FESTIVAL NEWS

Poetry in Motion: Following an outcry from Los Angeles’ Salvadoran community over the planned appearance of Salvadoran poet David Escobar Galindo, who is said to have ties to the country’s government, Los Angeles Festival officials agreed at a meeting Wednesday to create “another kind of event” to which another Salvadoran poet representing a different viewpoint will be invited. A festival spokesman said Galindo’s appearance in “La Terra Nova 1990,” a festival of Pacific poetry, will go on as scheduled. Final plans for the new event are expected next week.