UPCOMING READINGS, CONFERENCES, EXHIBITIONS, and TOURS

Through Sunday, January 15, 2012
Two of Kim's poems and the poems of her students from the senior assisted living community Brighton Gardens of Friendship Heights are paired with works by visual artists and featured as part of "The Poetics of Water," a multidisciplinary collaboration sponsored by Take Me To The River, an international non-profit artists' cooperative.
University of Maryland's University College Gallery, UMUC Inn and Conference Center, 3501 University Blvd. E., Lower level, Adelphi, MD. (301) 985-7937. Free.

Saturday, February 25 at 5:30 pm
"...And Bid Him Sing": A Reading by Poet-Educators from the Folger Shakespeare Library, featuring Kim, Joel Dias-Porter, Sami Miranda, and Sarah Browning.
Admission fee charged. Intersections New America Arts Festival, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Lab One, 1333 H St. NE, DC (202) 399-7993.

Thursday, March 22 through Sunday, March 25
2012 Split This Rock Poetry Festival in Washington, DC. Kim will be a featured reader, and a co-presenter (with Dan Vera) on a panel, "The Radical Roots of Washington Literature." Other featured readers include Alice Walker, Sonia Sanchez, Sherwin Bitsui, Naomi Shihab Nye, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Khaled Mattawa, and Marilyn Nelson.
$75 early bird registration ($100 after February 22); $40 student rate. Some scholarships available. Readings, panels, workshops, book fair, events for youth. Location of events in the U Street and Columbia Heights neighborhoods, DC.
Kim's featured reading takes place on the opening night of the festival, Thursday, March 22 at 7:30 pm at the Carlos Rosario School. Her panel takes place on Saturday, March 24 at 9:30 am at the Langston Room in Busboys & Poets. Full information and registration online.

Tuesday, April 3 at 7:00 pm
Literary Evenings at the Arts Club of Washington: Slide/Lecture by Kim and Dan Vera on "DC Writers' Houses"
See photos and hear the stories behind the new website documenting over 120 houses by writers who lived in the greater DC area. Hear about writers who were radicals, spies, environmentalists, hosts of literary salons, and more. Includes information on the historic DC writer who lived in the building that now houses the Arts Club. Followed by reception.
The Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW, DC. (202) 331-7282. Free.