Upcoming Events

Heart First into this Ruin: Examining the American Sonnet

Wednesday, April 3, 2024
5–6:30 pm

Detroit Public Library Main Branch, Galleria Room
5201 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202


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Detroit Sonnet Slam

Monday, April 22, 2024
5:30–7 pm

Newlab @ Michigan Central 2050 15th Street Detroit, MI


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Past Events

Ross Gay stands in a green t-shirt with his arms crossed, smiling, outside against a group of trees.

InsideOut Visiting Writers Series: Ross Gay with Nandi Comer

Saturday, March 9, 2024
7–8:30 pm

Hilberry Gateway
4715 Cass Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202


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Poet Galaxy performs at a microphone against a white background.

Black History Community Open Mic

Saturday, February 10, 2024
1–3 pm

The District Detroit Opportunity Center
2277 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48201


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InsideOut Visiting Writers Series: Mahogany Jones

Saturday, January 20, 2024
2:30–3:30 pm

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St.
Detroit, MI 48202


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Poet Brittany Rogers reads at a microphone at the Valade Park Shed.

Love Letters to Detroit Open Mic + Writing Workshop

Friday, January 19, 2024
6–8:30 pm

Valade Park
2670 Atwater St.
Detroit, MI 48207


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Detroit Youth Performance Troupe Chapbook Release

Saturday, December 16, 2023
1–3 pm

The District Detroit Opportunity Center
2277 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201


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InsideOut Visiting Writers Series: Nandi Comer

Saturday, November 4, 2023
2:30–3:30 pm

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St.
Detroit, MI 48202


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People walk along a path on Belle Isle on a sunny day towards a body of water.

How to Start Birding: Poetry Walk at Belle Isle

Thursday, October 5, 2023
4:30–6:30 pm

Belle Isle Nature Center
176 Lakeside Dr.
Detroit, MI 48207


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Pass the Baton: InsideOut Performance Troupe Reading

Saturday, September 30, 2023
1–3 pm

Room Project
6513 Woodward
Detroit, MI 48202


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InsideOut Community Event on the Detroit Riverfront

If the River Could Sing: A Celebration of Writing and River with InsideOut

Thursday, September 14, 2023
6–9 pm

Robert C. Valade Park
2670 Atwater St.
Detroit, MI 48207


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Ever Young: A Poetry Performance Inspired by the Photography of James Barnor

Friday, August 11, 2023
6 pm

Detroit Institute of Art
5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202


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