetry Trails & Teatro Paraguas. Signup starts at 6 PM; readings at 6:30 PM. Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie Suite B , Santa Fe, NM, 87507. More info here.
Friday September 11
Time Sensitive: Reclamation Renewal Resilience Resistance. A celebratory evening of poetry with Vital Spaces Poet in Residence Shirley Edmondson, guest poets Mary Oishi and Olabumi Brown, and writers from the community! 6-7:30 PM. Light refreshments and complimentary chapbook to first 50 attendees. Vital Spaces, 3140 Cerrillos Rd Suite B, Santa Fe, NM 87507. More info here.
Tuesday September 15
Barbara Rockman. Book Launch, Night Said, University of NM Press. Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, NM 87501. More info forthcoming here.
Friday September 18
V.B. Price (Chaco Now: New and Archival Poems). Talk and reading about the threats to (and the importance of) Chaco Canyon. 4-5 PM. Santa Fe Southside Library, 6599 Jaguar Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87507. More info here.
Tuesday September 22
Tani Arness (Albuquerque) & Mary Strong Jackson (Santa Fe). Back Porch Reading Series. $12, limited to 15, includes pizza, wine and beverages. Doors 5:30 PM. Readings 6 PM. Jules Poetry Playhouse, Placitas, NM. More info and register here.
Thursday September 24
Joy Harjo. Three-term US Poet Laureate reads from her new collection, Cloud Runner. 6 PM. Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, NM 87501. More info forthcoming here.
Richard Chess, Emily Hyland, Priyanka Kumar, Santana Shorty. Community Reading Series. Free with suggested donation. 5-6:30 PM. Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA), 1050 Old Pecos Trail Santa Fe, NM 87505. More info here.
Saturday September 26
Richard Chess. Dwelling in Possibility: A Poetry Workshop. All levels welcome. $30. 2-3:30 PM. Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA), 1050 Old Pecos Trail Santa Fe, NM 87505. More info and reserve tickets here.
Jules Nyquist & John Roche. Free. 2-3:30 PM. Placitas Community Library, 453 New Mexico 165, Placitas, NM, 87043. More info here.
A Year of New Mexico Poetry. Readings from several contributors to celebrate the release of the new A Year of New Mexico Poetry anthology. 3-4 PM. Registration required. Community Room, Santa Fe Main Library, 145 Washington Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501. More info and register here.