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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Heights Poet Laureate, Michelle R. Smith, Launches Community Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2026 Contact: Arleigh Savage – programs@heightsarts.org &#160; Heights Poet Laureate, Michelle R. Smith, Launches Community Project: The Brave New Voices Poetry Showcase Cleveland Heights, OH — Heights Poet Laureate Michelle R. Smith announces the launch of her community&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Heights Arts Seeks Applications for 12th Heights Poet Laureate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 14:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 21, 2024 Jeanne Li &#124; marketing@heightsarts.org Heights Arts Seeks Applications for 12th Heights Poet Laureate  Cleveland Heights, OH – Heights Arts, a multidisciplinary arts organization in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is excited to announce the selection process for the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk and Poets Respond to Constructed Nature</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 21:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thursday, September 19 at 7:00 p.m.      Join Heights Poet Laureate Siaara Freeman, along with guest poets Willow Watson, Corey Miller, and former Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Gail Bellamy, for an evening of poetry inspired by the current exhibitions at Heights&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk and Poets Respond to Irrational Objects</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thursday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. Join Heights Poet Laureate Siaara Freeman and guest poets Beks Freeman, Carrie George, and Philip Metres for a night of surrealism and the unconventional. For this Ekphrastacy, poets respond to the current exhibition on view in&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk and Poets Respond to PRISMATIC and Amelia C. Joynes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 06:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. Three guest poets will join Heights Poet Laureate Siaara Freeman to perform original works inspired by the exhibitions on view in our gallery space—Prismatic and Amelia C. Joynes. Artists also discuss their work.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Traveling Ekphrastacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[December 1 at 6:00p.m. Join Heights Poet Laureate Siaara Freeman, Calil Cage, Jeremy Jusek, and Michelle R. Smith as they respond to Valley Art Center&#8217;s 52nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition. Location: Valley Art Center, 155 Bell St, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EKPHRASTACY: Artists Talk and Poets Respond to Dual Duel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2022 02:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[February 16th 2023 7:00pm-8:00pm Every exhibition at Heights Arts is integrated with literary arts as local poets and the Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate expand on the works on display. 5 weeks into each show, the gallery is transformed to seat an audience&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk and Poets Respond to Impagination and Jackie Miller</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 23:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[September 22nd at 7pm Join us as poetry and visual art mingle, stirring dialogue between the visual artist members of Impagination and a panel of carefully selected local poet performers. The lineup includes Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate, Ray McNiece, and poets Diane&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ekphrastacy : Artists Talk and Poets Respond to Members Show 2022</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 21:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[July 21, 2022 &#160; Poet Laureate Ray McNiece with local poets Suzanne Ondrus, Michelle Smith and Bill Newby (Heights Arts&#8217; July 2022 literary Artist of the Month) will respond to the work of artist and non-artist members alike in an exhibition that&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT &#8211; STAGED READING</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2022 20:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[May 21, 2022 @6pm A disgruntled cop and a whimsical woman meet and find they have so much in common. Will they cross the finish line of life? Throughout the play they come to realize that they are two lost souls just&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ekphrastacy : Artists Talk and Poets Respond to RUST</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heights Arts Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[February 17 2022 7:00pm &#8211; 8:30pm NOTICE: We will have audience seating and cannot guarantee the ability to be socially distanced. Therefore, for your safety, we will require proof of vaccination OR a negative COVID test taken within 72 hours and that masks be worn&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Die-Hard Haiku</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2022 02:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s cold in Cleveland Heights during the month of January after one of the first significant snowfalls of the season. Businesses are shutting down again due to a surging COVID variant and your pillow seems to stare at you with puppy dog&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seasonal Hikes and Haikus</title>
		<link>https://www.heightsarts.org/portfolio-item/seasonal-hikes-and-haikus/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heights Arts Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine standing on an old sandstone bridge over a stream that bobbles limp leaves in bubbles of soda water. As you wait for more students to arrive wrapped in light jackets, fidgeting with pens that itch to scratch thoughts onto naked pages,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Artist of the Month: Literary- Danielle Rueger</title>
		<link>https://www.heightsarts.org/portfolio-item/artist-of-the-month-literary-danielle-rueger/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heights Arts Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meet our September Artist of the Month for music- Danielle Rueger! Danielle is a Cleveland-based illustrator who specializes in the cute, fun, and colorful. Danielle has always been drawn to nature. When not working (and the weather allows), she can usually be&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ekphrastacy- Artist Talk, Poets Respond to Printers Select 2021</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Our next Ekphrastacy poetry and artist talk series will be held on September 23, where several poets will write and recite poetry based off the Printers Select artwork. With the guidance of Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Ray McNiece, selected applicants are&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Join our upcoming Haiku Hikes with Poet-Laureate Ray McNiece</title>
		<link>https://www.heightsarts.org/portfolio-item/join-our-upcoming-haiku-hikes-with-poet-laureate-ray-mcniece/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Join Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Ray McNiece on a seasonal morning ginkgo (haiku walk), learning and creating poetry according to centuries-old traditions. These customs cultivate a seasonal awareness that improves one’s powers of poetic and natural observation. Hikes will begin with a&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Heights Arts presents Ekphrastacy-Artists Talk, Poets Respond for Emergent 2021</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; The re-birth and re-opening of America is sparking hope, excitement, and longing for growth in all of us nowadays. Heights Arts ’Emergent 2021 exhibition captures these emotions, through its showcase of budding, local artists. Each artists work beams with pride and&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Artist of the Month June 2021 &#8211; Literary: Amanda Stovicek D’Alessandro</title>
		<link>https://www.heightsarts.org/portfolio-item/artist-of-the-month-june-2021-literary-amanda-stovicek-dalessandro/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2021 19:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the month of May 2021, our literary artist of the month is Dan Smith.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Artist of the Month May 2021 &#8211; Literary: Dan Smith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 16:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the month of May 2021, our literary artist of the month is Dan Smith.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Artist of the Month April 2021 &#8211; Literary: Christine Howey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 22:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the month of April 2021, our literary artist of the month is Christine Howey.]]></description>
		
		
		
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