Events Calendar
Wednesday
April 3
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmThursday
April 4
12:00 pm – 2:00 pmThursday
April 4
7:00 pmThursday
April 4
7:00 pmThursday
April 4
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm![2019 Magic City Poetry Festival Kickoff MLK Remembrance](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-Magic-City-Poetry-Festival-Kickoff-UPDATED-2-300x170.png)
Magic City Poetry Festival Kickoff: MLK Day of Remembrance
Spencer Honors House at UABThursday – Tuesday
April 4 – April 16
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm![2019 Magic City Poetry Festival with PEN America Image](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-Magic-City-Poetry-Festival-Landing-Page-Header-300x170.png)
PEN America at the 2019 Magic City Poetry Festival
Birmingham, ALSunday
April 7
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm![book covers of the finalists for the PEN/Hemingway Award](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-pen-hemingway-ceremony-featured-image-300x170.png)
2019 PEN/Hemingway Award Ceremony
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and MuseumSunday
April 7
2:00 pm – 4:00 pmTuesday – Wednesday
April 9 – April 10
9:00 am – 12:00 pm![Campus Free Speech Graffiti](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/umn-Adeline-Lee-300x170.png)
Free Speech, Hate Speech, and the Future of Campus Community at the University of Minnesota
University of MinnesotaTuesday
April 9
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm![sold out graphic](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Sold-out-300x170.png)
PEN Out Loud: Julia Alvarez and Elizabeth Acevedo
CUNY Graduate Center: Proshansky AuditoriumWednesday
April 10
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm![2019 Magic City Poetry Festival: In Translation Header](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-Magic-City-Poetry-Festival-In-Translation-300x170.png)
In Translation: Reading and Discussion
Alabama School of Fine Arts Lecture HallThursday
April 11
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm![Tulsa LitFest: Heid Erdrich and Sly Alley Event Header](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Tulsa-LitFest_-Heid-Erdrich-and-Sly-Alley-300x170.png)
Heid E. Erdrich And Sly Alley
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa AuditoriumFriday
April 12
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm![Tulsa LitFest Workshop With Heid Erdrich Header](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Tulsa-LitFest-Workshop-with-Heid-Erdrich-300x170.png)
How to Snag a Story (or Poem) with Heid Erdrich
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, Tulsa RoomSaturday – Sunday
April 13 – April 14
10:00 am – 5:00 pm![attendees at the LA Times Festival of Books](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/la-times-festival_photo-cred-la-times-festival-of-books-300x170.png)
PEN America at the 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
University of Southern CaliforniaSaturday
April 13
11:00 am – 1:00 pmSaturday
April 13
1:00 pm – 3:00 pmSaturday
April 13
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm![PEN West Poetry Celebration Featured Poets Image](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/PEN-West-Poetry-Celebration-300x170.png)
PEN West—Left Margin LIT Celebration of Poetry
Left Margin LITSunday
April 14
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm![Magic City Poetry Festival: Screening of BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez Header](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-Magic-City-Poetry-Festival-Screening-of-BaddDDD-Sonia-Sanchez-300x170.png)
A Screening of “BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez”
Homewood Public LibrarySunday
April 14
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmTuesday
April 16
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm![2019 Magic City Poetry Festival: Reading with Sonia Sanchez Image](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-Magic-City-Poetry-Festival-Sonia-Sanchez-300x170.png)
An Evening With Sonia Sanchez
Health Sciences Building 129, Multipurpose Room, Jefferson State Community CollegeWednesday
April 17
6:30 pmWednesday
April 17
7:00 pmWednesday
April 17
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm![icon of laptop with padlock and chains around it](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ICON_SECURITY_OV2_B-e1548442691735-300x209.png)
Defending Against Online Harassment—LA
Santa Monica CollegeThursday
April 18
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm![icon of laptop with padlock and chains around it](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ICON_SECURITY_OV2_B-e1548442691735-300x209.png)
Defending Against Online Harassment—LA
Los Angeles City CollegeSaturday
April 20
1:00 pm – 3:00 pmSaturday
April 20
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm![Undocumented event graphic](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Undocumented-Poets-Laureate-300x170.png)
Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice
Circle City Industrial ComplexTuesday
April 23
2:00 pm – 3:30 pmWednesday
April 24
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm![The Poet X Book Cover](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/the-poet-x-cover-300x170.png)
Los Angeles Book Club: The Poet X
Blu Elefant CafeWednesday
April 24
7:00 pmFriday
April 26
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmFriday
April 26
8:00 pm – 10:00 pmSaturday
April 27
11:30 am – 5:00 pm![PEN America at the Believer Festival Image](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/pen_at_believer_festival-e1554414822764-300x122.png)
PEN America at The Believer Festival
Sixth and BonnevilleSaturday
April 27
1:00 pm – 3:00 pmSaturday
April 27
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm![the 2019 Emerging Voices Fellows](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-emerging-voices-fellows-at-the-virgil-300x170.png)
The 2019 Emerging Voices at The Virgil
The VirgilSunday
April 28
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm![World Press Freedom Day 2019 Banner](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/wpfd-2019-landing-page-featured-image-300x180.jpeg)
World Press Freedom Day: Birmingham, AL
Freedom HouseMonday
April 29
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm![A Conversation On Trauma Informed Immigration Reporting Event Image](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/A-conversation-on-trauma-informed-immigration-reporting-300x170.png)
A Conversation On Trauma-Informed Immigration Reporting
Chicago Headline ClubTuesday
April 30
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm