Admission is free. This concert is free. 205 Smith Hall C.D. Wright has published nine collections of poetry, most recently Tremble and two book-length poems, Deepstep Coming Shining , and Just Whistle . She is a recipient of the Witter Prize for Poetry from the American Academy and Institute for Arts and Letters and in 1994 she was named State Poet of Rhode Island, a five-year post. She is working on a new collaboration with Deborah Luster at Angola prison in Louisiana and teaches at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, has put together an exhibition of Willis' work that is both personal and all-encompassing. Stories and images are incorporated into quilts and assemblages including a childhood Christmas, the family bridge game and Father's collection of ties. Willis serves as Curator for Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution. 2-5 p.m. Admission is free. One of the few professional string trios in existence today, the Diaz Trio, comprised of Andres Cardenes, Roberto Diaz and Andres Diaz has become one of the finest chamber ensembles in the United States.