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POETRY PROGRAMS and EVENTS
Throughout the year, The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department offers various poetry events under the theme of POETRY REVEALED. The POETRY REVEALED series includes monthly open mic night, poetry on your plate series, Carrboro Day readings, and the "West End Poets Festival".

Open Mic Night

Join Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department and The Open Eye Cafe the first Tuesday of each month* for POETS OPEN MIC NIGHT.

The Open Eye Cafe
101 South Greensboro St. Carrboro
7:00pm-9:00pm

*no open mic is held in June,July and August

This is a night where poets can engage with others and share the power and diversity of poetry. This events provides a venue for people to celebrate, share, encourage, write, read, and listen to poetry.

Poetry On Your Plate
co-sponsored with the Carrboro Cybrary

Celebrate National Poetry Month with a menu of local poets reading their works. On Thursdays at noon at the Century Center, bring your lunch, enjoy coffee from , and feast on poetry!

The 2010 schedule TBA

Carrboro Day Readings

Carrboro Day is an annual Town of Carrboro Celebration that is held on the first Sunday in May. Local poets of all ages gather together to share their original works.

Carrboro Day web site

If you would like to assist the Town of Carrboro in our effort to provide this Community Event- please use this paypal link or send your donation to:

Carrboro Recreation and Parks
Kim Andrews
100 North Greensboro Street
Carrboro, NC
27510

Checks should be made out to the Town of Carrboro and please note that this donation is to support our poetry endeavors.

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