Monday, April 23, 2012

Poet Laureate Party at the Heights Art Gallery April 27th


Trina Jones
Vince Robinson



Friday April 27th marks the start of my 2nd year as poet laureate of the City of Cleveland Heights.  To kick things off I've invited some of my favorite poets to read at the Heights Art Gallery on Lee Road in Cleveland Heights.  The gallery is a few doors south of the Cedar-Lee theater with ample metered parking in the rear.  Vince Robinson, Kathleen Cerveny, Tammi Powell, Phil Metres, Vince Robinson and Trina Jones.
Check this out to see the Heights spit on this event.  I hope to see you all there!

peace and blessings,

Cavana




Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Being at Peace in Our Community


from Poet and Being at Peace in Our Community Progenitor Kathy Smith takes place April 21st @ 2:00pm:

"How we can all become less estranged, and more part of the community?

We welcome you to participate in a series of  events featuring poetry, discussion and
food. The impetus for this series is a drive to improve the relationship and understanding
between people who are leading and policing our communities and all people who live in
the communities to minimize violence and to work better together on solving problems.

Here are some of the immediate problems we’d like to work on solving/discussing:

•Incidents have occurred such as misuse of
force/misuse of authority/improper training on the part of some police officers and
other members of the community.  Some in our community have been stopped and harassed
by for no apparent reason, and like in the case of Trayvon Martin, some children have even been harmed.

• Too much polarization, not enough togetherness
• Not enough working together on common community issues
Addressing and helping solve these social issues can help us work together
on some of the other big issues--economic and environmental--at which

we
will
be
more
effective
addressing
together.

SATURDAY APRIL 21 @ 2-5 PM

BEING AT PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITY

“Introducing Ourselves” @


The Nia Coffeehouse

2555 Euclid Heights Blvd. (At St. Alban Episcopal Church)

Open mic poetry, refreshments and roundtable introductions. Theme of
the evening: “Introducing Ourselves”--however you might wish to interpret
this. Please feel free to bring some food and poetry to share. We will meet
again in May; stay tuned for venue and theme info! "