Urgent Emergent Performance Art, Volume 4: The Poet’s Circle

Looking for a place to celebrate National Poetry Month? Look no further! On April 19, 2026 TruArtSpeaks will host Volume Four of the Urgent Emergent Performance Art Series: The Poet’s Circle at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN. With doors at 3:00p, show at 4:00p, this Sunday soiree will feature readings from Douglas Kearney, Duaba Unenra, Sagirah Shahid, and more! Hosted by Lenora Magee, backed by the musical genius of The Urgent Band (Davu Seru, Ryan Bynum, and Khary Jackson) mixed with sounds by DJ Huh?What?? this is sure to be a reading that you do not want to miss! Plus its Aries season and we are certain to celebrate all of our ram fam throughout the evening. Early bird tickets are on sale for $12 through April 7, 2026. After that, advance tickets are available for $18 and door tickets at $25. Get your seat now, via www.truartspeaks.org and www.icehouse.com 

The Urgent Emergent Performance Art Series powered by TruArtSpeaks (Urgent Art Series) is a year-long residency at Ice House in Minneapolis, MN, taking place monthly, every third Saturday,* in celebration of TruArtSpeaks’ 20th year anniversary. Founded in 2006, by Tish Jones, the arts & culture organization based in Saint Paul has a long history of providing platforms for artists to share timely and innovative work— this series is no different. The Urgent Art Series will invite new and true collaborators to share work that speaks to both the nightly theme and the series’ invitation: urgent and emergent performance art. Known for being bold in their creative work, TruArtSpeaks has curated a year of creative expression that will move the crowd, the needle, and change forward through creative cultural expression. 

The Urgent Art Series is sponsored, in part, by Minnesota Public Radio.