High school students from across New Mexico take the stage this weekend to compete in the state finals of the Poetry Out Loud competition, marking the program’s first time being held in Albuquerque.
The event takes place Sunday, March 8 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, where 11 finalists will recite poems they have memorized and interpreted in hopes of advancing to the national finals in Washington, D.C.
According to program coordinator Kevin A. Lenker, the move to Albuquerque comes after two decades of holding the competition in Santa Fe…