A weekend of special events including a concert and film screening marks the 10th annual Nâzım Hikmet Poetry Festival, culminating with the traditional Poetry Festival on Sunday, April 8. These events bring together poets, scholars and poetry fans in the humanistic spirit of the internationally-renowned Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet Ran.

On Friday, April 6 at 8 p.m. at the Cary Arts Center, lovers of music and literature alike will be treated to an evening of music featuring Turkoise, a DC-based pop group, performing a selection of Turkey’s best-known poems in song. The cost of the concert is $15 for students and $25 for adults at The Cary Theater box office or through eTix.

The 10th Annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival is presented by the American-Turkish Association of North Carolina in partnership with the Town of Cary and Duke University Middle East Studies Center. For more, search “Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival” at www.townofcary.org or call (919) 460-4963.

Tickets: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/8339143/poetry-popturkish-poetry-in-song-cary-cary-arts-center