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X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - baltimore-md BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BOOKFEST PREVIEW: CityLit Stage presents Claudia Rankine - Triage - Among the Rubble DTSTART:20260912T220000Z DTEND:20260913T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T183206Z UID:14778-1789236000-1789246800@www.citylitproject.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:BOOKFEST PREVIEW\nClaudia Rankine presents “Triage” in con versation with Kaye Wise Whitehead \n6:00 pm – 9:00 pm\nSNF PARKWAY Thea tre\nBaltimore\, MD 21201 \nClaudia Rankine has widened contemporary liter ature with her consciousness-raising\, genre-defying works. In her first b ook after her celebrated American trilogy\, presented with full-color visu als\, Rankine shifts into sustained narrative\, memory\, criticism\, and e ssay to offer her most personal and emotionally resonant writing yet. Clau dia returns to the CityLit stage (She was featured in the 13th CityLit Fes tival for Citizen in 2016) in partnership with Red Emma’s as a preview t o this year’s Baltimore Book Festival. Dr. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehea d\, executive director of the Karson Institute for Race\, Peace\, and Soci al Justice\, will join her in conversation about her new work\, Triage. \n Triage follows the turbulent friendship between two composite characters\, the narrator and the theorist\, self-identified sisters struggling to def ine their wounded histories and their shared but separate lives. During co llege\, they invent a game of collapse: Every time they see each other\, t hey have to stop and fall to the ground. As their kinship continues off an d on for decades\, “collapse” takes on new meanings that are seen and felt in the violence of their pasts\, artworks depicting couches where som eone might ease their exhaustion\, the ongoing devastation in Gaza\, and t he antagonism of their conversation and their love for each other. \nTriag e is an argument for the necessity of grieving and the demand for action i n our time of relentless loss. “No matter our posture\,” Rankine write s\, “we are all among the rubble.” This is a book for those\ncomplicat ed but beautiful friendships we come to rely on to unsettle us\, to make u s better. \nThis is the first event of a special preview weekend held on S eptember 12 and 13th for the annual Baltimore Book Festival\, which takes place in Waverly on September 19th and 20th. This event is FREE\, but regi stration is required. RSVP to be guaranteed admittance. You are welcome to preorder your copy of the book for pickup at the event. \nBrought to you by CityLit Project and Red Emma’s as part of the 2026 Baltimore Book Fes tival. \nREGISTER\nSTAY INFORMED LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T183206Z LOCATION:SNF PARKWAY Theatre\, 5 W North Avenue\, Baltimore\, Maryland\, 2 1201 URL:https://www.citylitproject.org/event/bookfest-preview-claudia-rankine/ X-SOURCE-NAME:CityLit Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.citylitproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Baltimore Book Festival DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260729T234823Z UID:14749-1789776000-1789948799@www.citylitproject.org CATEGORIES:festival,literary DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T234823Z LOCATION:Waverly Main Street\, 418 E 32nd Street\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21218\ , United States URL:https://www.citylitproject.org/event/baltimore-book-festival-2026/ X-SOURCE-NAME:CityLit Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.citylitproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CityLit Stage presents Funny Ladies: Stars of Comic Fiction Talk S hop DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T183149Z UID:14821-1789812000-1789815600@www.citylitproject.org CATEGORIES:comedy,literary DESCRIPTION:Funny Ladies: Stars of Comic Fiction Talk Shop \n10:00 am – 11:00 am\nCityLit Stage\nEast 31st Street & Barclay Street\nBaltimore\, MD 21201 \nThree acclaimed women authors talk about their latest books\, the craft of humor\, and the role of comic fiction in the current social and political landscape. What makes something funny? Why is humor important? H ow does absurdity function both as entertainment and as a form of commenta ry on serious matters? The books under discussion range widely in focus\, from the world of literary event planning to the interior lives of the soc ial media generation to the surreal landscape of the afterlife. This meeti ng of great comic minds promises to be inspiring\, profound\, and laugh-ou t-loud funny. Novelist Susan Coll\, whose newly published novel\, Word Sal ad\, “is a moving\, thoughtful exploration of the complicated nature of grief and the power