The world moves at breakneck pace, but poetry slows it down—shows us that, however long the stampede of bleak days, spring always arrives. Join us Sunday, April 6th, from 4:30 to 8:00 PM at Enoch’s Midtown, 480 10th Ave, for an evening where conversation will take root, libations will flow, and community will blossom. Bring your tender petals, your cool vernal pools, your melancholy snowmelt, your green fire. And pitch in as No, Dear works to provide fertile ground for emerging and established poets to foster conversation aimed at disrupting systems of power and privilege.

Tickets are available on a sliding scale. With your help, we hope to raise upwards of 5K and keep No, Dear growing as a publication that strives to represent and support women-identified poets, poets of color, and poets of all gender expressions. There will be food. There will be live jazz and djs. There will be readings by Shira Erlichman, t'ai freedom ford, Eileen Myles, Jive Poetic, and more. There will be celebration of spring and all you bring to it!

Donation Sliding Scale:

$25+ - Entry Ticket + bites*

$65+ - Entry Ticket + bites* + Drink Ticket** + in-print No, Dear issue

$150+ - Entry Ticket + bites* + 2 Drink Tickets** + out-of-print No, Dear issue

*charcuterie & soft drinks included with entry ticket. cash bar.

**drink tickets can be used for wine provided by Blackbird Vineyards or N/A beverages provided by Minus Moonshine

Schedule of Events:

4:30: DJ Queer Shoulders

5:30: Poetry Reading

6:00: Camellia Quartet

6:45: Poetry Reading

7:15: Nour Jamil (DJ)

venue notes:

ADA accessible, ground floor, some seating available, masks welcome

No, Dear Spring Celebration 2025

readings * music * bites * potables * silent auction