Poetry Out Loud Competition

Local high school students will compete for a spot on the Missouri state team at this poetry recitation competition. Come observe and encourage the students as they perform. This program of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation is coordinated locally by the Office of Cultural Affairs with the Missouri Arts Council. (Weather date: February 22.) Adults and teens.

Local high school students will be competing for a spot on the Missouri state team at this poetry recitation competition. Missouri's winner progresses to the national Poetry Out Loud championship held in Washington, D.C. Come observe and encourage the students as they perform poems. This program of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation is coordinated locally by the City of Columbia Office of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the Missouri Arts Council.

For more information, go to www.poetryoutloud.org. In case of closure for bad weather, the program will take place February 22.

Adults and teens.

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