that books have to help us find ourselves when we’re lost\,” writes national bestseller Grant Grinder. Coll is the events ad visor at Politics and Prose Bookstore. Amy Fusselman‘s latest book\, Clo ud Six\, which Literary Hub named A Most Anticipated Book of the Year\, is a comic novel about an unfortunate couple navigating the lowest tier of h eaven. Baltimore’s Sydney Rende’s short story collection has been call ed “an invaluable tip-sheet to the way we live now\, I Could Be Famous c aptures perfectly the hazards of young womanhood in a world where everyone is desperate to be looked at\, but wary of being seen.” (Jonathan Dee\, author of Pulitzer Prize Finalist The Privileges). Betsy Boyd\, director of Creative Writing and Publishing Arts MFA program at the University of B altimore\, joins us as moderator. Her fiction has been published in Kenyon Review\, American Short Fiction\, Five Points\, and StoryQuarterly. \nSus an Coll\, whose ninth novel\, Word Salad\, a comedy of manners\, “remind s us that sometimes things have to completely fall apart for them to perfe ctly come together.” Her previous books include Bookish People\; The Sta ger\, a New York Times and Chicago Tribune Editor’s Choice\; and Accepta nce\, which was made into a television movie starring Joan Cusack. Her wor k has appeared in publications including the New York Times Book Review an d the Washington Post. She is the events advisor at Politics and Prose Boo kstore\, and the former president of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.\nsusanco ll.com\nInstagram: @susan_keselenko_coll \nAmy Fusselman is the author of six books of fiction and nonfiction. Her latest book\, Cloud Six\, is a co mic novel about an unfortunate couple navigating the lowest tier of heaven . Her essays have appeared in The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, the Wash ington Post\, and many other outlets. She lives with her family in New Yor k City.\namyfusselman.com \nSydney Rende is the author of the short story collection\, I Could Be Famous. A reality TV enthusiast since that fateful night in 2007 when LC called Spencer Pratt a Sucky Person\, she will chal lenge anyone who argues that reality TV isn’t high art. A writer and edi tor from Baltimore\, Maryland\, her work has been deemed a “terrific deb ut” by George Saunders: “Eleven fast\, sharp\, funny stories laced wit h a deep\nunderstanding of the corrosive effect our fame-hungry attention economy has on real connection between people. Rende is such a witty\, eng aging writer\, with an intuitive understanding that the short story is in the world to delight\, engage\, and enlarge the reader.” Her work can be found at the New York Times Style Magazine\, Carve Magazine\, Joyland\, a nd elsewhere.\nwww.sydneyrende.com\nInstagram: @sydneyrende \nBetsy Boyd ’s fiction has been published in Kenyon Review\, American Short Fiction\ , Five Points\, StoryQuarterly\, Shenandoah\, and elsewhere. Her short sto ry “Scarecrow” received a Pushcart Prize. Betsy directs the Creative W riting and Publishing Arts MFA program at the University of Baltimore and is the recipient of two Maryland State Arts Council awards\, an Elliot Col eman Writing Fellowship\, a James A. Michener Fellowship\, and residencies through Fundación Valparaíso\, the Virginia Center for the Creative Art s\, the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists\, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. \n                  \nVisit the News Section for detailed information. \nSTAY INFORMED LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T183149Z LOCATION:31st Street Stage\, 31st Street & Barclay Street\, Baltimore\, MD \, 21218\, United States URL:https://www.citylitproject.org/event/funny-ladies-stars-of-comic-ficti on-talk-shop/ X-SOURCE-NAME:CityLit Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.citylitproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CityLit Stage presents The Knotted Path of Becoming: Stories That Test the Human Spirit DTSTART:20260919T153000Z DTEND:20260919T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T183149Z UID:14829-1789817400-1789821000@www.citylitproject.