Upcoming Events
When Language Left Me: Post-Stroke Poems by Farzana Marie – Reading & Conversation – 3/15/26
Poetry Reading / Book Release
a conversation with Michelle Otero, former Albuquerque Poet Laureate
Event date & time:
Sunday, March 15th
2:00 pm
Where:
Books on the Bosque
6261 Riverside Plaza Ln NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120
The Sound of Cicadas: a Resolana - Poetry Reading & Roundtable – 3/18/26
The Sound of Cicadas: A Resolana opens the Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival with a curated reading and roundtable conversation featuring Arizona Poet Laureate and former Navajo Nation Poet Laureate Laura Tohe, former Albuquerque Poet Laureate Michelle Otero, Veronica Golos, and New Mexico State Poet Laureate Emeritus Levi Romero.
This kick off event is all ages and free to attend. Each poet will offer a short reading, followed by a conversation on Poetry as Infrastructure; how poems hold memory, build community, and sustain us when other systems fail.
Event host: Chicharra Slam Poetry Festival
Event date & time:
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
6-8 pm
Where:
Albuquerque Museum
2000 Mountain Rd NW
Cost:
Free
Please register using link below
Delilah Montoya: Activating Chicana Resistance - Poetry Reading – 3/19/26
Part of the Albuquerque Museum's Third Thursday, this reading by former Albuquerque Poet Laureate Michelle Otero celebrates Chicana artist Delilah Montoya's retrospective exhibition, currently on view at the museum.
Event host: Albuquerque Museum, Third Thursday
Event date & time:
Thursday, March 18, 2026
5-6 pm
Where:
Albuquerque Museum
2000 Mountain Rd NW
Cost:
Free
Disrupting the Mythology of a Solitary Poet: a reading with The Matrix Collective - 3/9/26
Join us for a reading by poets from The Matrix Collective. Disrupting the mythology of the solitary poet, this group of women–diverse in age, race, sexuality, and geography–formed a writing collective to sustain creativity and literary careers through risk-taking, vulnerability, and love. Since the early days of the pandemic, The Matrix has met each week over Zoom, gradually incorporating in-person retreats and readings into their activities. These writers support one another at every stage of the writing process, from generation, to revision, to publication, and celebration.
Event date & time:
Monday, March 9, 2026
6-7 pm Eastern
Cost:
free – please register
Where:
19 Washington Square, New York
NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
Alone, Together – ongoing
Alone, Together – ongoing
a quiet, bi-weekly, online gathering for artists and creative folks
Hosted by:
Michelle Otero
Event date:
ongoing - every other Wednesday, 9-10am Mountain
Event address:
Virtual – Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81771761745?pwd=MzBCRHFRZGIycWFqQUsrRDRPVjR3Zz09
Meeting ID: 817 7176 1745
Passcode: 551877
Alone, Together is a quiet gathering for artists and creative folks to develop their creative practice. Artists from all backgrounds are invited to bring their creative work-in-progress and work/play alone, in the company of others.
"Alone, Together" takes place via Zoom every other Wednesday from 9-10am Mountain. Drop in for 20 minutes or stay the entire time.