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ALOUD: A High Altitude Poetry Jam

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Sat Feb 28, 2015
Aspen, CO

Date

Sat Feb 28, 2015
6:30pm – 8:00pm

Location

Aspen, CO, United States
Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave.

Contact

    renee.prince@aspeninstitute.org
    970.925.3122

Hosts

  1. Aspen Words

Aspen Words is proud to bring poets and Roaring Fork Valley favorites Logan Phillips and Myrlin Hepworth back to The Wheeler stage. Joined by Mercedez Holtry and youth from local schools, this evening celebrates the power of the spoken word.

More information: http://www.aspenwords.org/spoken-words-poets-schools/

Aspen Words is proud to bring poets and Roaring Fork Valley favorites Logan Phillips and Myrlin Hepworth back to The Wheeler stage. Joined by Mercedez Holtry and youth from local schools, this evening celebrates the power of the spoken word.

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