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The Knotted Path of Becoming: Stories That Test the Human Spir it \n11:30 am – 12:30 pm\nCityLit Stage\nEast 31st Street & Barclay Stre et\nBaltimore\, MD 21201 \nWhy do we avoid topics that could bring us clos er together with a wider understanding? We sidestep the hard\, uncomfortab le issues out of politeness\, awkwardness\, or fear—but they’re the ve ry subjects that build connections\, heal deep wounds\, and move the needl e in important ways. We open this session with The Moth-like storytelling that includes author Phill Branch’s tale\, the shame of failing at boyho od\, and what it means “to feel ruined from the start.” Three storytel lers will share testimonies of heartbreak\, the courage in navigating diff icult conversations\, and the resilience of the human spirit. \nBranch kno ws well the power of humor in broaching heavy subjects. In praise of Branc h’s book The Double Dutch Fuss\, Roy Wood\, Jr. (The Man of Many Fathers ) notes: “When wielded responsibly\, humor can heal and also educate. Ph ill exhibits this ability with great profundity as he shows us how fathers shape us even when they don’t know how to love us well.” Diana Veiga —whose one-woman show I’m Just Doing My Job premiered at the Capital F ringe Festival in 2022—reveals how working at the public library is alre ady a tough job – now add a tougher customer\, mix in a difficult conver sation\, and stir. Heather Moyer joins us representing Mortified\, a multi -modal storytelling show produced by Alexandra Hewett\, where brave adults share embarrassing things they created as kids (old diaries\, letters\, l yrics & more) in front of total strangers. Moyer is a communications profe ssional and one of the founding members of the Baltimore Improv Group. Jes s Solomon serves as moderator in conversation with Branch to discuss diffi cult conversations with equal parts insight\, depth\, and humor. She is a Baltimore-based organization development practitioner and comedian who spe nds her days in boardrooms and her nights on stage.\nwww.themoth.org/stori es/if-the-suit-fits \nPhill Branch is a writer\, live performance storytel ler\, and regional Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. He is a 2025 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council’s Creativity Grant and received the Cou ncil’s highest honor\, the Individual Artist Award\, for Theater (Solo P erformance) in 2019. He was the GrandSLAM Champion of The Moth in D.C. in 2018 and has since traveled all over the country and overseas to tell stor ies with the organization. Branch was a 2014 Lambda Literary Nonfiction Em erging Voices Fellow and is the founder and Creative Director of Baltimore Story Fest\, a showcase for live\, personal storytelling. An alumnus of t he American Film Institute\, Branch has an MFA in Screenwriting. He earned his BA in Mass Media Arts at Hampton University and later returned as a p rofessor in the English department to teach writing and develop the Film S tudies program. Branch is a Resident Artist at the Howard County Center fo r the Arts in Maryland.\nphillbranch.com \nInstagram: @phillbranch \nDian a Veiga is a writer\, storyteller\, and comedienne. Born and raised in Sil ver Spring\, MD\, she is a graduate of Spelman College and works for the D C Public Library. Diana has performed storytelling and stand-up throughout the DC area from the Lincoln Theater to the DC Improv. Her one-woman show \, I’m Just Doing My Job\, premiered at the Capital Fringe Festival in J uly 2022.\ndianaveiga.com\nInstagram: @dianaveigatells \nHeather Moyer is a communications professional and one of the founding members of the Balti more Improv Group. A Midwest native\, Heather has now been in Baltimore fo r 22 years and loves it. They have been performing and teaching improv com edy since 2001. Heather lives in SW Baltimore with their wife and kiddo. \ nJess Solomon is a Baltimore-based organization development practitioner a nd comedian who helps social impact leaders navigate the tension between i mpact\, culture\, and resources by day\, then goes home and writes jokes a bout it. Founder of Mabley Comedy Club and principal of the multidisciplin ary studio Culture Rules Everything\, she works at the intersection of str ategy\, facilitation\, and systems-level culture design.\nwww.culturerules everything.com\nInstagram: @jesssolomazing \n              \nVisit the News Section for detailed information. \nSTAY INFORMED LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T183149Z LOCATION:31st Street Stage\, 31st Street & Barclay Street\, Baltimore\, MD \, 21218\, United States URL:https://www.citylitproject.org/event/the-knotted-path-of-becoming-stor ies-that-test-the-human-spirit/ X-SOURCE-NAME:CityLit Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.citylitproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CityLit Stage presents Inferno of Justice: Burn Down The Master's House DTSTART:20260919T170000Z DTEND:20260919T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260821T182616Z UID:14831-1789822800-1789826400@www.citylitproject.