7/25-26/15 NYC Poetry Festival
ABOUT THE EVENT
The New York City Poetry Festival has been honored to present such award-winning writers as Mark Strand, Paul Muldoon, Yusef Komunyakaa, Patricia Smith, Mark Doty, Dorothea Lasky, Joyelle McSweeney, Cornelius Eady and Matthea Harvey, but more importantly the festival has given poets and poetry lovers from all five boroughs and beyond an opportunity to hear, appreciate, and interact with poets whom they might never have had the opportunity to meet otherwise. The festival has also presented over 50 artists of other mediums. By reaching outside the established poetry communities, The Poetry Society of New York hopes to create new audiences for poetry and facilitate collaborations between poets and other artists. Similarly, by reaching out to colleges, high schools, grade schools, and youth-focused poetry organizations the festival hopes to encourage, educate, and inspire fledgling writers of all ages to become a part of New York’s diverse and dynamic poetry scene.

DATE AND TIME
Saturday, July 25th - Sunday July 26th
7:30am - 5:00pm

WHERE?
Governor Island's Colonel Row.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Colonels+Row/@40.6907669,-74.0190285,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25a7aa6188b5f:0xfd4bdc8e1ee9ec32

To get to Governor's Island you need to take the 7:30 AM FERRY. DO NOT BE LATE. Aim to get to the terminal 15 minutes beforehand. The price for a round trip on the ferry is $2. The terminal for Governor's Island is in Lower Manhattan on 10 South Street, next to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/10+South+St,+New+York,+NY+10004/@40.7012698,-74.0116969,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25a14983149f9:0xb09d9a0386e6ad39

TASK
You will be helping the festival run along by handing out flyers, setting up and helping people find their way around the island.

OTHER DETAILS
Wear comfortable clothing, it's probably going to be hot and sunny.
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Questions?
Email me at schulzd@bxscience.edu

Dante Schulz
Projects Co-Chair '15-'16
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