2020 A MOON FULL OF HOPE 2021

30th

Season


28th Poetry Marathon

 
XXVIII Maratón

de la Poesía

28th Poetry Marathon

"La Pluma y la Palabra"

In Spanish only

 

Saturday, September 26, 2020

2pm - 8pm

 

Vía

EVENT WILL BE VIA ZOOM (due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

ZOOM

 

YouTube Live

Facebook Live

INFO/RESV.: 202-882-6227 / 703-548-3092

info@teatrodelaluna.org

In this "celebration of words," our guest renowned Spanish-language poets are accompanied by audience members of all ages who recite, read or interpret their own work or that of well-known poets.

If you would like to share your own poetry in Spanish with the audience, or read your favorite poem, please send it to  info@teatrodelaluna.org by September 15.

Carlos
Aguasaco
Basilio
Belliard
Wellington
de Melo
     
Louise
Dupré
Pedro
Enríquez
Rhina
Espaillat
     
Otoniel
Guevara
Karel
Leyva Ferrer
Gaetano
Longo
     
Alberto Marrero
 Fernández
Fernando
Operé
Tania
Pleitez Vela
     
Leocadia
Regalo
Adriana
Romano
Nicasio
Urbina
     
José Luis
Vega
José Javier
Villareal
Carolina
Zamudio
 

 

 

PROGRAM

Saturday, Sep. 26

Digital Chanels

coordinated and conducted by poet Rei Berroa

2:00 - 2:15 pm

Inauguration of the 28th Poetry Marathon: Rei Berroa & Mario Marcel

First Round of Invited Poets

2:15 - 2:45pm (Group I)

Fernando Operé (Spain)

Pedro Enríquez (Spain)
Leocadia Regalo (Portugal)
Louise Dupré (Canada)
Wellington de Melo (Brasil)
Carlos Aguasaco (Colombia)

2:45 - 3:15 pm (Group II)

Karel Leyva Ferrer (Cuba)
Alberto Marrero Fern. (Cuba)
Gaetano Longo (Italy)
José Luis Vega (Puerto Rico)
Rhina Espaillat (Dominican R.)
Basilio Belliard (Dominican R.)

3:15 - 3:45 pm (Group III)

José Javier Villarreal (Mexico)
Tania Pleitez Vela (El Salvador)
Otoniel Guevara (El Salvador)
Nicasio Urbina (Nicaragua)
Adriana Romano (Argentina)
Carolina Zamudio (Argentina)

3:45 - 4:05 pm

Peña Virtual de Alta Hora de la Noche and Casa de la Cultura El Salvador

Ricardo Ballón, Luz Stella Mejía, Sofía Estévez, Alexis Soto Ramírez, Grego Pineda, Edith Graciela Sanabria, Vladimir Monge

4:05 - 4:25 pm

"Summer and Poetry of the Southern Cone" Teatro de la Luna's Poetry Workshops participants

Ana Maria Delgado, Jimmy Ortiz, Alejandro Colina, Natalie Deriu, Marlene Sepúlveda, Paula Espitia, Carolina Restrepo, Graciela Rivas, Ximena Arce, Marianela Funes, Marco Echeverria

4:25 - 4:55 pm

The People's Voice: 1st Open Mike Session (previous sign up)

Luis Alberto Ambroggio, Adriano Corrales, Luzmaría Esparza, Graciela Rivas, Adriana Peri, Marianela Funes

4:55 - 5:20 pm

Washington Area Poets Round (by invitation)

Luis Alberto Ambroggio (Arg.)
Carlos Parada (El Salvador)
Consuelo Hernández (Colombia)
Gladys Ilarregui (Argentina)
Indran Amirthanayagam (Mex)
Jose Ballesteros (Colombia)

Second Round of Invited Poets

5:20 - 5:45pm (Group I)

Fernando Operé (Spain)

Pedro Enríquez (Spain)
Leocadia Regalo (Portugal)
Louise Dupré (Canada)
Wellington Jose de Melo (Brasil)
Carlos Aguasaco (Colombia)

5:45 - 6:10 pm (Group II)

Karel Leyva Ferrer (Cuba)
Alberto Marrero Fern. (Cuba)
Gaetano Longo (Italy)
José Luis Vega (Puerto Rico)
Rhina Espaillat (Dominican R.)
Basilio Belliard (Dominican R.)

6:10 - 6:35 pm (Group III)

José Javier Villarreal (Mexico)
Tania Pleitez Vela (El Salvador)
Otoniel Guevara (El Salvador)
Nicasio Urbina (Nicaragua)
Adriana Romano (Argentina)
Carolina Zamudio (Argentina)

6:35 - 7:00 pm

The People's Voice: 2nd Open Mike Session (previous sign up)

7:00 - 7:30 pm

Remembering the voices of the poets who have left us

7:30 - 8:00 pm

The People's Voice: Poems from all corners

8:00 pm

Farewell - Poetry is a festivity that transforms us and makes the world a better place in which to live.