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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260619
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260620
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URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/rialto-theatre-angry-cow-poetry-eveni
 ng-celebrates-juneteenth-with-ten-performers-and-open-mic/
SUMMARY:Rialto Theatre Angry Cow Poetry Evening Celebrates Juneteenth With 
 Ten Performers and Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:\nFri 6/19 @ 7-10PM\nJuneteenth\, the holiday celebrating when 
 the union troops arrived in Galveston\, Texas in 1865 to let the last grou
 p of enslaved people know that they were free\, has in recent years broken
  out of the Black community\, where it’s always been celebrated to be wi
 dely recognized across cultures. So now the calendar is packed with a wide
  variety of Juneteenth events for all types of audiences.\nIf you’re a f
 an of spoken word/performance poetry\, this weekend at Akron’s Rialto Th
 eatre at the Angry Cow Poetry Juneteenth Celebration\, you have the opport
 unity to hear from ten poets from Akron and Cleveland\, Chicago and Baltim
 ore — some names you’ll know\, some you won’t. DJ Verb will host the
  event which  includes performances by Columbus’ Artistic Genius\; Clev
 eland storyteller/arts educator Avery LaMar Pope\; Chicago rasta spoken wo
 rd artist Billy Tuggle\; Youngstown native and winner of Cleveland Arts Pr
 ize’s 2018 Verge ward for breakout artists of color Damien McClendon\; C
 leveland poet Ephraim Nehemiah\; Cleveland multidisciplinary artist Mixxed
  Rose\, former Heights Arts poet laureate Siaara Freeman\; Zuggie Tate\, a
  transgender poet who received the 2025 Verge Prize\; NE Ohio poet/visual 
 artist Essence\; and poet/author/filmmaker Keith Allison who curates month
 ly spoken word events at the Rialto Theatre.\nAnd before they go on at 8 o
 n the Main Stage\, you have the chance to add your own words at an open mi
 c at 7pm in the Living Room. The Rialto Living Room opens at 5pm for drink
 s and food. Get tickets here.\nangry-cow-poetry-juneteenth-celebration-061
 92026\n[mappress mapid="5023"]\n
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