Tony Keith Jr Poetry Open Mic
Schedule
Fri Oct 18 2024 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
3630 Peachtree Pkwy, Ste 314, Suwanee, GA, United States, Georgia 30024 | Johns Creek, GE
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Open Mic Poetry NightCome join us for an Open Mic Poetry Night after close on Friday, Oct 18th, from 7-8 pm. Featured poet Tony Keith, Jr. will share his poetry for 20 minutes, and poets from the community can sign up to read one or two of their own poems. If you are a poet, want to support poets in your area, or have questions for a published poet, you won't want to miss this! Copies of Tony Keith, Jr.'s memoir, How the Boogeyman Became a Poet, will be available for purchase.
Poets Wanted!
Interested in reading at our open poetry night? Come by the store or fill out this form to sign up for a slot to read a poem! (Spots are limited due to time constraints, but if people are interested, we can make open mic nights a regular event!)
Tony Keith Jr.
Tony Keith Jr. is an award-winning Black American gay poet, spoken word artist, and Hip-Hop educational leader from Washington DC. Or, you can just call him an “Ed Emcee”. He is author of How the Boogeyman Became a Poet - a young adult (YA) memoir in verse, and Knucklehead (Feb. 25, 2025) - a forthcoming YA poetry collection, both published by HarpersCollins.
A multi-year fellow of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Tony has featured performances at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington National Cathedral, Historic Lincoln Theatre, Bus Boys & Poets, and in schools and communities around the world including South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago and many more.
He is co-author of the award-winning book Open Mic Night: Campus Programs that Champion College Student Voice and Engagement, and his academic work appears in the International Journal of Critical Media Literacy, Equity & Excellence in Education, the Journal of Black Masculinity, the Journal of Negro Education and several others.
He earned his BA in Communication Studies from University of Maryland College Park, an M.Ed. in College Student Affairs from Penn State University, and his PhD in Education Leadership from George Mason University. Tony’s award-winning dissertation, Educational Emcees: Mastering Conditions in Education Through Hip-Hop and Spoken Words, inspired the founding of his company “Ed Emcee Academy” in his DC hometown where he lives with his husband, Harry Christian III.
Event date:
Friday, October 18, 2024 - 7:00pm
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Where is it happening?
3630 Peachtree Pkwy, Ste 314, Suwanee, GA, United States, Georgia 30024, 3630 Peachtree Pkwy, Suwanee, GA 30024-6024, United States,Johns Creek, GeorgiaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
