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The Poet’s Envoi: Porsha Olayiwola’s Farewell Reading

Update: This event is now sold out.

January 23, 2025
  • 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Museum of Fine Arts
    465 Huntington Ave.
    Boston, MA 02115
  • Contact:
    Arts and Culture
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Back Bay
    Fenway/Kenmore
  • Event Type:
    Art
  • Posted:
2025-01-23T19:00:36 - 2025-01-23T20:30:36

Join us for an evening celebrating Porsha Olayiwola and her work as the City of Boston’s Poet Laureate with her final reading in the role. For six years Olayiwola has served as a beacon of the local literary community, uplifting the city’s great traditions and embodying the future of poetry in Boston. 

Porsha Olayiwola, City of Boston Poet Laureate 

Danielle Legros Georges, Former City of Boston Poet Laureate

Parker-Vincent Alva, City of Boston Youth Poet Laureate 

With musical guest Naomi Westwater

 

January 23, 2025
  • 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Museum of Fine Arts
    465 Huntington Ave.
    Boston, MA 02115
  • Contact:
    Arts and Culture
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Back Bay
    Fenway/Kenmore
  • Event Type:
    Art
  • Posted:
2025-01-23T19:00:36 - 2025-01-23T20:30:36
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