Show your support for the humanities and literary arts:
Attend the Poetry Center’s 50th Anniversary Benefit
An Afternoon with Billy Collins and Friends
November 7th at 3 p.m. at Centennial Hall
What does the Poetry Center do for Tucson?
•Reading and Lecture Series: hosting authors since 1962
•Collection of Contemporary Poetry: open-access; over 70,000 items and growing
•Book Club & Shop Talks: discussions of poetry and fiction in an informal setting
•Community Classes and Workshops writing workshops in all genres, and literature classes in poetry
•Children’s Activities: Saturday morning activity hour, Corrido writing contest, Poetry Out Loud
•Professional Development for Tucson’s K-12 teachers
Here’s your chance to show your appreciation for all the Poetry Center does.
BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW by visiting uapresents.org.
The Benefit: The Poetry Center celebrates its 50th Anniversary with former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins and special guests, actress Patricia Clarkson (Cairo Time, Shutter Island, Easy A), Arizona Daily Star cartoonist David Fitzsimmons, KXCI Radio’s Ernesto Portillo, Jr., and poet Howard Altmann.
Billy Collins sees poetry as a “form or travel writing” and considers humor “a door into the serious.” He’ll be reading his own poems and his special guests will share their best-loved poems written by others.
The event, which is a benefit for the Poetry Center, takes place on the Centennial Hall stage, where Robert Frost read in November 1960, following the dedication of the Poetry Center in a small bungalow on Highland Avenue.
Now an internationally renowned literary arts center housed in a beautiful, landmark building, the Poetry Center invites you to join in on this 50th anniversary celebration.
Come experience the impact poetry and literature has
on our lives and in our communities.
Student, faculty, and staff tickets begin as low as $15. Contact UApresents at the Centennial Hall Box Office at (520) 621-3341 or uapresents.org.
