Heights Writes

Heights Writes

Damien McClendon Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate 2018 – 2020

  Heights Arts Welcome New Poet Laureate By: Kristen McDowell A Youngstown native, McClendon moved to the Cleveland area when he was 13. He is a recent graduate of Kent State University, where he majored in Pan-African Studies. He now lives in…

EKPHRASTACY REVIEW

  Heights Arts welcomes our new marketing intern, Laura Yurko, who will be covering events and special promotions while with us this year. She recently attended the Ekphrastacy in connection with our current Member Show, hosted by the new Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate,…

CELEBRATE A NIGHT OF POETS ALONG WITH A FAREWELL

Thursday, March 29, 7-8 pm Heights Libraries, Coventry Branch 1925 Coventry Road   Come hear past and future Cleveland Heights Poets Laureate read the favorite poems they’ve written . . . along with a farewell poetry performance by our departing Poet Laureate,…

CALL FOR POETS: 6th Annual Haiku Death Match

10 contestants… Who will be the Haiku Master? Heights Arts is once again hosting the fun, funny, irreverent Haiku Death Match, and currently seek contestants for the 2018 benefit.  This ever-popular event, with the Haiku Master chosen by the audience, will take…

HAIKU DEATH MATCH TICKETS

Press Release Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 7 p.m. Ensemble Theatre 2843 Washington Blvd. Cleveland Hts., OH   Heights Arts marks National Poetry Month with the presentation of its sixth Haiku Death Match at the Ensemble Theatre on Saturday, April 21. This…

Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk + Poets Respond

Thursday, February 9 at 7:00 p.m. Join us for an evening with Likeness exhibition artists, who will speak about ideas and processes behind their works, as well as the challenges of creating successful self-portraits. Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Christine Howey has invited…

Cleveland Heights 8th Poet Laureate Ceremony

Monday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. Cleveland Heights City Council Chambers The City of Cleveland Heights and Heights Arts formally welcomes its 2016-18 poet laureate, Christine Howey, and recognizes the service of 7th poet laureate Meredith Holmes at a ceremony in Cleveland…

Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk + Poets Respond

Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 7:00 pm Join us for an evening with SYNCOPE exhibition artists Rachel Beamer and Achala Wali, who will share insights about their photographs and drawing on view in the gallery, as well artistic process and conceptual development.…

Farewell Poet Laureate Reading with Kathleen Cerveny

Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Please join Heights Arts for Kathleen Cerveny’s farewell reading as the City of Cleveland Heights Sixth Poet Laureate. Accompanying her will be Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Kathleen’s mentor from the University of Southern Maine, Stonecoast Creative…

Meredith Holmes

Meredith Holmes: 2015-16 Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate

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The Heights Arts Board, through its Heights Writes Committee, is pleased to announce the selection of Meredith Holmes as the seventh City of Cleveland Heights Poets Laureate.  We are deeply appreciative of the service provided by our sixth Poet Laureate Kathleen Cerveny,…