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Start: 4:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
 We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods.Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
 Last week, as voters elected Barack Obama the first African-American President, they were also voting for bans on gay marriage in several parts of the country. For many people the voting results are paradoxical. How can voters on one hand get past years of racial animosity and discrimination and send an African-American to the White House and on the other hand deny same-sex couples the right to enjoy the benefits of married life?
On Nov. 4, three states-California, Florida and Arizona-passed bans on same-sex marriages. The ban's success in California, often seen as progressive on social issues, has drawn the loudest protests, with gay-rights activists and supporters backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressing hope that the California Supreme Court would overturn the ban, known as Proposition 8. Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
How a Voice Slams features guest writers and educators discussing the historical, political, thematic, and formal linkages between the slave song, gospel/spirituals, blues, protest chants and songs, hip-hop/rap and slam poetry. SCORES poet-athletes will perform individual and team poems, and a guest writer will discuss the tradition of the spoken word and Slam! poetry.
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