Cynthia Manick

Poet| Storyteller| Curator

Cynthia Manick - Poet and Storyteller

Author of No Sweet Without Brine, Editor of The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry, and Author of Blue Hallelujahs; Curator of Soul Sister Revue

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Dodge Foundation and NJPAC to Present Poetry Events in Lead-Up to 20th Dodge Poetry Festival

  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center 1 Center Street Newark, NJ, 07102 United States (map)

NJPAC’s free outdoor summer concert series, Horizon Sounds of the City, will feature spoken word poetry readings beginning July 11. The lineup for the annual series,  which takes place Thursdays at 6PM through August 8, features

Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista, with a reading by Hugo dos Santos (July 11)

Ghanaian singer-songwriter and Fante rapper Kofi Kinaata, with a reading by Roberto Carlos Garcia  (July 18)

New Orleans funk band Galactic featuring vocal powerhouse Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph, with a reading by Cynthia Manick  (July 25)

rap icon KRS-One, with a reading by Patrick Rosal  (August 1)

queen of New Orleans bounce Big Freedia, with a reading by Mariah Ayscue (August 8).

Link to announcement - https://www.broadwayworld.com/new-jersey/article/Dodge-Foundation-and-NJPAC-to-Present-Poetry-Events-in-Lead-Up-to-20th-Dodge-Poetry-Festival-20240711

Earlier Event: July 15
Poetry in the Garden - Tina Cane and Cynthia Manick
Later Event: July 26
Black Fire This Time Volume 2 - New York