Dallas Names Poet Laureates for Arts Month

0:00It's April 9th, this is Dallas News Today, local news powered by AI. Dallas kicked off Arts Month by naming its third poet laureate, Christotti Woods, who goes by Black Caesar Poetry and the new youth poet laureate, Caden Stigs from Booker T. Washington High School. Mayor Eric Johnson made the announcement to spotlight literary arts in the city. This comes right at the start of both Dallas Arts Month and National Poetry Month, setting the stage for a big push on words and creativity. Over the next two years, Woods steps up as an ambassador, crafting original poems for community events, running outreach to spark reading, writing, and spoken word among residents, and hosting open office hours at the Central Library. He's no stranger to the spotlight, with Emmy-winning performances for the Texas Rangers and Dallas Cowboys, plus experience as an author, teacher, and filmmaker. Meanwhile, 11th grader digs teens up with him for a one-year run, drawing from her role as founder and president of the school's Pegasai Poetry,

1:02Society to Boost Youth Voices. With this duo in place, Dallas Poetry scene is primed to inspire everyone this month.