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Inferno of Justice: Burn Down The Master’s House \n1:00 pm – 2:00 pm\nCityLit Stage\nEast 31st Street & Barclay Street\nBaltimore\, MD 21201 \nTrue justice isn’t found in fixing broken systems\; it’s a bout complete restructuring. Referencing Audre Lorde’s quote\, “The ma ster’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” Deemed bold\, brutal\, and unflinching\, Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane is a w ork of historical fiction about enslaved people who fought back against un imaginable cruelty. Ibram X. Kendi calls it “a resistance story for the ages.” A powerful tale\, “Yes\, this book will make you uncomfortable\ , but discomfort is the extravagant price of truth\,” says Cane\, whose work challenges the way history has been written\, falsified\, or erased\, and how collective opposition is possible. “With shades of Kindred\, Ja mes\, and The Prophets\, this story belongs to a long tradition of resista nce that traces back to 1526\,” writes Keith Boykin\, “when enslaved A fricans burned down their captors’ settlement in what is now South Carol ina.”  What one reader shared about this fascinating debut work: “A M UST READ …I can’t emphasize enough. It’s four short stories inspired by real-life enslaved people who dared to fight back … the characters a re incredible. I’m going to think about this the rest of my life.” \n “Burn Down Master’s House reclaims the lost voices of American slavery \,” writes Angie Thomas\, “and fearlessly confronts myths that whitewa sh history.” In this session\, two-time New York Times bestselling autho r and award-winning journalist Cane discusses writing about resisting oppr ession with activist and founder of Busboys and Poets Andy Shallal\, who r ecently published his memoir: A Seat at the Table: The Making of Busboys a nd Poets. \nClay Cane is a two-time New York Times bestselling author\, aw ard-winning journalist\, radio host\, and political analyst. He is the hos t of The Clay Cane Show on SiriusXM Urban View\, channel 126\, and his wor k has been featured in The Washington Post\, CNN.com\, and BET. Over the c ourse of his career\, Cane has interviewed Vice President Kamala Harris\, Beyoncé Knowles\, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett\, Denzel Washington\, an d many others. He is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller B urn Down Master’s House: A Novel and The Grift: The Downward Spiral of B lack Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult\, also a New York T imes bestseller. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers University with a B. A. in English and African American Studies\, Cane is originally from Phila delphia.\nclay-cane.com\nInstagram: @claycane \nAnas “Andy” Shallal is an Iraqi-born artist\, activist\, social entrepreneur\, and founder/CEO o f Busboys and Poets\, a restaurant\,  bookstore\, and performance venue i n the Washington Metropolitan area. He opened the first location in 2005 a s part restaurant\, part agent for social change. With nine locations in W ashington\, DC\, Maryland\, and Virginia\, Busboys and Poets has become a home for progressives\, artists\, creatives\, and intellectuals. Shallal i s a 2018 Frederick Douglass 200 award winner for those who best embody Dou glass’ spirit\, a TEDx speaker\, and the founder of several peace and ju stice organizations. His memoir\, A Seat At the Table: The Making of Busbo ys and Poets\, has been called “A fast-moving memoir” by Ralph Nadar\, “magnificent” by Alice Walker\, and “a singular story\, told here w ith the focus on big ideas and love of community that have propelled him o ver the years\,” by Publishers Weekly. He is on the board of trustees fo r the Institute for Policy Studies\, Palestine House of Freedom\, DAWN\, t he Anacostia Coordinating Council\, and a founding member of Think Local F irst DC\, a local business association serving in advisory and leadership roles to advance progressive business and labor practices. Shallal receive d his B.S. in biology from Catholic University of America and an MBA from The Robert Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in Colle ge Park.\nbusboysandpoets.com\nInstagram: @andyshallal\nX: @andyshallal \n       \nVisit the News Section for detailed information. \nSTAY INFORM ED LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T182616Z LOCATION:31st Street Stage\, 31st Street & Barclay Street\, Baltimore\, MD \, 21218\, United States URL:https://www.citylitproject.org/event/inferno-of-justice-burn-down-the- masters-house/ X-SOURCE-NAME:CityLit Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.citylitproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CityLit Stage presents Queering Baltimore Lit DTSTART:20260919T183000Z DTEND:20260919T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T002942Z UID:14887-1789828200-1789831800@www.citylitproject.