Poetry
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AMERICAN IDOL The Academy of American Poets presents a reading by the newly appointed poet laureate, Donald Hall, whose most recent collection of selected poems is “White Apples and the Taste of Stone” (Houghton Mifflin). Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. at 34th Street, 212-274-0343, $15 general, $10 members, free for CUNY students.
BROOKLYN SLANG The Barnes & Noble for Brooklyn Poetry Outreach program features a reading by the borough’s poet laureate, Ken Siegelman, who hosts the program’s monthly open microphone series. Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 267 Seventh Ave., between 4th and 5th streets, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-832-9066, free.
