Steve Reich Helps Kick Off National Poetry Month at Lincoln Center Event

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To mark the start of National Poetry Month, Steve Reich will join a diverse array of noteworthy public figures, including musicians, actors, and writers, among others, at Lincoln Center's newly remodeled Avery Fisher Hall tonight to read their favorite poems by some of America's best-loved poets. Among those scheduled to read along with Reich are Joan Baez, Mia Farrow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chip Kidd, Wynton Marsalis, and Zadie Smith. Proceeds from the event, titled Poetry & The Creative Mind, benefit the Academy of American Poets and will help provide free classroom materials to more than 200,000 schools across the US this month.

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To mark the start of National Poetry Month, Steve Reich will join a diverse array of noteworthy public figures, including musicians, actors, and writers, among others, at Lincoln Center's newly remodeled Avery Fisher Hall tonight to read their favorite poems by some of America's best-loved poets. Among those scheduled to read along with Reich are Joan Baez, Mia Farrow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chip Kidd, Wynton Marsalis, and Zadie Smith.

Tonight's event, titled Poetry & The Creative Mind, kicks off the 14th annual National Poetry Month, which was established by the Academy in 1996 and is now the largest literary celebration in the world. Event proceeds benefit the literary nonprofit Academy of American Poets, and funds are used to provide free classroom materials to more than 200,000 schools across the US this month.

For information on tonight's event, visit lincolncenter.org. For photos from past events, which have included participants from Laurie Anderson to Diane von Furstenburg, visit poets.org.

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    Steve Reich Helps Kick Off National Poetry Month at Lincoln Center Event
    Wonge Bergmann

    To mark the start of National Poetry Month, Steve Reich will join a diverse array of noteworthy public figures, including musicians, actors, and writers, among others, at Lincoln Center's newly remodeled Avery Fisher Hall tonight to read their favorite poems by some of America's best-loved poets. Among those scheduled to read along with Reich are Joan Baez, Mia Farrow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chip Kidd, Wynton Marsalis, and Zadie Smith.

    Tonight's event, titled Poetry & The Creative Mind, kicks off the 14th annual National Poetry Month, which was established by the Academy in 1996 and is now the largest literary celebration in the world. Event proceeds benefit the literary nonprofit Academy of American Poets, and funds are used to provide free classroom materials to more than 200,000 schools across the US this month.

    For information on tonight's event, visit lincolncenter.org. For photos from past events, which have included participants from Laurie Anderson to Diane von Furstenburg, visit poets.org.

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