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Queering Baltimore Lit\nProduced by fifth wheel press & Mason Jar Press\n \n2:30 pm – 3:30 pm\nCityLit Stage\nEast 31st Street & Barcl ay Street\nBaltimore\, MD 21201 \nBaltimore’s queer and trans artists ar e a huge part of the city’s literary brilliance. Join two Baltimore-base d publishers for a live reading showcasing queer dynamos\, featuring autho rs\, editorial board members\, and contributors to fifth wheel press antho logies and Mason Jar Press‘ Jarnal. Featured readers include writer and drag king Zoe Leonard\, The Workshop Prince and a Kundiman fellow\, who wi ll also serve as the moderator: Alison Lubar\, queer\, biracial Nikkei poe t\, educator and author of two full-length poetry books\, The Other Tree a nd Metamourphosis: T. Mae Moll\, the Lambda Literary Award winner for Out of Step: A Memoir and the executive poetry editor for Mason Jar Press: Fil ipino poet and author of Patrilineal and Prey\, Aldrin Badiola (he/him) wh o is also the editor-in-chief of Artists from Maryland: Ashley Elizabeth ( she/her)\, teacher and a Pushcart-nominated author of the full-length coll ection A Family Thing and four chapbooks\, including red line and CHARM(ed ). Co-produced by Sarah Daniels\, the new publisher and executive director of Mason Jar Press who writes fiction under the pseudonym Persephone King \, and nat raum—editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press and author of origi n trilogy and this book will not save you—this reading highlights some o f Baltimore’s best queer and trans writers who will read work spanning a variety of topics such as LGBTQ+ issues\, family and legacy\, and identit y. \nfifth wheel press is an independent community-focused publisher of ar t and writing by queer\, trans\, and gender variant creators. Mason Jar Pr ess is an independent publisher of fiction\, poetry\, nonfiction\, and lit erary art that mixes it up. They amplify fresh voices and promote bold wor k that pushes the boundaries of literary norms\, and they believe literatu re should not only sustain readers but also inspire their curiosity to exa mine the status quo. \n​Zoe Leonard (he/they) is The Workshop Prince\, a writer and drag king from Phoenix\, Maryland. He is a Kundiman fellow and holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College.​The Workshop Prin ce is a writer and drag king from Baltimore. His work explores the interse ction of poetry and performance.\nzoe-leonard.com\nInstagram: @zoe_leonard .theprince \nAlison Lubar is a queer\, biracial Nikkei poet and educator w ho teaches literature to teenagers\, writing to adults\, and yoga to all a ges. They’re the author of two full-length poetry books\, The Other Tree \, winner of Harbor Editions’ 2023 Laureate Prize\, and Metamourphosis\, as well as four chapbooks: Philosophers Know Nothing About Love\, queer f east\, sweet euphemism\, It Skips a Generation\, and a microchap\, America n Kintsugi. Alison is also a board member for Philadelphia’s Blue Stoop and Contributing Editor for just femme & dandy.\nwww.alisonlubar.com\nInst agram: @theoriginalison\nX: @theoriginalison \nDr. T. Mae Moll is a queer & trans writer & educator in Baltimore. She is the author of Out of Step: A Memoir (Lambda Literary Award) and You Cannot Save Here (Jean Feldman Po etry Prize). Mae’s poetry has also received the Adele V. Holden award fo r creative excellence and the Bill Knott Poetry Prize. She has been a fina list for the Baker Awards\, and her work has been nominated for the Pushca rt Prize and Best of Net. Mae is the executive poetry editor for Mason Jar Press\, and serves on the board of directors for CityLit Project.\ntmaemo ll.com\nInstagram: @tmaemoll \nAldrin Badiola (he/him) is a Filipino poet\ , and the author of Patrilineal and the forthcoming Prey (2028). His works are published in The Hopkins Review\, & Change\, and elsewhere. He is the editor-in-chief of Artists from Maryland.He can be bribed with cheesecake and cowboy boots.\naldrinbadiola.carrd.co\nInstagram: @cyvilizations \nAs hley Elizabeth (she/her) is a Pushcart-nominated writer and teacher whose work has appeared in SWWIM\, Voicemail Poems\, Rigorous\, and Sage Cigaret tes\, among others. Ashley’s debut full-length collection\, A Family Thi ng\, is published by Redacted Books/ELJ Editions (August 2024). She is als o the author of the chapbooks red line (Garden Party Collective\, 2024)\, CHARM(ed) (fifth wheel press\, 2024) black has every right to be angry (Al ternating Current\, 2023) and you were supposed to be a friend (Nightingal e & Sparrow\, 2020). As cofounder of the Estuary Collective\, Ashley striv es to provide free to low-cost programming for femme-identifying BIPOC. Wh en Ashley isn’t teaching\, working as the Chapbook Editor with Sundress Publications\, or coordinating workshops for fifth wheel press\, she habit ually posts on Twitter and Instagram (@ae_thepoet). She lives on the origi nal land of the Piscataway and Susquehannocks (Baltimore\, MD) with her pa rtner and their three cats. Ashley is Black before she is anything else.