Events

Upcoming & Ongoing:

Host, Poetry is Normal (open mic series)
and Poetry is Normal Presents (guest poet series)
Normal Public Library
206 W. College Ave.
Normal, IL 6761
(309) 452-1757

Poetry is Normal  (open mic) 2021 theme: The New Normal
3rd Tuesdays, 7:00-8:00 p.m. via Zoom, requiring registration 

February 16, 2021                   The New Normal: Cooking & Eating
April 20, 2021                         The New Normal: Caring & Caregiving
June 15, 2021                          The New Normal: Fathers & Forefathers
August 17, 2021                      The New Normal: Mother Earth
October 19, 2021                     The New Normal: Gathering Hope
December 21, 2021                 The New Normal: Hibernation

Poetry is Normal Presents (guest poet series)
via Facebook Live (NPL page) and Normal Public Library YouTube channel (recording)

January 19, 2021                     Susanna Lang (IL) & Christina Lovin (KY)
March 16, 2021                       Jessy Randall (CO)
May 18, 2021                          Donna Vorreyer (IL)  
July 20, 2021                           Andrea Potos (WI) 
September 21, 2021                Charles Rafferty (CT)
November 16, 2021                Kelly Cressio-Moeller (CA) 
                                                & Kelli Russell Agodon (WA)

Recent:

Guest Poet, 12 Months of Covid-19, A Remembrance, March 12, 2021

McLean County Museum of History, 200 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL

Guest Poet, ARC Senior Scholar Program, October 14, 2020,
1 p.m. via Zoom, Activity & Recreation Center, Normal, IL