WHAT:
- Adam Falkner performs
- Price: FREE!!!
- GREAT Open Mic & Slam follows feature
WHEN:
WED 2017-12-06 @ 7pm SHARP
[6:30pm sign up for Open Mic]
WHERE:
White Plains Public Library
100 Martine Ave.
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 422-1486
Adam Falkner Bio:
Adam Falkner is an artist, educator and consultant. He is the author of Adoption, winner of the 2017 Diode Editions Chapbook Award. His work has appeared in a range of literary and academic publications as well as on HBO, NBC, NPR, BET, Upworthy, in the New York Times, and elsewhere. He is the Founder and Executive Director of the pioneering diversity consulting initiative, the Dialogue Arts Project, and Special Projects Director for Urban Word NYC, a nationally acclaimed youth literary arts organization. A former high school English teacher in New York City’s public schools, Adam has toured the United States as a guest artist, speaker and consultant, and was the featured performer at President Obama’s Grassroots Ball at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. He teaches at Columbia University’s Teachers College, where he is an Arthur Zankel Fellow and PhD candidate in the English and Education program.
Websites:
Adam Falkner Website
- Adam Falkner performs
- Price: FREE!!!
- GREAT Open Mic & Slam follows feature
WHEN:
WED 2017-12-06 @ 7pm SHARP
[6:30pm sign up for Open Mic]
WHERE:
White Plains Public Library
100 Martine Ave.
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 422-1486
Adam Falkner Bio:
Adam Falkner is an artist, educator and consultant. He is the author of Adoption, winner of the 2017 Diode Editions Chapbook Award. His work has appeared in a range of literary and academic publications as well as on HBO, NBC, NPR, BET, Upworthy, in the New York Times, and elsewhere. He is the Founder and Executive Director of the pioneering diversity consulting initiative, the Dialogue Arts Project, and Special Projects Director for Urban Word NYC, a nationally acclaimed youth literary arts organization. A former high school English teacher in New York City’s public schools, Adam has toured the United States as a guest artist, speaker and consultant, and was the featured performer at President Obama’s Grassroots Ball at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. He teaches at Columbia University’s Teachers College, where he is an Arthur Zankel Fellow and PhD candidate in the English and Education program.
Websites:
Adam Falkner Website