\n aetheblkpoet.com\nInstagram: @ae_thepoet\nX: @ae_thepoet \nnat raum (they/ them\, b. 1996) is a queer disabled artist and writer based on unceded Pis cataway and Susquehannock land in Baltimore. They hold an MFA from the Uni versity of Baltimore and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. nat is the editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press and the author of origin trilogy\, journal of various worries\, this book will not save you\, and m any chapbooks\, full-length collections\, and photography publications. Pa st and upcoming publishers of their work include Poet Lore\, beestung\, Ba ltimore Beat\, Split Lip Magazine\, Poetry Online\, and others.\nnatraum.c om\nfifthwheelpress.com\nInstagram: @gr8earlofhell\nX: @gr8earlofhell \nSa rah Daniels is the publisher and executive director of Mason Jar Press. Sh e is a former newspaper reporter and holds an MFA in Creative Writing & Pu blishing Arts from the University of Baltimore\, where she teaches writing to undergraduates\, high school students\, and the incarcerated. Her fict ion has appeared in the Rappahannock Review and Coffin Bell under her pseu donym Persephone King.\npersephoneking.com\nmasonjarpress.com\nInstagram: @masonjarpress / @persephonekingwriter\nX: @masonjarpress / @king_persepho ne \nVisit the News Section for detailed information. \nSTAY INFORMED LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T002942Z LOCATION:31st Street Stage\, 31st Street & Barclay Street\, Baltimore\, MD \, 21218\, United States URL:https://www.citylitproject.org/event/queering-baltimore-lit/ X-SOURCE-NAME:CityLit Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.citylitproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CityLit Stage presents Find Your Way Home: How We Poet Our Path & Our Past DTSTART:20260919T200000Z DTEND:20260919T214500Z DTSTAMP:20260903T002811Z UID:14891-1789833600-1789839900@www.citylitproject.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Find Your Way Home: How We Poet Our Path & Our Past: A Convers ation & Reading with Chet’la Sebree\, Maui Smith\, Noel Quiñones\, feat uring Denice Frohman. Moderated by DuEwa Frazier\n \n4:00 pm – 5:45 pm\n CityLit Stage\nEast 31st Street & Barclay Street\nBaltimore\, MD 21201 \nH ome can be a journey or a place\, figurative or literal\, an interior sear ch of belonging\, and a destination. Either way\, the word – which we da re not let hold us hostage to any single definition – evokes in each of us\, a sense of longing and becoming\, of territory and consequence. Five poets take us on their singular journeys with a conversation on their new works\, one-woman shows\, poet-written essays\, spoken word\, and delibera te declarations of vulnerability and courage. Anchored by Philly-based poe t Denice Frohman—a poet\, performer\, and former Women of the World Poet ry Slam Champion who is currently touring her one-woman show\, Esto No Tie ne Nombre\, centering the oral histories of Latina lesbian elders. Her wor k has appeared in The BreakBeat Poets: LatiNext\, Nepantla: An Anthology f or Queer Poets of Color\, and more. Celebrated poet\, essayist\, scholar C het’la Sebree\, in her illuminating work Turn W(here): A Geography of Ho me\, speaks to “perfecting the art of leaving’ and rearranging the def inition of home\, of who we belong to and where. Imani Perry calls it\, “An intimate rendering of the life of a Black woman artist.” Poet Maui Smith’s work has appeared in Club Plum Literary Journal\, The Oyster Ri ver Pages\, Electric Literature\, Equinox Journal\, among others. Called a poet of abundance by Willie Perdomo\, Emmy-award winner Noel Quiñones’ new work Orange\, reads “like in-person\, figurative epiphanies … a p alette’s “thousands of unnamed colors” that cut to the white meat of truth.” Orange\, where every page hums “with the music of what it mea ns to be alive and brown and queer and brilliant in a world that too often forgets to see you whole …  the ache of moving toward a future full of rowdy song\,” writes Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Educator\, award-winning po et\, digital storyteller\, and moderator DuEwa Frazier is the editor of th e Introduction to Afrofuturism: A Mixtape in Black Literature & Arts\, and author of Goddess Under the Bridge: Poems\, and more. Join us for this sp ecial CityLit Stage presentation with prized poets\, where we allow oursel ves to create dangerously: an enlightening conversation and poetry reading where we push back against the world’s forgetting. \nDenice Frohman is a poet and performer from New York City. She has received support from The Pew Center for the Arts\, Baldwin for the Arts\, CantoMundo\, Headlands C enter for the Arts\, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultu res. Her work has appeared in The New York Times\, Poem-A-Day (The Academy of American Poets)\, The BreakBeat Poets: LatiNext\, Nepantla: An Antholo gy for Queer Poets of Color and elsewhere. A former Women of the World Poe try Slam Champion\, she has featured on hundreds of stages from The Apollo to The White House. Currently\, she is performing her one-woman show\, Es to No Tiene Nombre\, which centers the oral histories of Latina lesbian el ders.