The Clark County Poet Laureate, Heather Lang-Cassera, has curated a selection of three and four line poems from 25 Nevada poets to tour the Las Vegas valley by Flo Mobile Digital Billboard Truck, taking Poetry Matters! out on the road.
See the poems and learn more about Poetry Matters here.
Participating poets include:
Heather Lang-Cassera, Ms. AyeVee, Jennifer Battisti, DeAnna Beachley, Angela M. Brommel, Flynn Dexter, Arika Elizenberry, Anthony Farris, Win Frederick, Liz Galvez, Emily Hoover, Simon Hunt, Bruce Isaacson, Karen Laing, Paul Michelsen, Monarch the Poet, Samuel Piccone, Elizabeth Quiñones-Zaldaña, Gregory Robinson, Joan Robinson, Vogue Robinson, Nathan Say, Teri Vela, Erica Vital-Lazare, Jamila “Jam Poet” Wimberly, and Emilee Wirshing.
Find Poetry Matters! on the Flo Mobile Digital Billboard Truck at the following times and locations across Las Vegas:
Friday, April 2
The Flo Mobile Digital Billboard Truck starts at 5 pm at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery at 1017 S 1st Street, and then it will be parked on the corner of W. Charleston and Main Street from 5:30 to 6:00 pm with several 15 – 20 minutes stops in the parking lots of area community centers and parks. Please note that stop times are estimates due to travel and traffic variations.
Specific stops and times to view the poetry include:
5:00 pm
1088 S. Main Street
Street parking at S. Main near the corner on W. Charleston
5:15 pm
Las Vegas Arts District
6:30 pm
3130 McLeod Drive
Winchester Dondero Cultural Center
7:00 pm
4775 McLeod Drive
Paradise Recreation Center and Park
7:30 pm
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
UNLV Student Union
7:45 pm
Las Vegas Blvd South
8:30 – 9:00 pm
1088 S. Main Street – Corner of Main Street and Charleston
Corner parking lot between Commerce Street and Main Street at Charleston Blvd.
