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SOLO/DUET Poetry-Music Series

March 19, 2024 @ 6:00 am – 8:00 pm

Each evening will feature solo readings by area poets book-ended by a musical duet. This program is made possible by the West Brookfield Cultural Council as supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

A poetry and music series at the Merriam-Gilbert Public Library  Free and open to all! 

Poets:

Anne Love Woodhull lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. She has coauthored five children’s books and is the author of This Is What We Have (March Street Press, 2001), a poetry chapbook. In 2013 a book of her poems, Night With Its Owl, was published by Hedgerow Books, Amherst, Massachusetts. In 2021 a book of her poems, Racing Heaven, was published by Open Field Press, Northampton, Massachusetts. She is the Executive Director of Available Potential Enterprises, and the President of the Open Field Foundation that owns Bramble Hill Farm. Working with children and adults, she is a play therapist and teacher.

& Bill OConnell

Bill OConnell

Music:

Jerry Wilfong is an active freelance bassist in the Boston area. He has performed with such distinguished jazz artists as Leni Stern, John Stowell, and Richie Cole, appears on several recordings and can be heard live anchoring two working trios – “Bring Back Pluto” and “The Conversation.” More can be learned about Jerry at his Website.


Free

Jonathan Blake

Merriam-Gilbert Library

3 W. Main Street
West Brookfield, Massachusetts 01585 United States + Google Map
508-867-1410
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