SPOKEN WORD IN CHEYENNE: People around Cheyenne are excited about the “Diverse Voices of Poetry” events going on next week. Spoken-word poets George Lee Miles, Akilah Oliver, and Jack Collom will teach workshops Oct. 13-14 for more than 160 school kids and their teachers at the Historic Atlas Theatre downtown. You might have heard Miles being interviewed by Bob Beck and reading one of his poems on KUWR's “Wyoming Today” on Sept. 29. Miles is dynamic, to say the least, and will get the kids revved up to write and then perform their work on the Atlas Stage at 7 p.m. on Oct. 14. Tickets are $3 for the evening performance. FMI: Megan Oteri at 307-778-7832.

- posted by Michael Shay @ 12:02 PM