UA Poetry Center

1508 E. Helen St. Tucson, AZ 85721

Past Events

Desert Symphony: Mobilizing Creativity and Stories for Social Change

Tue., Oct. 24, 7 p.m. 2023

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
My Life in the Sunshine: Intersections of Family, Music & Race

Tue., Oct. 17, 7 p.m. 2023

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Big Books: The Sequel

July 25-Sept. 16, 9 a.m. 2023

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Urgent Speech: Reading and Writing Poems that Have the Immediacy and Urgency of Speech

Wed., Jan. 29, 6-8 p.m., Wed., Feb. 5, 6-8 p.m., Wed., Feb. 19, 6-8 p.m. and Wed., Feb. 26, 6-8 p.m. 2020

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Shop Talk: The Work of Carolyn Forché

Tue., Feb. 4, 6-7 p.m. 2020

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Free Time: Building a Community of Mentors for Incarcerated Writers

Sat., Jan. 25, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. 2020

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Reading: Li-Young Lee

Thu., Jan. 23, 7-8 p.m. 2020

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Free Time: Building a Community of Mentors for Incarcerated Writers

Sat., Dec. 21, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 2019

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Shop Talk: The Work of Sandra Cisneros

Tue., Oct. 22, 6 p.m. 2019

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Kids Create

Sat., Oct. 19, 10 a.m. 2019

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Art for Justice: Tongo Eisen-Martin

Thu., Oct. 17, 7 p.m. 2019

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Morgan Lucas Schuldt Memorial Reading: Erika L. Sánchez & sam sax

Thu., Sept. 5, 7 p.m. 2019

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Come to the Table Opening Reception

Sat., Aug. 31, 2-3 p.m. 2019

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Lehua Taitano & Bojan Louis

Thu., July 25, 7-8:30 p.m. 2019

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Community Event: Open Mic

Sat., Jan. 5, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat., Feb. 2, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat., March 2, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat., April 6, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sat., May 4, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 2019

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Artists’ Books: Focus on Photography

Mondays-Saturdays. Continues through Feb. 16 2019

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Kids Create

Sat., Sept. 22, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat., Oct. 20, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat., Nov. 17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sat., Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Classes & Workshops Reading

Thu., Dec. 13, 7 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Maggie Smith: Craft Talk "On Wonder and (Re)Discovery in Poetry"

Thu., Dec. 6, 7 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Maggie Smith: Reading

Thu., Nov. 29, 7 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Puerto Rico in My Heart/Puerto Rico en Mi Corazón

Mondays-Fridays. Continues through Nov. 21 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Randall Horton

Thu., Nov. 15, 7 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
The Work of Randall Horton

Tue., Nov. 13, 6 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Annual In Memoriam Reading

Sun., Nov. 11, 5 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
UA Prose Series: James Allen Hall

Thu., Nov. 8, 7 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Carl Phillips

Thu., Oct. 25, 7 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Killing Floor Book Launch

Sat., Oct. 13, 5 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Charles Simic

Thu., Oct. 4, 7 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
The Work of Charles Simic

Tue., Oct. 2, 6 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central
Faculty Reading: Farid Matuk and Jane Miller

Thu., Sept. 20, 7 p.m. 2018

UA Poetry Center 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson Central