DodgePoetryFestival

La palabra hablada en todas sus formas se celebra en el Dodge Poetry Festival del 15 al 17 de octubre de 2026 en el centro de Newark.

Conozca a sus poetas favoritos, entre ellos Elizabeth Acevedo, Tyehimba Jess, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Aja Monet, Danez Smith, Jive Poetic, Mayde del Valle, José Olivarez y más. Descubra nuevas voces, exprese lo que piensa, llame al cambio y mezcle rima con ritmo.

Los eventos incluyen:

  • 7 escenarios simultáneos de eventos en la comunidad caminable en el centro de Newark
  • Establezca contactos y socialice en la noche de micrófono abierto y encuentro del jueves por la noche organizado por EvoluCulture.
  • Perfeccione su arte el jueves, un día para escritores creado en colaboración con la Academy of American Poets
  • Librería temporal y sesiones de firma de libros organizadas y presentadas por Source of Knowledge
  • Lecturas especiales de Cave Canem, CantoMundo, Lampblack y Kundiman y el equipo New Jeru Slam
  • Y el sábado, un día de diversión familiar gratuito y al aire libre en Chambers Plaza

El programa completo estará disponible próximamente.

Los pases del festival NO incluyen eventos especiales con boletos que deben adquirirse por separado: Patti Smith, Is Brooklyn in the House? y Def Poetry Reunion.

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 Programa 

TIEMPO EVENTO LOCATION
11:00-12:10 PM Academy of American Poets: What We Do With Grief with Kimiko Hahn, Ilya Kaminsky, and Afaa Michael Weaver NJPAC Victoria Theater
12:30-1:40 PM Academy of American Poets: The Art of Revision with Jericho Brown, Cornelius Eady, and Patricia Smith NJPAC Victoria Theater
2:00-3:10 PM Academy of American Poets: Poetry Ancestors with Natalie Diaz and Ed Roberson NJPAC Victoria Theater
3:30-4:50 PM Making a Life in Poetry: Patricia Smith, Glenis Redmond, Diamond Forde, Peter E. Murphy NJPAC Victoria Theater
7:00-10:00 PM EvoluCulture Presents Catalyst Open Mic & Mixer NICO Kitchen + Bar

