Poetry Party - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge is home to a lot of budding entrepreneurs. It s also
home to a lot of just plain interesting people, whose companies and
careers have propelled them to be creative forces, influencers and
advocates for nonprofits, the needy, and doing the right thing in
the community. Ava Leavell Haymon is a poet and author of four
books who served as Poet Laureate for the state of Louisiana from
2013 2015. Ava s writings have been described as "Concrete
descriptions of a woman s life in the mid twentieth century
American South..." Ava is also a generous philanthropist in the
community,giving of her time and talents to many organizations.
Heather Sewell Day is owner of The Red Cake event planning. The Red
Cake plans private, corporate and community events with a unique
twist, incorporating signature fourished that range from the use of
Heather s vintage VW van to the involvement of modern dancers
flying through the air on silks. Among the events Heather has
helped stage are Hunks and Heels, and Emerge into Dance. She s also
helped guide non profits Of Moving Color Productions, Forum 35, and
the LSU Museum of Art. Photos at Mansurs on the Boulevard by Karry
Hosford.

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