Celebrate National Poetry Month at "Exploring the Poetics" with readings from:

• Porsha Olayiwola
• Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah 
• Joshua Nguyen
• and more!

Refreshments will be provided.

A memorial poetry reading honoring the life and work of Danielle Legros Georges will be held at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston on Sunday, May 4, from 1-5 p.m. in the Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater. The event will feature readings of her poetry by over twenty writers, poets, and publishers.

Legros Georges was an award-winning poet, author, translator, editor, scholar, and educator who served as the second Boston Poet Laureate (2015-2019). In that role, she was a strong advocate for poetry and the arts, collaborating with Boston schools, libraries, museums, artists, and students on a wide variety of public projects, readings, and civic events. A member of the influential Dark Room Collective of Black poets and artists, Legros Georges helped found the Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts, served on the ICA / Boston’s Artists Advisory Council, and was a board member of the New England Poetry Club, where she helped establish grant opportunities for BIPOC poets.  Professor emerita of creative writing in the MFA program at Lesley University, she also taught for the William Joiner Institute at UMass Boston. The memorial reading is sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of the City of Boston, in partnership with the ICA and the New England Poetry Club.

To attend this special reading and reception, please RSVP at daniellememorial.splashthat.com (registration is required for free ICA admission). To watch the program virtually, visit the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture's Instagram page when the event begins to tune into the livestream: instagram.com/artsinboston.

Indigenous peoples, histories, stories, and culture have been erased from the City of Boston and Massachusetts. You rarely see the mention of our peoples across the City and if you do, it’s rarely from an Indigenous perspective. Due to the history of erasure in Massachusetts, you don’t see many events or convenings centering Indigenous knowledge. Our history in this city and state needs to reckon with that exclusion and erasure.

In partnership with the North American Indian Center of Boston and Northeastern University, we are hosting our second annual Indigenous symposium. These annual events will be led by Indigenous peoples, centering and platforming Indigenous knowledge. This year we’d like to focus on land and the work that Indigenous communities are doing to protect land and restore land. This will be a one day event, two panel discussions, and exhibition of art.

Proposed Schedule:

Panel Discussion

• Land Back + Conservation + Environmental Justice
• Cultural Preservation

Artist show + Artist Share Out

Our symposium is sponsored by: City of Boston, City of Boston Equity and Inclusion, North American Indian Center of Boston, and Mills College at Northeastern.

Accessibility, Health and Safety:

• Our online event will include automated captions.

Register

Join The Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement and Equity and Inclusion Cabinet to celebrate 40 nominated EXTRAOrdinary Women (Event Description Video) at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury.

Doors open at 3:00 p.m. | Program starts at 3:30 p.m.

This event is by invitation only.

Please email bostonwomen@boston.gov if you need ADA seating or other accommodations.

ASL interpreters will be present.

Dress Code: Cocktail/Business Attire

R.S.V.P. here