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Ashley M. Jones, Poet Laureate of Alabama, recites work at Gadsden State Community College
The Gadsden Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAshley M. Jones made history in 2021 when she was named Poet Laureate of Alabama — the first Black...
Pair of special guests on tap for Gadsden Public Library on June 14 and 15
The Gadsden Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Gadsden Public Library will feature a pair of special guests on back-to-back days later this...
Alabama poet laureate to speak at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
The Albany Herald, Ga. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 3—TIFTON — Ashley M. Jones, the poet laureate for the state of Alabama, will be the first of three speakers in the Georgia Poetry Circuit series beginning Nov. 7 at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural ...
TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMUSIC THURSDAY Lauren Daigle, Andrew Ripp: 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amp box office, for $129.50,...
What's new, what's familiar at the 52nd annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTalking about the Kentuck Festival of the Arts, coming up on its 52nd incarnation Oct. 14-15, can...
How Taylor Swift Planned Tortured Poets Department Announcement
E! News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOriginally appeared on E! Online Checkmate. Taylor Swift couldn't lose. While on stage at her latest...
Kentuck Festival lineup boasts Grammy-winning singer, Alabama poet laureate
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe 51st annual Kentuck Festival of the Artists will be held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 15, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 16 in Northport's Kentuck Park. Tickets are $10 per day, or $15 for both days. For ...
Kentuck Festival adds Speckled Bird to music lineup
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Kentuck Festival of the Arts has had to make a change to its musical lineup, with Florence's Speckled Bird replacing Austin, Texas's Beat Root Revival. The duo of Ben Jones and Andrea Magee ...
Alabama’s First Black Poet Laureate Makes Words Her Weapons in the Fight for Social Change
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNathan Watson for the Bama BuzzThis is an excerpt from the book The Moment: Changemakers on Why and...
Poets academy gives $50,000 grants to local, state laureates
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoState and local poets laureate from Alabama to Hawaii will each receive $50,000 grants from the Academy of American Poets, awards given for “positive contributions to their communities.” The ...
