BIRMINGHAM - AL -
The Birmingham Public
Library's (BPL) popular
Bards & Brews poetry performance/beer tasting series is
hitting the road in
August. Usually held the
first Friday of
each month, the August edition of Bards & Brews will travel
to the Avondale
Regional Library at 509 40th Street South.
The
program, which will be a SLAM, begins at 6:30 p.m. with live
music and poetry performances starting at 7:00. Emcee Brian "Voice Porter"
Hawkins will guide both novice and veteran poets through an evening of
verse with topics
that run the gamut from romantic relationships to the local
political scene. The
program is free of charge and open to the
public.
Special guest Barry Marks will
read from his
new book of poetry,
Sounding. Marks
is the Alabama Poet of the Year for 1999. His first full book of
poetry, Possible
Crocodiles, was named Alabama's Book of the Year for 2010 by
the Alabama State
Poetry Society.
Craft beer will be available for sampling courtesy of the
Highland Brewing
Company and light refreshments will be served. Attendees must
be 18 years
or older to be admitted, and 21 years or older to be served.
IDs will be
checked.
Bards & Brews is usually held on the first Friday of the
month at various
locations around town. However, the September session
will be
held on September 14 as part of the Library's annual Eat
Drink Read Write
Festival.
