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March, 2024Show Full Year
Event:New Haven PL Inauguration
Date:March 12th, 2024.
Time:6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Location:New Haven City Hall, 165 Church St, New Haven
Contact:IfeMichelle Gardin, Kulturally LIT read@kulturallylit.org
Website:https://www.kulturallylit.org
This free event also features an open mic.

Sharmont (Influence) Little is a poet, activist and actor. He utilizes spoken word poetry to deliver Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Influence is an educator and advocate for inner-city youth and has performed at Yale, Virginia State and Boston Universities, as well as a host of other colleges and public schools across the nation.
He has performed at historic poetry venues such as the Nuyorican Poets Café and the Lizard Lounge. He is a six-time member of the Connecticut poetry slam team, Verbal Slap; Coach of the 2017 Verbal Slap and 2021 Yale university poetry slam teams. He has utilized poetry to speak on behalf of workers for Yale New Haven Hospital 1199 union in 2007, and in Washington DC for the free labor choice act on 2007. He is the creator of Influence A Life LLC, a curriculum based program teaching coping skills, social skills, and conflict resolution. He lives by his motto: Influence a Life every day; it’s just a way of living.


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9/21
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
9/21
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
9/21
Dialogue Workshop, Vernon
COOL Dialogue for fiction, drama & poetry writers
9/21
Margaret Gibson Performs, Vernon
9/28
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
10/5
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
10/5
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
10/8
Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night
10/8
Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry
10/9
Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic
10/11
Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury
10/12
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
10/19
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
10/19
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
10/26
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
11/2
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
11/2
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
11/8
Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury
11/9
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
11/12
Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night
11/12
Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry
11/13
Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic
11/16
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
11/16
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
11/23
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
11/30
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
12/3
WordHouse, West Hartford
Margaret Lloyd and Benjamin Grossberg Read
12/7
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
12/7
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
12/7
Poetry Rocks, Vernon
Brad Davis, Judith K. Liebmann, Luisa Caycedo-Kimura Read
12/10
Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night
12/10
Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry
12/11
Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic
12/13
Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury
12/14
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
CCPL is a group of state and local poets laureate in Connecticut.
The mission of the Connecticut Council of Poets Laureate (CCPL) is to promote the enjoyment of poetry and be a resource for communities.
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