Internationally recognized poet Maggie Smith reads at the Dairy Barn Arts Center during the inaugural Spoken and Heard poetry event on Thursday, March 15, 2018. (WOUB Public Media/Emily Votaw)
PHOTOS: The Dairy Barn Arts Center Hosts First Spoken and Heard Event
Thursday, March 15 marked the first Spoken and Heard event at the Dairy Barn Arts Center, a series organized in part by Athens’ recently named poet laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour. The first installment in the series featured reading by regional poet Deni Naffziger and Bexley-OH based poet Maggie Smith. The next Spoken and Heard event will take place on Thursday, April 19, and feature poems with the theme of “the path not chosen: mental illness.”
Recently named Athens poet laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour opens up the first Spoken and Heard event at the Dairy Barn Arts Center on Thursday, March 15, 2018. (WOUB Public Media/Emily Votaw)There was a packed house for the first Spoken and Heard event at the Dairy Barn Arts Center. (WOUB Public Media/Emily Votaw)The opening poet for the inaugural Spoken and Heard event at the Dairy Barn Arts Center was Deni Naffziger. (WOUB Public Media/Emily Votaw)Poet Maggie Smith reads at the Dairy Barn Arts Center. (WOUB Public Media/Emily Votaw)