\ndenicefrohman.com\nInstagram: @denicefrohman \nChet’la Sebree is the author of the debut essay collection Turn (W)Here: A Geography Of Home \, “exquisitely observed and multifaceted\,” “an intricate map of on e woman’s search for home … deeply rooted in history\,” writes Lilly Dancyger. Her poetry collection Blue Opening\, longlisted for PEN/Voelcke r Award for Poetry and a finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Book Priz e and the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry\; Field Study\, winner of the James Laughlin Award\; and Mistress\, nominated for an NAACP Image Award and selected by Cathy Park Hong as the winner of the New Issues Poe try Prize. She’s an associate professor at George Washington University and teaches in Randolph College’s MFA in Creative Writing program.\nchet lasebree.com\nInstagram: @cnsebree\nX: @Nahtil \nMaui Smith is a poet from Cleveland\, Ohio. They earned their MFA in Poetry at Hood College and edi ted the inaugural issue of their graduate student literary magazine\, Perg ola. Their work has appeared in Club Plum Literary Journal\, The Oyster Ri ver Pages\, Electric Literature\, Equinox Journal\, and has been anthologi zed in Porch Water Press’ The Water Behind Us: An Anthology for a New Wo rld.\nwww.mauismith.com \nInstagram: @mintmaui \nNoel Quiñones is an Emm y Award-winning writer of all genres\, and the author of Orange. He has be en published in Poetry\, Boston Review\, Poem-a-day\, and The BreakBeat Po ets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT anthology\, as well as the Michigan Quarterly Review\ , in which they won the 2025 Jesmyn Ward Fiction Prize. His short story “This Time and the Next” will be included in The Best Short Stories 20 26: The O. Henry Prize Winners. He has also written for\, narrated\, and a cted in several films\, including the Emmy-nominated documentary Takeover\ , recounting the Young Lords’ 1970 takeover of Lincoln Hospital in the B ronx to fight for better healthcare. A graduate of the University of Missi ssippi’s MFA program\, Noel is currently a JFMS Screenwriting Lab Fellow working on their first TV show\, The Telescope.\nwww.noelpquinones.com\nI nstagram: @noelpquinones \nDr. DuEwa Frazier is an award-winning poet\, wr iter\, scholar\, consultant\, digital storyteller\, educator\, and speaker . She is the author or editor of poetry collections\, children’s stories \, scholarly volumes\, and creative nonfiction\, including Alice’s Music al Debut\, Quincy Rules\, Goddess Under the Bridge: Poems\, and more. Her writing has been published by Routledge\, IGI Global\, Essence\, Black Ren aissance Noire\, Tidal Basin Review\, Arlington Literary Journal\, Poetry in Performance\, Drumvoices Revue\, and others. She is the founder/creator of Lit Noire Publishing\, Nerdacity Podcast\, Afrofutures Pod\, Black Sch olars in Podcasting\, and Never Scared Writers & Academics. She has receiv ed fellowships from the Hurston Wright Foundation\, the Martha’s Vineyar d Institute of Creative Writing\, and the Rutgers Center for MSIs. DuEwa e arned an MFA in Creative Writing at The New School and holds several other advanced degrees.\nwww.duewafrazier.com\nInstagram: @duewafrazier\, @blks cholarspodcasting\nX: @duewafrazier1 \nVisit the News Section for detailed information. \nSTAY INFORMED LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T002811Z LOCATION:31st Street Stage\, 31st Street & Barclay Street\, Baltimore\, MD \, 21218\, United States URL:https://www.citylitproject.org/event/find-your-way-home-how-we-poet-ou r-path-our-past/ X-SOURCE-NAME:CityLit Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.citylitproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CityLit Stage presents Soul Evolution: A Soul-Stirring Journey Thr ough Time\, Space\, & Sound DTSTART:20260919T220000Z DTEND:20260919T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T182949Z UID:14947-1789840800-1789842600@www.citylitproject.org CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Soul Evolution: A Soul-Stirring Journey Through Time\, Space\, & Sound \n6:00 pm – 6:30 pm\nCityLit Stage\nEast 31st Street & Barclay Street\nBaltimore\, MD 21201 \nSoul Evolution with conjure womxn Amorous E bony and producer\, composer Antonio Eyez brings a close to the festival d ay with an introduction by motivational speaker Karenthia Barber. Listener s can expect soulful interpretations of covers by Sam Cooke\, Ella Fitzger ald\, Al Green\, Prince\, along with original tunes. The