Join us Saturday, September 29 for an afternoon of poetry for 100 Thousand Poets for Change. This is an international event happening in over 115 countries. Poets are gathering worldwide to celebrate and call for social, political and economic change. 

Local poets Kelli Russel Agodon, Elizabeth Austen, Anna Bálint, Janée J. Baugher, Greg Bem, Nilki Benítez, David Biespiel, Andrew Bleeker, Matt Briggs, John Burgess, Bill Carty, Elizabeth J. Colen, Kerry Cox, Kevin Craft, Larry Crist, Elaina M. Ellis, Amber Flame, Kathleen Flenniken, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Felicia Gonzalez, Chris Gusta, Esther Altshul Helfgott, Paul Hunger, Jourdan Keith, Aaron Kokorowski, Kate Lebo, Rebecca A. Mabanglo-Mayor, Nadine Maestas, Brian McGuigan, Mikey, Brian Patrick Miller, Elizabeth Myhr, Amber Nelson, Paul Nelson, Sierra Nelson, Shin Yu Pai, Queequeg, Re Drum Parade, Jack Remick, Susan Rich, Judith Roche, Raúl Sánchez, Martha Silano, Annette Spaulding-Convy, JT Stewart, Alexis Vergalla, Jeanine Walker, Diane Westergaard, Wendy Willis, Deborah Woodard, Carolyne Wright, Jay Yencich and 45 Degrees of Taupe will be performing their work from 2-7 p.m. at Richard Hugo House.

After 7 p.m., we’ll be heading over to Vermillion, an art gallery/wine bar, for the afterparty.

Visit the official event site here: http://www.bigbridge.org/100thousandpoetsforchange/