TIEMPO EVENTO LOCATION
9-9:30 AM Music NJPAC Prudential Hall
9:30-10:40 AM What Happens to a Dream Deferred?: Naomi Shihab Nye, Diamond Forde, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Stephanie Burt NJPAC Prudential Hall
9:30-10:40 AM New Jeru Slam Team featuring RADI, Keynote, SNC and John Burke NJPAC Victoria Theater
9:30-10:40 AM Poetry and the Body: Meg Day, Dena Igusti, Quenton Baker, Cindy Juyoung Ok Robert Treat Hotel-New Jersey Room
9:30-10:40 AM Developing a Lexicon Toward Liberation: Tyehimba Jess, Frank X Walker, Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta Robert Treat Hotel -New York Room
9:30-10:40 AM Finding Our Ancestors in the Stars: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Antoinette Ellis-Williams, Barbara Fant, Adrian Matejka Trinity-St. Philips
9:30-10:40 AM Poetry & the Sacred: Jessica Jacobs, Mckendy Fils-Aimé, Nick Martino, Alysha Wise First Peddie Baptist
9:30-10:40 AM Story, Sound, Synergy, Light: The Interdisciplinary Poetic Experience: Melida Rodas, Martha Mooke, Jose Gonzalez, Cara Hagan moderated by I. Buenaventura Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
9:30-10:40 AM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Jive Poetic, Ebony Stewart, Gabriel Ramirez NJPAC Prudential Hall
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Rickey Laurentiis, Terrance Hayes, Glenis Redmond NJPAC Victoria Theater
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Evie Shockley, Rajiv Mohabir, Peter E. Murphy Robert Treat Hotel-New Jersey Room
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Noah Arhm Choi , Malcolm Friend Robert Treat Hotel -New York Room
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition:E. Ethelbert Miller, Noel Quiñones, Leslie McIntosh Trinity-St. Philips
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Aja Monet, Anthony Cody, Roberto Carlos Garcia First Peddie Baptist
11:00-12:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: José Olivarez, Marina Carreira, Sarah Browning Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
11:00-12:10 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
12:40-1:50 PM Writing Our Story, Preventing Erasure: Adrian Matejka, Danez Smith, Quenton Baker, Amanda Johnston NJPAC Prudential Hall
12:40-1:50 PM We Are Not Your Labels: Dena Igusti, Cindy Juyoung Ok, walela Nehanda NJPAC Victoria Theater
12:40-1:50 PM Radical Love & Liberation: Aja Monet, Mckendy Fils-Aimé, Mayda del Valle Robert Treat Hotel-New Jersey Room
12:40-1:50 PM Africana Institute’s 14th State of Black Writers Symposium: Tehsuan Glover, Rashida Nakia, Mia x (assign only 150 kids & chaperones) Robert Treat Hotel -New York Room
12:40-1:50 PM Writing Home: Nick Martino, Brent Ameneyro, Ana Portnoy Brimmer, Anthony Cody Trinity-St. Philips
12:40-1:50 PM Taking Off the Mask: On Vulnerability in Poetry: Alysha Wise, Jessica Jacobs, Diamond Forde First Peddie Baptist
12:40-1:50 PM Writing Speculative Futures: Julian Randall, Len Lawson, Stephanie Burt, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
12:40-1:50 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
2:10-3:20 PM Let Me Show You How It’s Done: Poetry & Performance: Jive Poetic, Sarah Browning, Ebony Stewart, Noel Quiñones NJPAC Victoria Theater
2:10-3:20 PM Where’s Jersey At? Fostering Community in our Neighborhoods: Marina Carreira, Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta, Peter E. Murphy Trinity-St. Philips
2:10-3:20 PM To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Barbara Fant, Gabriel Ramirez, Malcolm Friend First Peddie Baptist
2:10-3:20 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
4:00-5:40 PM Redemption Time [70-minute movie with 25-minute talkback] NJPAC Victoria Theater
8 p. m. Patti Smith: Songs and Stories NJPAC Prudential Hall

