EVENT NEWS: The Rub-A-Dub-Dub of Agitation Poetry Slam, Apr. 6

As part of Poetry and University Pride Week for 2011, at the The Rub-A-Dub-Dub of Agitation Poetry Slam all students are welcome to come up to the mic to perform and share their poetry. Plus feminist slam poet Susy Sobel will be performing.

This event is hosted by Women's Studies, Chapman Feminist and QSA. Refreshments will be served.

Poetry Week at Chapman University, Apr. 4-7

Monday, April 4:

Poetry Reading on Chapmanradio.com, 1-2 p.m.  Undergraduate students in poetry writing will read work in this special broadcast.

Erri De Luca, 7-8:30 p.m., Henley Reading Room. Poet and prose writer Erri De Luca will read as part of the Fowles Reading Series.

Tuesday, April 5:

The Victorians' Secret, 1-2:15 p.m., Fish Interfaith Center. Join Dr. Richard Ruppel, Dr. Wendy Salmond, Professor Margaret Dehning, and student Robin Yokel to discover the Victorians' best-kept secrets in poetry, art, and music.

Orange County High School for the Arts Student Reading, 3-4:30 p.m., Malloy Performance Portico, Leatherby Libraries. OCHSA will come to Chapman University to share their poetry. 

MFA Students Reading, 5-6:30 p.m., Malloy Performance Portico, Leatherby Libraries.

Poetry, Music, Art: A Celebration to Benefit St. Lucia, 7-9 p.m., Malloy Performance Portico, Leatherby Libraries. Come celebrate the poetry, music, and art of St. Lucia, which was devastated by a hurricane last year. Tabula Poetica's Graduate Assistant Natalie d'Auvergne (shown in video to right), who hails from the island country, is the event's organizer.

Wednesday, April 6:

The Art of Poetry, Poetry and the Arts: An International Poetry Reading, 4-6 p.m., Beckman 404. International Poetry Reading.

"Howl": A Beat Reading, 7-8 p.m., Beckman 404. Join students in the M.A. and M.F.A. programs for a reading of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl."

Thursday, April 7:

Poetry as Decadence!, 1-2:15 p.m., Smith Hall 217. Join Wilkinson College Dean Patrick Quinn for a reading and discussion of the decadence movement.

The Poetry Revival Master Class (by invitation only), 1-2:15 p.m.

Poetry Invasion, 3:30-4 p.m., public spaces on campus. Spontaneous poetry bursts forth!

The Poetry Revival Concert, 4-6 p.m., Atallah Piazza. See the international performance group The Poetry Revival dance and sing.