Join Button Poetry Live at their new venue, Honey, located at 205 E. Hennepin Ave. on Monday, April 6 for “Button Poetry Live,” featuring award-winning poet, Patrick Roche. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Doors open at 7 pm and the show starts at 7:30 pm. They’re open to all audience and competitors, however, they do not censor the content that happens on stage, please be advised. Get your tickets at bit.ly/buttonlive0420. For additional information, contact events@buttonpoetry.com.
Poetry
Poetic Hallows Eve at the Casket Arts Building
Friends of the Northeast Library present Poetic Hallows Eve, Saturday, Oct. 29, 10 p.m.-midnight at the Casket Arts Building (backlot) 618 17th Ave. NE. Bring some genuine reserves of fear, anything you need to calm your nerves and whatever needs reciting. There will be s’mores and more.
“Tiptoe and Whisper” Book Launch
“Tiptoe and Whisper” book launch will be held Saturday, July 16, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. at Eat My Words Bookstore, 1228 2nd Street NE. Janaya Martin’s first collection of poetry is filled with love, heartbreak, and devastating honesty. These poems are meant to feel familiar and offer solace. They are to be carried around, read, shared and reread as needed. She is a poet and mother of three. Between poems, chasing children and amateur gardening, she works at the University of Minnesota and hosts a monthly reading series, Writers Read, at The Coffee Shop Northeast. Tiptoe and Whisper is her first book.