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Alpaca Gnomes, Uncommon Night Crawlers & poets to perform at 2016 arts festival

Performance schedule announced for 2016 Artists & Artisans in Paradise, with poets Antoinette Brim & Iyaba Mandingo

We are thrilled to have our line-up of live music performers and poets in place! Take a look at our performance and poetry schedule, events free all day long.

Artists & Artisans in Paradise

Sunday, August 28, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Performance Schedule 2016

11:30 a.m.– Elizabeth G. Howard – Demand Poetry
12 p.m. – Shanna T. Melton – Poetic Soul Arts & author of “Unraveling My Thoughts
12:30 – Antoinette Brim – author of the forthcoming “These Women You Gave Me” and two other collections.

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1 p.m. - THE ALPACA GNOMES - Live music

1:45 – Joyce Acebo-Raguskus – CT poet and activist

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2 p.m. - The Uncommon Night Crawlers - Live Music
2:45 – Iyaba Ibo Mandingo – Poet, painter, national grand-slam winner
3:15 – Keith Roland – Photographer and poet
3:45 – Mick Theebs – Poet, artist, Milford poet laureate

For more information, check out the Facebook event page or the Artists & Artisans website.

The show is produced by the Coastal Arts Guild of CTand sponsored by generous local merchants.

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