Poet-Tea Community Reading with Sundress Academy for the Arts
Sat, Dec 09
|Pretencious Beer Co.
Community poetry readings and open mic night!
Time & Location
Dec 09, 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Pretencious Beer Co., 131 S Central St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA
About the Event
Join us for Poet-Tea with Sundress Academy for The Arts! There will be tea, poetry readings, and an open mic! If you want to perform or listen to some poetry by Black artists, be there! Read more about some of the artists performing below:
Joe Tolbert Jr.: Joe T. is a minister, scholar, writer and cultural organizer whose work is at the intersections of art, culture, spirituality, and social justice. He received his B.S. in Communications from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and completed his M.Div. with a concentration in Social Ethics from Union Theological Seminary in the city of New York.
Jazmin Witherspoon: Jazmin Witherspoon is a poet from Saint Louis, MO, though she has spent all her adult life thriving in the mountains of East Tennessee. She received a BS in Communication from the University of Tennessee in 2017. In 2020, she accepted a fellowship with the 5th…