

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry & Posole with Suzi Q. Smith
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 09 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat, 09 May, 2026 at 02:15 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us on Saturday, May 9th for our 3rd annuel Poetry &amp; Posole event featuring renowned poet Suzi Q. Smith.

Suzi Q. Smith is an award-winning poet and author who lives in Denver, Colorado. The author of poetry collections "Poems for the End of the World", "A Gospel of Bones"(winner of the 2019 Electric Press Award), and the chapbook collection, "Thirteen Descansos," Smith is also the co-editor of two anthologies, "Tell It Slant: An Anthology of Creative Nonfiction by Writers from Colorado's Prisons" and "All the Lives We Ever Lived, Volume I," both Finalists for the Colorado Book Award. Smith is also a Pushcart-nominated essayist with an MFA in Creative Writing from Randolph College.

While primarily known for her poetry, Suzi is also an organizer, an educator, a singer-songwriter, playwright, and interdisciplinary creative. She has created, curated, coached, organized, and taught for over 25 years, touring throughout the United States. Suzi's mother hails from Monte Vista, with many generations of her mother’s family from the San Luis Valley.

A posole luncheon will take place at 12:00pm noon, followed by a poetry reading and performance at 1:00pm. The event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP to let us know you are planning to come.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fort-garland/poetry-and-posole-with-suzi-q-smith/200029652827941
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 71

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Fort Garland
- **state**: CO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center
- **lat**: 37.424209675489
- **long**: -105.43174235217
- **full address**: Fort Garland Museum &amp; Cultural Center, 18988 County Road GG.5, Fort Garland, CO 81133, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center (https://allevents.in/org/fort-garland-museum-and-cultural-center/4761723)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 09 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm (-06:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fort Garland Museum &amp; Cultural Center, 18988 County Road GG.5, Fort Garland, CO 81133, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, music
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Poetry & Posole with Suzi Q. Smith ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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