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Not Just Another Day Off: A Poetic Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Dates Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 11am

Tickets Free; registration requested

Duration 2 hours

Can’t make it in person? This free event will be livestreamed via YouTube. Join us online

We look forward to celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday with this annual free and family-friendly event featuring music, contemporary poets Kenneth Carroll and Alexa Patrick, and actors Sara Barker, Louis E. Davis, Fatima Quander, Greg Alverez Reid reading historic speeches from Dr. King and others.

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Not Just Another Day Off was created in 2008. Previous readers include Jericho Brown, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Camonghne Felix, Melanie Henderson, DeMaris Hill, Julian Randall, Joseph Ross, Truth Thomas, and more.

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Artists

Sara Barker

Sara Barker

Louis E. Davis

Louis E. Davis

Alexa Patrick

Alexa Patrick

Fatima Quander

Fatima Quander

Greg Alverez Reid

Greg Alverez Reid

Kenneth Carroll

Kenneth Carroll