4/25-28 - Valley International Poetry Festival - Various Locations

4/25 - Opening Reception - Edinburg
4/26 - 7th Annual Poetry Pachanga - San Benito
Community Building - 210 E Heywood St. San Benito, TX
Private dinner, followed by public readings! (Doors open to the public at 6:45 p.m.) 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm - 7th Annual Poetry Pachanga (Public) Readings

4/26 - Youth / Adult Poetry Slam - McAllen
Schneider's German Gasthaus & Beergarden - 5507 N. Ware Rd., McAllen, TX
6:15pm - 6:45pm - Youth Poetry Slam Contest
6:45pm - 7:05pm - Featured Poet Reading: Emmy Perez
7:05pm - 7:15pm - Guest Poet Reading: Olga Valle-Herr, McAllen Poet Laureate
7:15pm - 8:20pm - College / University Poet Readings
8:20pm – 10:00pm - Adult Poetry Slam featuring HBO Def Poet Amalia Ortiz, Lupe Méndez, Tammy Gomez, and Featured Musician Kip Austin Hinton

*Note Schneider's offers dinner and alcoholic beverages
 
4/27 - Morning Workshops from 10:00am - 11:00am - Various Locations
Jitterz Coffee Bar - 1625 N Conway Ave., Mission, TX
Topic: Including sensory elements into poetry or fiction
This is open for registered poets and only to additional guests if space allows

Dustin Sekula Memorial Library, 1906 S. Closner Blvd., Edinburg, TX
Topic: "Letter Poems: 'Risking Sentimentality'" - for registered poets only

Pharr Library, 121 E. Cherokee St. Pharr, TX
Topic: Using poetry to make sense of traumatic events: combat, natural disasters, assault, abuse, etc.
Note: Meet in the North Star Meeting Room—a free-speech space. For registered poets; open to guests--if space allows

Weslaco Museum, 500 S. Texas Blvd., Weslaco, TX
Topic: The Poetic Line: Sensual Poetry (For Women Only)
Note: For registered poets; pre-approved (by workshop leader) FEMALE guests only

Narciso Martínez Cultural Arts Center, 225 E. Stenger St., San Benito, TX
Topic: Ekphrastic Springboarding - Poetry based on art
For registered poets; open to guests--if space allows

4/27 - Morning Readings from 11:00am - 12:15pm
Jitterz Coffee Bar - 1625 N Conway Ave., Mission, TX

Dustin Sekula Memorial Library, 1906 S. Closner Blvd., Edinburg, TX

Pharr Library, 121 E. Cherokee St. Pharr, TX
Note: Meet in the North Star Meeting Room—a free-speech space.

Weslaco Museum, 500 S. Texas Blvd., Weslaco, TX
Note: This event will run from about 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Narciso Martínez Cultural Arts Center, 225 E. Stenger St., San Benito, TX

Galeria 409, 409 E. 13th St., Brownsville, TX

4/27 - Lunchtime Readings
12:30pm - 2:00pm - Rio Grande Bar & Grill Restaurant, 417 W Van Buren Ave, Harlingen, TX
12:45pm - 2:15pm - Olivier’s Bakery, 1126 Pecan Blvd., McAllen
12:45pm - 2:15pm - LeeRoy’s Chicken & Burgers, 408 W Santa Rosa Ave. (Hwy. 107) Edcouch, TX
12:45pm - 2:15pm - El Hueso de Fraile, 837 E. Elizabeth St. Suite D, Brownsville, TX

Afternoon Workshop: 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Paragraphs On Padre, 5055 Padre Blvd., South Padre Island, TX
Topic: Prepping your work for publication—an editor's advice
Note: Open to the public as space allows.

Afternoon Delight Readings
2:45pm - 4:00pm - Eagle Bean Coffee, 2236 W Trenton Rd, Edinburg, TX
3:00pm - 4:30pm - Weslaco Museum, 500 S. Texas Blvd., Weslaco, TX
3:45pm - 4:45pm - Paragraphs On Padre, 5055 Padre Blvd., South Padre Island, TX

4/28 - Dr. Gloria E. Anzaldúa Readings - Hargill
10:00am - Meet @ UT-Pan American Bookstore parking lot; depart at 10:05 a.m. to Gloria Anzaldúa burial site at Valle de Paz cemetery in Hargill. Readings onsite.
Lunch afterwards @ Luby's in Edinburg.
Note: Contact Daniel at rgvipf@hotmail.com to RSVP