TIEMPO EVENTO LOCATION
9:00-9:30 AM Music NJPAC Prudential Hall
9:30-10:40 AM Praise & Reclamation: Naomi Shihab Nye, Meg Day, Rajiv Mohabir, José Olivarez, Danez Smith, Rickey Laurentiis, Tongo Eisen-Martin NJPAC Victoria Theater
11:00-12:10 PM The Future is Female: Elizabeth Acevedo, Aja Monet, Diamond Forde, Patricia Smith NJPAC Victoria Theater
11:00-12:10 PM Writing Workshop: Alysha Wise Sala de la Comunidad
11:00-12:10 PM Transient Worlds: Poetry & Translation: Carol Moldaw, Arthur Sze, Michael Wiegers Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 1
11:00-12:10 PM The Body, a Love Song: Mckendy Fils-Aimé, Julian Randall, Claudia Cortese, Terrance Hayes Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 2
11:00-12:10 PM Historical Legend & Poetry: Frank X Walker, E. Ethelbert Miller, Tyehimba Jess Trinity-St. Philips
11:00-12:10 PM Finding Our Ancestors in the Stars: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Evie Shockley, Mayda del Valle , Gabriel Ramirez First Peddie Baptist
11:00-12:10 PM Dodge Poetry Youth Anthology Release (featuring Ms. Betty Neals and Darius Parker) (11-1) Newark Public Library
11:00-12:10 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
11:00-12:10 PM Family Fun Day (11-4 PM) Plaza de las Cámaras
12:30-1:40 PM Cave Canem’s 30th Anniversary NJPAC Victoria Theater
12:30-1:40 PM Writing Workshop: Amanda Johnston Sala de la Comunidad
12:30-1:40 PM CantoMundo featuring María Fernanda Chamorro, Jay Aja, Noel Quiñones Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 1
12:30-1:40 PM Queering the Poem:Rickey Laurentiis, Leslie McIntosh, Noah Arhm Choi, Marina Carreira Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 2
12:30-1:40 PM Writing Radical Joy: Stephanie Burt, José Olivarez, Glenis Redmond, Malcolm Friend Trinity-St. Philips
12:30-1:40 PM Writing Our Land: Jessica Jacobs, Anthony Cody, Sarah Browning, Peter E. Murphy, Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta First Peddie Baptist
12:30-1:40 PM Mental Wellness & Poetry : Ebony Stewart, Cindy Juyoung Ok, Len Lawson, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
12:30-1:40 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
2:00-3:10 PM Writing Workshop: Brent Ameneyro Sala de la Comunidad
2:00-3:10 PM Lampblack Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 1
2:00-3:10 PM Kundiman: Fatimah Asghar, Sanam Sheriff, R. A. Villanueva Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 2
2:00-3:10 PM Poetry as Time Capsule: Danez Smith, Frank X Walker, Dena Igusti, Adrian Matejka Trinity-St. Philips
2:00-3:10 PM Griots, Troubadours and MCs: Poetry and the Oral Tradition: Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Tyehimba Jess, Mayda del Valle, Alysha Wise, Patricia Smith First Peddie Baptist
2:00-3:10 PM Developing a Lexicon Toward Liberation: Meg Day, Evie Shockley, Rajiv Mohabir, Noel Quiñones Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
2:00-3:10 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
3:30-4:40 PM Writing Workshop: Barbara Fant Sala de la Comunidad
3:30-4:40 PM The Fusion of Form & Feeling: E. Ethelbert Miller, Terrance Hayes, Quenton Baker, Amanda Johnston Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 1
3:30-4:40 PM Writing Our Story, Preventing Erasure: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Carol Moldaw, Nick Martino Robert Treat Hotel Ballroom 2
3:30-4:40 PM Saying What We Must: Naomi Shihab Nye, Roberto Carlos Garcia, Ana Portnoy Brimmer Trinity-St. Philips
3:30-4:40 PM Poetry & Survival: Jive Poetic, walela Nehanda, Julian Randall, Antoinette Ellis-Williams First Peddie Baptist
3:30-4:40 PM Poetry Foundation presents the 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows: xochi quetzali cartland, Fatima Jafar, Shaina Jones, Noel Munguia-Moreno, Tariq Thompson Express Newark (Lecture Hall)
3:30-4:40 PM Festival Open Mic NJ Hist. Soc./Open Mic
17:00 Reunión de Def Poetry NJPAC Victoria Theater
8 p. m. Do the Write Thing NJPAC Prudential Hall

included in your experience

Noche de micrófono abierto/encuentro

Thursday, October 15, 2026 @ 7PM
NICO Kitchen + Bar

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Young Artist Day

Viernes 16 de octubre de 2026 a las 9 a. m.
NJPAC

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Family Fun Day

Sábado 17 de octubre de 2026 a las 11 a. m.
Chambers Plaza

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ADD-ONs

Los espectáculos enumerados a continuación NO están incluidos en ninguno de los pases del festival. Estas presentaciones requieren de la compra de boletos por separado.

Patti Smith

Friday, October 16, 2026 @ 8PM
Prudential Hall

Compre boletos para

def poetry reunion

Sábado 17 de octubre de 2026 a las 5 p. m.
Victoria Theater

Compre boletos para

do the write thing

Sábado 17 de octubre de 2026 a las 8 p. m.
Prudential Hall

Compre boletos para

La interpretación ASL está disponible a pedido para ciertas presentaciones con dos semanas o más de anticipación (solo se proporciona en Prudential Hall y Victoria Theater). Llame al 973-297-5843 de lunes a viernes de 9 a. m. a 5 p. m., o envíe un correo electrónico a ticketservices@njpac.org.