HoCoPoLitSo
@hocopolitso.bsky.social
Write to your ear. A community non-profit arts organization out of Columbia, Maryland, producing literary readings & other events and the TV show The Writing Life. HoCoPoLitSo.org
Ross Gay is delight full. Come see for yourself as he joins us for a Happiness Hour at 5:30 on Friday, November 7th in Columbia, Maryland.
For all you need to know and tickets, visit hocopolitso.org.
Direct ticket link: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Tickets just $25.
For all you need to know and tickets, visit hocopolitso.org.
Direct ticket link: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Tickets just $25.
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ross Gay is delight full. Come see for yourself as he joins us for a Happiness Hour at 5:30 on Friday, November 7th in Columbia, Maryland.
For all you need to know and tickets, visit hocopolitso.org.
Direct ticket link: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Tickets just $25.
For all you need to know and tickets, visit hocopolitso.org.
Direct ticket link: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Tickets just $25.
You kept telling us. We kept looking in the wrong place. Thanks for your persistence. The ghost of last year's contest that has been haunting our website has now been exercised. Sincere apologies for that inconvenience. You can now visit HoCoPoLitSo.org for a no-ghosts go at entering the contest.
October 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
You kept telling us. We kept looking in the wrong place. Thanks for your persistence. The ghost of last year's contest that has been haunting our website has now been exercised. Sincere apologies for that inconvenience. You can now visit HoCoPoLitSo.org for a no-ghosts go at entering the contest.
Tickets, just $25. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Tickets, just $25. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Are you the next Ellen Conroy Kennedy Poetry Prize winner? We are looking forward to seeing your work!
For all you need to know and to enter, visit:
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
For all you need to know and to enter, visit:
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
October 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Are you the next Ellen Conroy Kennedy Poetry Prize winner? We are looking forward to seeing your work!
For all you need to know and to enter, visit:
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
For all you need to know and to enter, visit:
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
Queen Takes Book is located at
6955 Oakland Mills Rd, Suite E
Columbia, MD 21045-5849
Phone (301) 456-4632
6955 Oakland Mills Rd, Suite E
Columbia, MD 21045-5849
Phone (301) 456-4632
October 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Queen Takes Book is located at
6955 Oakland Mills Rd, Suite E
Columbia, MD 21045-5849
Phone (301) 456-4632
6955 Oakland Mills Rd, Suite E
Columbia, MD 21045-5849
Phone (301) 456-4632
A very special event coming up a week from this Friday at the Residence of Vantage Point. The community will host Howard County's Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate, Mai-Anh Nguyen in a conversation with Felix Facchine, Deputy Chief of Staff for the County, exploring the experience the young poet.
October 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A very special event coming up a week from this Friday at the Residence of Vantage Point. The community will host Howard County's Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate, Mai-Anh Nguyen in a conversation with Felix Facchine, Deputy Chief of Staff for the County, exploring the experience the young poet.
For more information on these and all of our upcoming events, visit hocopolitso.org.
October 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
For more information on these and all of our upcoming events, visit hocopolitso.org.
We took a moment to visit the #BannedBooks event at Howard Community College where we found students ghoulishly guarding the tombstones of books that have been banned. Impassioned students talked about books and the freedom to read. Great work, students.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #FreedomToRead #Freadom
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #FreedomToRead #Freadom
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We took a moment to visit the #BannedBooks event at Howard Community College where we found students ghoulishly guarding the tombstones of books that have been banned. Impassioned students talked about books and the freedom to read. Great work, students.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #FreedomToRead #Freadom
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #FreedomToRead #Freadom
It's Banned Books Week. How are you celebrating your fREADom?
October 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It's Banned Books Week. How are you celebrating your fREADom?
The announcement is TODAY! We are on the edge of our seats. We actually won't know the winner until the announcement later today at Busboys and Poets.
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The announcement is TODAY! We are on the edge of our seats. We actually won't know the winner until the announcement later today at Busboys and Poets.
Two opportunities to see Safia Elhillo -- author of the acclaimed Bright Red Fruit -- for #FREE tomorrow on the campus of Howard Community College.
12:30 p.m. Monteabaro Hall & streamed via Vimeo (link below).
6:00 p.m. Monteabaro Hall
All you need to know:
www.howardcc.edu/discover/art...
12:30 p.m. Monteabaro Hall & streamed via Vimeo (link below).
6:00 p.m. Monteabaro Hall
All you need to know:
www.howardcc.edu/discover/art...
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Two opportunities to see Safia Elhillo -- author of the acclaimed Bright Red Fruit -- for #FREE tomorrow on the campus of Howard Community College.
12:30 p.m. Monteabaro Hall & streamed via Vimeo (link below).
6:00 p.m. Monteabaro Hall
All you need to know:
www.howardcc.edu/discover/art...
12:30 p.m. Monteabaro Hall & streamed via Vimeo (link below).
6:00 p.m. Monteabaro Hall
All you need to know:
www.howardcc.edu/discover/art...
September 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New season of Wilde Readings launches Tuesday evening at Columbia's fantastic independent bookstore, Queen Takes Book (6955 Oakland Mills Rd E, Columbia, MD 21045). Featured readers and open mic. Starts at 7. We'd love to see you there.
September 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New season of Wilde Readings launches Tuesday evening at Columbia's fantastic independent bookstore, Queen Takes Book (6955 Oakland Mills Rd E, Columbia, MD 21045). Featured readers and open mic. Starts at 7. We'd love to see you there.
