M.L. Liebler & The Magic Poet Band @ The Robin
Schedule
Wed, 19 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Robin Theatre | Lansing, MI
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Detroit’s M.L. Liebler—"The Poet of the People"— & The Magic Poetry Band will bring their high-energy, eclectic fusion of poetry and music to The Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave. in Lansing’s REO Town on Wed., March 19th. Doors open at 7. Show at 7:30 PM.Tickets are $10. Because seats are limited, it is best to purchase tickets online: https://www.therobintheatre.com/events
Liebler, the Poet Laureate of St. Clair Shores, is a singular and acclaimed voice within the Michigan poetry scene. He is internationally known, the author of 15 books and chapbooks, a Wayne State University professor and literary arts activist. He has read and performed his work in Afghanistan, Israel, Palestine, Russia, China, France, UK, Macao, Italy, Germany, Spain, Finland and most of the 50 States. He is the founding director of both The National Writer’s Voice Project in Detroit and the Springfed Arts: Metro Detroit Writers Literary Arts Organization.
His poetry focuses on the working class, politics, and spirituality. His books include Wide Awake in Somebody Else’s Dream, which won both the Patterson Poetry Prize for Literary Excellence and the American Indie Book Award for 2009. In 2011, his groundbreaking anthology Working Words: Punching the Clock & Kicking Out the James was given a Library of Michigan Notable Book Award. In 2017, he received two Library of Michigan Notable Book Awards for his collection of poems entitled I Want to Be Once and for Heaven was Detroit: An Anthology of Detroit Music Essays from Jazz to Hiphop. Respect: Poets on Detroit Music, edited by Liebler and Jim Daniels, just received the 2021 Library of Michigan Notable Book Award. In September 2020, ML was awarded the Michigan Humanities Champion of the Year.
Liebler and the Band will be available to chat and sign books after the event.
This event is a production of the Lansing Poet Laureate & the Lansing Poetry Club.
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Where is it happening?
The Robin Theatre, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910-1648, United States,Lansing, MichiganEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
