{"id":1605,"date":"2016-08-12T08:34:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T13:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2016-08-12T08:34:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T13:34:43","slug":"poetry-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robleswrites.com\/myblog\/2016\/08\/12\/poetry-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Town Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Poetry Town Hall<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Saturday, September 3rd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1606\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Jos\u00e9-Oliv\u00e1rez-and-Peggy-Robles-Alvarado.jpg\" alt=\"Jos\u00e9 Oliv\u00e1rez and Peggy Robles-Alvarado\" width=\"465\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nBRIO winners for poetry Jos\u00e9 Oliv\u00e1rez and Peggy Robles-Alvarado will launch the fall Poetry Town Hall Tour series at the Bronx Zoo.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ll read their award-winning bilingual poetry, which addresses immigrant and second-generation perspectives through Puerto Rican, Mexican &#8211; and Dominican-American points of view.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll also address the state of the diversifying Latino community in the Bronx, from its mid-20th Century Puerto Rican roots, to its contemporary Dominican and Mexican development, and will be joined by program adviser and Bronx Writers Center Director Charlie V\u00e1zquez.<\/p>\n<p>A moderated town hall discussion on contemporary Latino culture and writing in the Bronx will follow, culminating with a Q&amp;A with attendees.<\/p>\n<p>Poetry Town Hall<br \/>\nSaturday, September 3rd.<br \/>\nBronx Zoo<br \/>\nAGES: 18 and older<br \/>\nTIME: 2-4 p.m.<br \/>\nLOCATION: Flaherty Classroom<br \/>\nEnter through Southern Blvd Gate.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-registration is required. General admission is included with registration.<\/p>\n<p>***RSVP through provided link is required to bypass entrance fee<br \/>\n(parking not included)&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/bronxzoo.com\/events\/79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REGISTER HER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poetry Town Hall Saturday, September 3rd. BRIO winners for poetry Jos\u00e9 Oliv\u00e1rez and Peggy Robles-Alvarado will launch the fall Poetry Town Hall Tour series at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,23,25,115,120,126,130,135,139],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-performance-dates","tag-artist","tag-bronx-literary-festival","tag-bronx-zoo","tag-open-mic","tag-peggy-robles-alvarado","tag-poet","tag-poetry","tag-poetry-town-hall","tag-poets-writers","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robleswrites.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}