The Knoxville Public Library is hosting Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey tonight at 6 pm for a poetry performance and workshop. Rainey was voted the Best Poet/Spoken Word Artist by the Little Village Magazine three years in a row. He was also named one of ten “People to Watch” in 2023 by the magazine and the Iowa City Press Citizen. Rainey, a Columbia, MO native, holds a B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) degree from the University of Iowa in English in Creative Writing. Learn more about Rainey on his website linked here.