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Media Alert: First Lady To Host White House Poetry Jam Tonight
12 May 2009 Author: rikyrah
Hat tip:claudia_m
Tonight Michelle Obama will be hosting “an evening celebrating poetry, music and the spoken word in the East Room of the White House.”
This first-of-its-kind “poetry jam” will be live-streamed at 7:45 PM ET at whitehouse.gov – how wonderful! Saul Williams is supposed to be there, along with James Earl Jones. You can find a few more details here.
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