Brain Wash

BRAIN WASH POETRY & OPEN MIC AT HUNCHBACK GALLERY CO-SPONSORED BY W.A.G. & POETORIUM

BRAIN WASH:

POETRY & OPEN MIC

SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026

6PM TO 9PM

AMONGST THE ART, THE WORCESTER ARTISTS GROUP IS HOSTING THE POETORIUM AT HUNCHBACK GALLERY

FOR A NIGHT OF POETRY! FREE!

FEATURED POETS & AN OPEN MIC!

ALSO A UNIQUE AUDIENCE GROUP POEM

ASSEMBLED AND READ AT THE END

(ANONYMOUS & NOT REQUIRED)!

FEATURING

STEVEN BIZEL

EVE RIFKAH

CLAIRE SCHAEFFER-DUFFY

MC’D BY PAUL SZLOSEK

Steven Bizel is an extremely talented poet living in Pittsfield, Massachusetts who has been a regular attendee of The Poetorium Too at TidePool Bookshop since August of 2025. 

Eve Rifkah was co-founder of Poetry Oasis, Inc., and founder and editor of Diner, a literary journal. She was the 2021 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz award. Eve has published seven collections of her poetry, the latest being Sustenance published in August of 2026 . The play, Outcasts the Lepers of Penikese Island, was based on her first book, Outcasts the Penikese Island Leper Hospital 

1905-1921.

Claire Schaeffer-Duffy is a freelance writer in Worcester, MA. A childhood spent overseas left her eternally hungry for travel. Writing has allowed her to pursue that yearning. Her reviews and essays have appeared in various publications including America Magazine, Commonweal, and Consequence. Her reporting for the National Catholic Reporting has garnered a number of awards from the Catholic Press Association. She comes to poetry late in life grateful for a form that inculcates marvel.