Calling all local (Howard County, Md) artists. Our Arts Council will have STUDIO SPACES available in their new location. Read through for details. Submission deadline is Sept 15.
www.hocoarts.org/rentals-and-...
www.hocoarts.org/rentals-and-...
September 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Calling all local (Howard County, Md) artists. Our Arts Council will have STUDIO SPACES available in their new location. Read through for details. Submission deadline is Sept 15.
www.hocoarts.org/rentals-and-...
www.hocoarts.org/rentals-and-...
Coming up this Monday, Columbia Town Center Rotary Club is hosting an event at Cured / 18th & 21st to raise funds for youth literacy related causes, helping support county kids through signature book & reading programs.
More information and tickets through the link.
patch.com/maryland/col...
More information and tickets through the link.
patch.com/maryland/col...
August 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Coming up this Monday, Columbia Town Center Rotary Club is hosting an event at Cured / 18th & 21st to raise funds for youth literacy related causes, helping support county kids through signature book & reading programs.
More information and tickets through the link.
patch.com/maryland/col...
More information and tickets through the link.
patch.com/maryland/col...
Held annually in loving memory of HoCoPoLitSo’s co-founder, the 2025 Ellen Conroy Kennedy Poetry Prize submission window is now open.
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
August 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Held annually in loving memory of HoCoPoLitSo’s co-founder, the 2025 Ellen Conroy Kennedy Poetry Prize submission window is now open.
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
Mark the calendar. Reading & discussion w/SAFIA ELHILLO, author of Bright Red Fruit. #BookClubs
"An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene & the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams."
Sept 18 - two readings - 12:30 & 6:30.
"An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene & the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams."
Sept 18 - two readings - 12:30 & 6:30.
August 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Mark the calendar. Reading & discussion w/SAFIA ELHILLO, author of Bright Red Fruit. #BookClubs
"An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene & the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams."
Sept 18 - two readings - 12:30 & 6:30.
"An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene & the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams."
Sept 18 - two readings - 12:30 & 6:30.
Tonight at 7 p.m. in the Residence at Vantage Point auditorium. 5400 Vantage Point Road, Columbia, Md.
April 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Tonight at 7 p.m. in the Residence at Vantage Point auditorium. 5400 Vantage Point Road, Columbia, Md.
Are you or is anyone you know the next Youth Poet Laureate of Howard County? Submission window now closes on May 9th.
Apply now: www.hocoarts.org/grant/youth-...
Apply now: www.hocoarts.org/grant/youth-...
April 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Are you or is anyone you know the next Youth Poet Laureate of Howard County? Submission window now closes on May 9th.
Apply now: www.hocoarts.org/grant/youth-...
Apply now: www.hocoarts.org/grant/youth-...
Tomorrow evening we are THRILLED to host Denice Frohman at Howard Community College in Columbia, Md, for the Blackbird Poetry Festival. Free and open to the public.
April 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Tomorrow evening we are THRILLED to host Denice Frohman at Howard Community College in Columbia, Md, for the Blackbird Poetry Festival. Free and open to the public.
The brilliant @topefolarin.bsky.social visits The Residences at Vantage Point on Tuesday, April 22nd, 7pm. #FREE.
April 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The brilliant @topefolarin.bsky.social visits The Residences at Vantage Point on Tuesday, April 22nd, 7pm. #FREE.
#HowardCountyMd students: DEADLINE AHEAD. Later this month, we need your submissions for consideration to become this year's Youth Poet Laureate for the county.
All you need to know and submission form: www.hocoarts.org/grant/youth-...
#SpreadTheWord #HoCoArts
All you need to know and submission form: www.hocoarts.org/grant/youth-...
#SpreadTheWord #HoCoArts
April 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#HowardCountyMd students: DEADLINE AHEAD. Later this month, we need your submissions for consideration to become this year's Youth Poet Laureate for the county.
All you need to know and submission form: www.hocoarts.org/grant/youth-...
#SpreadTheWord #HoCoArts
All you need to know and submission form: www.hocoarts.org/grant/youth-...
#SpreadTheWord #HoCoArts
Happy first anniversary to Queen Takes Book. If you are in Columbia, Md. this Saturday, drop in on their celebration.
Learn more about his event and one of our great partners (they host the Wilde Readings featured reader and open mic series) here:
www.queentakesbook.com
Learn more about his event and one of our great partners (they host the Wilde Readings featured reader and open mic series) here:
www.queentakesbook.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Happy first anniversary to Queen Takes Book. If you are in Columbia, Md. this Saturday, drop in on their celebration.
Learn more about his event and one of our great partners (they host the Wilde Readings featured reader and open mic series) here:
www.queentakesbook.com
Learn more about his event and one of our great partners (they host the Wilde Readings featured reader and open mic series) here:
www.queentakesbook.com
Coming up next week on the campus of Howard Community College, @stevenleyva.bsky.social and @janedelury.bsky.social. 2 brand new books, 2 brill writers.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - 4 p.m.
Monteabaro Recital Hall
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - 4 p.m.
Monteabaro Recital Hall
April 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Coming up next week on the campus of Howard Community College, @stevenleyva.bsky.social and @janedelury.bsky.social. 2 brand new books, 2 brill writers.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - 4 p.m.
Monteabaro Recital Hall
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - 4 p.m.
Monteabaro Recital Hall