A Way with Words
Schedule
Fri Sep 20 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI, United States, Michigan 48917 | Lansing, MI
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An evening of revelatory poetry and story exploring the different ways we share our words.Part of the inaugural Lansing LIT festival celebrating Lansing's thriving literary scene.
Hosted by Masaki Takahashi, Lansing Poet Laureate Emeritus, a spoken word artist who will share his identity poems, the evening’s feature is from New York City, slam poet The Bee who often speaks with a stutter. LCC Theatre students will perform an original poem on the themes of language and what constitutes spoken word. Tai Dorsette, a Hard of Hearing poet from Michigan will perform her poems with American Sign Language and they’ll be voice interpreted for hearing audience members, and an MSU researcher will give a short presentation on the science of speech impediments. The entire program will be sign interpreted by students in LCC’s Sign Language Program.
The evening will conclude with a Q&A with the performers and audience led by Masaki and Myles Hudkins, LCC Sign Program Practicum Supervisor.
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Where is it happening?
Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI, United States, Michigan 48917Event Location & Nearby Stays:
