fbpx
Earth's day celebration

Date

Mar 30 2022
Expired!

Time

8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Learn More

Poets for a Greener World Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day and National Poetry Month this year with “Poets for a Greener World” – an afternoon of panels, readings, food trucks, and reading and conversation with CT Poet Laureate Margaret Gibson. Join in person or online, featured panels will be streamed.

Location

Real Art Ways
Real Art Ways, Arbor Street, Hartford, CT, USA

Hourly Schedule

April 22nd

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Parkville Neighborhood Cleanup
Coordinated by Real Art Ways
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Volunteer Picnic, Bench Dedication & Tree Planting
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Film Screening
Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poetry Reading
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Teaching the Writing of Poetry about Nature and Climate Emergency
Moderated by David Leff with panelists Jon Andersen, Clare Rossini, Julien Strong, and Rhonda Ward.
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Poetry and Science
Moderated by Margaret Gibson with panelists Syma Ebbin and Eric Hammerling.
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
CT Poets Reading
Daniel Donaghy, Benjamin Grossberg, Frederick Douglass Knowles, Rennie McQuilkin, and Marilyn Nelson.
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Poetry Reading and Conversation
With Margaret Gibson. Moderated by Daniel Donaghy.

Weather

Overcast
Overcast
42 °F
Wind: 12 MPH
Humidity: 64 %
Feels like: 36 °F