9TH ANNUAL NAZIM HIKMET POETRY FESTIVAL

You are invited to celebrate National Poetry Month at the

9^TH ANNUAL NAZIM HIKMET POETRY FESTIVAL

Sunday April 9, 2017

1 PM – 6 PM

Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 119 Ambassador Loop, Cary, NC 27513

** Free Admission **

 www.nazimhikmetpoetryfestival.org

Program Highlights

Winners of the 2017 Nazım Hikmet Poetry Competition

Winners

Threa Almontaser, Kirun Kapur, Chelsea Krieg, Victoria Reynolds and Kyle Rosko

Honorable Mentions

Elizabeth Gargano, Terry Savoie and Matthew Wimberley

Honoring Polish luminary Wislawa Szymborska
poet, essayist, translator and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature

Speaker and Panelists

Jan Teller, Joseph Donahue, Renata Lader and Grazyna Obrapalska

Music

Pianist Anatoly Larkin playing Chopin and other Polish classical music

Poetry Spotlight

ERDAĞ GÖKNAR

Reading from his latest book "NOMADOLOGIES"

www.nazimhikmetpoetryfestival.org

Organized by the American Turkish Association of North Carolina (www.ata-nc.org)

Hosted by Town of Cary (www.townofcary.org),
Additional support provided by

Duke Global Education Office/Duke in Istanbul (http://globaled.duke.edu/)

 NC Poetry Society (http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org)

Happy Hour March 31

The Polish-American Club of the Triangle and its Vice-President Stefania Hurt cordially invite PAC Members to the Special Happy Hour at Stefania’s house.
When:  Friday, March 31, 2017, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Where:  117 Bathgate Lane, Cary NC 27513
Please bring your favorite dish/drink to share with others.
The event is free to all PAC members. In case you have not paid your dues yet, it will be a perfect opportunity to do so!
Please register for this event by sending an email to: polam.raleigh@gmail.com