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The Center: Lecture Series: Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby Lefebre

lecture series: colorado poet laureate bobby lefebre
jan 28, 2021 @ 6:00 pmย –ย 7:30 pm
Welcoming celebrated writers, artists, and thinkers to engage our community in thoughtful dialogue in the Centerโs stunning Steddy Theater.
Discussion and reading with Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebreย
Bobby LeFebre is an award-winning writer, performer, and cultural worker fusing a non-traditionalย multi-hyphenatedย professional identity to imagine new realities, empower communities, advance arts and culture, andย serve as an agent of provocation, transformation, equity and social change.ย His work has appeared in The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Guardian, American Theater Magazine, NPR, and Poets.Org.ย In 2019, LeFebre was named Coloradoโs 8thย Poet Laureate, making him the youngest and first person of color to be appointed to the position in its 100 year history.ย LeFebre holds a bachelorโs degree in Psychology from the Metropolitan University of Denver and a masterโs degree in Art, Literature and Culture from the University of Denver.