Celebrating National Poetry Month

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Friday, Apr. 25

Poets In The Schools

8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Valleywide at Pre-Registered Schools

Youth Poetry Slam Contest

6 to 7 p.m.
UTPA Library Auditorium: 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg
Notes: Meet Amalia Ortiz, star of HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam.”

University Student Readings

7:15 to 8:30 p.m.
UTPA Library Auditorium: 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg
Listen to readings by UTPA students and meet Amalia Ortiz, star of HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam.”

Reading by Amalia Ortiz, Featured Reader

8:30 to 9 p.m.
UTPA Library Auditorium: 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg
Listen to reading by Amalia Ortiz, star of HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam,” with musical accompaniment by her cousin.

Adult Poetry Slam

Featuring Def Poet Amalia Ortiz and Slam Champion Ricardo Garza
9 to 10:30 p.m.
UTPA Library Auditorium: 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg
Notes: Witness the poety slam contest and meet Amalia Ortiz, three-time star of HBO’s “Russel Simmon’s presents Def Poetry Jam” and slam poet Ricardo Garza.