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"Poetry in Play" Youth Session

2025-08-16 10:30:00 2025-08-16 12:30:00 America/Phoenix "Poetry in Play" Youth Session Tempe Public Library - The Mill

Saturday, August 16
10:30am - 12:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-16 10:30:00 2025-08-16 12:30:00 America/Phoenix "Poetry in Play" Youth Session Join us for an interactive session where we will bring poetry and readers' theatre and creative writing to nurture the budding poets inside us. Tempe Public Library - The Mill

Join us for an interactive session where we will bring poetry and readers' theatre and creative writing to nurture the budding poets inside us.

Do you want to try your hand at poetry writing, or enjoy some fun, silly, and spectacular poems through poetry theatre? If yes, join us for an interactive session where we will bring poetry and readers' theatre and creative writing to nurture the budding poets inside us. For youth, ages 9-11. 

About the facilitator:
Marina Basu is a Fulbright Distinguished Teacher and taught across a range of ages and contexts, from homeschooled youngsters to teacher education majors at the university. Currently, she is a researcher at Arizona State University, focusing on creativity, transdisciplinary learning, and teacher education. She loves reading, photography and going on nature walks with her son, and thrives when sparks of creativity are flying all around her.

Instagram:

@pastiche_pata

AGE GROUP: | Tweens 9-11 |

EVENT TYPE: | Writing | Performance/Special Event | Early Literacy |

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