The City of Newark is accepting applications for its inaugural Poet Laureate position, Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced. The ...

There’s a new role in town. The City of Newark has launched its inaugural Poet Laureate program, Mayor Ras Baraka announced ...

Verse and spoken word is in our blood – and I am proud that Newark is adding this Poet Laureate program as a heartbeat at our center,' said Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Newark, New Jersey ...

NEWARK, NJ — Newark is launching a new “poet laureate” post, and the city is seeking nominees for its first appointment. Newark city officials released details about the new program on ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Ethical Cultural Society of Bergen County, 687 Larch ...

Newark Public Library: Commemorative Lecture, reception at 1 p.m. followed by the lecture at 2 p.m. on Saturday, at 5 Washington St. Grammy-nominated poet and activist Kevin Powell will speak on ...

Lydia Kozlowski is named the 2025 to 2026 Poet Laureate. She holds the honorary position for two years where she has ...