performance blend s classic soul with experimental sound\, inviting audiences to witness\, t o ponder\, to experience a soul evolution. Through these musical rendition s\, this production is ancestral veneration\, bridging the past and the pr esent in a powerful celebration of identity and perseverance. Antonio Eyez is a producer\, composer\, arranger\, musician\, performer\, and creative director known for his ability to transform traditional sounds into moder n masterpieces. Amorous Ebony is a multifaceted musician\, somatic artist\ , education specialist\, activist\, and the creative curator of Amorous De signs. She will lure you into a sultry trance like the dance of a summer ’s night soiree. Motivational speaker Karenthia A. Barber will introduce the CityLit Stage musical finale. She is a Maryland Port Commissioner\, l eadership strategist\, and author who has trained over 300\,000 people nat ionwide. A perfect ending to a day of exploring the beating heart of liter ary brilliance in Baltimore and beyond — going right to the soul with a blend of beautiful music by two Baltimore creatives. \nAmorous Ebony is a multifaceted musician\, somatic artist\, education specialist\, creative c urator of Amorous Design\, and fervent activist devoted to the liberation\ , the erotic\, and the self-expression of Black womxn and girls. Her artis try confronts the marginalization\, brutalization\, and disparagement endu red by Black womxn and girls. As a leader in rallies and protests linked t o the Say Her Name movement\, she passionately challenges the insidious cu lture of misogynoir that permeates our society today.\nlinktr.ee/amorouseb ony\nInstagram: @amorousebony\, @amorous_designs \nAntonio Eyez is a produ cer\, composer\, arranger\, musician\, performer & creative director. He i s known for his ability to transform traditional sounds into modern master pieces\, bridging the gap between the familiar and the avant-garde. Antoni o plays 21 Instruments and is the founder of “Black God Child” & “Sp aceWar Music. Antonio explores several genres of music from Psychedelic Fu nk\, Rock\, Alternative\, R&B/Soul to Dream Pop. Antonio has composed\, ar ranged\, and collaborated with artists such as Van Hunt\, Christopher Will iams\, The Revolution-formerly Prince and the Revolution\, Algebra Blesset t\, The Vanguard\, formerly D’Angelo and The Vanguard\, Chico Debarge\, Yolanda Adams\, Chante Moore & Arrested Development.\nantonioeyez.bandcamp .com\nInstagram: @antonioeyez \nKarenthia A. Barber is an acclaimed speake r\, thought leader\, consultant\, strategist\, and coach at the intersecti on of business\, education\, and politics. Over three decades\, she has im pacted 300\,000 individuals and organizations. She is CEO of Professional Development Associates\, LLC\, an adjunct faculty member\, and a Maryland Port Commissioner. She was the first woman to chair the Board of Trustees of Maryland Automobile Insurance\, a $100 million insurance carrier. An al umna of the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University\, Barber is a graduate of Leadership Maryland and Coach University. A trusted advisor to executives and public officials\, she authored The Grown Folks Guide t o AI: Making AI Easy\, Useful\, and Accessible for Real Life. Her honors i nclude The Daily Record’s Maryland’s Top 100 Women (2022 and 2026 and Icon Honors award (2025). She is a life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorori ty\, Incorporated\, and a member of The Links\, Incorporated.\nwww.KBmotiv ator.com\nInstagram: @Kbmotivator4u \n        \nVisit the News Sectio n for detailed information. \nSTAY INFORMED LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T182949Z LOCATION:31st Street Stage\, 31st Street & Barclay Street\, Baltimore\, MD \, 21218\, United States URL:https://www.citylitproject.org/event/soul-evolution-a-soul-stirring-jo urney-through-time-space-sound/ X-SOURCE-NAME:CityLit Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.citylitproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:24th Annual CityLit Festival DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270417 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270418 DTSTAMP:20260729T234823Z UID:14746-1807920000-1808006399@www.citylitproject.org CATEGORIES:festival DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE \nIn partnership with the Maryland Center for Hi story and Culture \nRegistration required. More details coming soon. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T234823Z LOCATION:Maryland Center for History and Culture\, 610 Park Avenue\, Balti more\, Maryland\, 21201 URL:https://www.citylitproject.org/event/24th-annual-citylit-festival/ X-SOURCE-NAME:CityLit Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.citylitproject.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR