Our Upcoming Events:
InsideOut Write-A-Thon
August 16th, 12:00 am - August 23rd, 12:00 am
InsideOut Literary Arts5201 Cass Ave, Prentis Hall, 3rd FloorDetroit, MI48202 Map
Write for one week. Share the gift of voice for a lifetime.Whether you’re a published writer or have never written a haiku, join InsideOut the week of August 16th for our virtual Write-A-Thon!
Commit to a writing goal every day for one week — a poem, a letter to your legislators, a postcard, anything you can imagine! — and then ask for your community’s support. All proceeds from your Write-A-Thon benefit InsideOut’s transformative creative writing programs that launch Metro Detroit students off the page and into extraordinary lives.
You can support the Write-A-Thon in a number of ways:
1) Creating a fundraiser
2) Making a tax-deductible gift to support a writer
3) Simply make your gift on the Write-A-Thon page and help us meet our goal
4) Sharing the Write-A-Thon Mightycause page on social media or through email to those who might want to write or support also helps!
Visit the fundraiser at: www.mightycause.com/event/Insideoutwriteathon
See FAQs and step-by-step instructions on how to get started at www.insideoutdetroit.org/writeathon
Thank you to our Write-A-Thon presenting sponsor Strategic Staffing Solutions!
Additional support provided by Wells Advantage Group, PNC Bank, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and Van Dyke•Horn Public Relations.
Our Past Events:
Detroit 48202: Conversations Along A Postal Route -Chase Branch
March 7th, 2:00 pm - March 7th, 4:00 pm
Chase Branch - Detroit Public Library
For this screening we will be taking an interactive approach by working with InsideOut Literary Arts! Detroit 48202 is a documentary following a mailman's route in a Detroit neighborhood, and the changes that he has seen over the past 30 years. After showing clips of the documentary, two artists from InsideOut will lead a writing workshop for attendees. The artists will then perform a small collection of their own poems to close out the event.
This is a great event for those who are being introduced to the film and who have already seen it!
Youth Poet Laureate Book Launch!
February 29th, 4:00 pm - February 29th, 6:00 pm
Room Project6513 Woodward Ave.Detroit, MI48202 Map
Celebrate the debut of Soft Animal Wounds, the first full-length poetry collection from Mahalia Frost, Detroit's 2019 Youth Poet Laureate! There will be a short open mic, followed by a reading and signing by the author.The Detroit Youth Poet Laureate Program is made possible by the Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation.
Scratch the Page Featuring Jericho Brown
February 15th, 12:00 pm - February 15th, 4:00 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit - MOCAD4454 Woodward AveDetroit, MI48201 Map
INSIDEOUT LITERARY ARTS PRESENTS SCRATCH THE PAGESaturday, February 15th
Workshop 12:30–2:15pm, Open Mic 3pm – 4pm
Admission: Free and open to all teens
Experience the mind-blowing power of poetry during this workshop and open mic event, featuring nationally recognized writers, who work with teens from Metro Detroit to touch the stage with their original poetry and spoken word performances. Lunch is provided for teens. Jericho will sign books following the reading. Books will be for sale provided by Source Booksellers!
The general public is invited to join the audience for the open mic and performance.
Source Booksellers will be selling Jericho's book at the event. Jericho will also be present to sign books after the reading.
JERICHO BROWN is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Among his many out- standing accolades, Brown has been honored with both the American Book Award and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. Brown’s poems have appeared in many notable publications including The Nation, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New Republic, and The Pushcart Prize Anthology. He is an associate professor and the director of the Creative Writing Program at Emory University in Atlanta.