• Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden With Camille T. Dungy

    American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA, United States

    American Antiquarian Society's wonderful virtual evening with Camille T. Dungy.   In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, poet and scholar Camille T. Dungy recounts the seven-year odyssey to diversify her garden in the predominantly white community of Fort Collins, Colorado. When she moved there in 2013, with her husband and daughter, the community […]

  • Poetorium @ Starlite

    Poetry Open Mic & Reading Series Featuring Therese Gleason & Howard J. Kogan. Please join us for our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium at Starlite hosted by Paul Szlosek and Ron Whittle. It will be a full evening of poetry and spoken word starting with a brief interview on stage […]

  • Poets @ Large Poetry Series in The Rose Room Cafe

    The Rose Room Cafe 4 East Main Street, Webster, MA, United States

        Poets at Large continues its 2023 series of spoken word/poetry readings on Sunday, May 28th at The Rose Room Café, 4 East Main St., Webster, MA.  The reading is free to the public (ages 14 and up) and will be held from 2-4 p.m.  Featured readers will be MW Murphy, Gerald Yelle and Gary Metras.  There […]

  • Free People Artist Workshop

    WCPA Office @ Salisbury House 61 Harvard St., Worcester MA, MA, United States

    Visual artists, poets, writers meet to share and discuss their work Positive feedback is encouraged.

  • A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Muriel Nelson

    Zoom Online Meeting , United States

    The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, Mass., continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 Muriel Nelson will be the featured reader. Please click HERE to register.       Register   Muriel Nelson lives near Seattle where she enjoys music, furry muses, and edible landscaping, and believes that salads […]

  • Arts In The Garden

    Community Teaching Garden 3 West Boylston Dr., Worcester, MA, United States

    Indian Lake Community Association presents Arts in The Garden featuring poet, Susan Roney O'Brien, and musician, Fox and the Dragon. Admission is FREE and patrons are encouraged to bring non-alcoholic beverages and snacks to this family friendly event. Join us for an awesome time at Arts in The Garden!   Susan Roney  O'Brien curates a […]

  • POETS AT LARGE Spoken Word/Poetry Event

    Roseland Park 205 Roseland Park Rd., Woodstock, CT, United States

    Featuring Connecticut State Poet Laureate Antoinette Brim-Bell The current Connecticut State Poet Laureate (2022-2025), Antoinette Brim-Bell will read on June 4 th at Roseland Park. This reading will be held in the barn and will be from 2-4 p.m. Reading with Ms. Brim-Bell will be former poet laureate of West Haven, Tony Fusco, and author/poet […]

  • The Poetry Extravaganza: Last Hurrah Before Summer Break

    Redemption Rock Brewery 333 Shrewsbury St,, Worcester, MA, United States

    Join us on Tuesday, June 6th from 6:00-8:30 pm for an evening of poetry, humor, and revelry. Two open-mic sessions sandwich our Feature poet Wayne-Daniel Berard. Sign up for the open-mic at jfjr6969@gmail,com . Five-minute maximum, please. Free admission. Separate area for our event. On-the-street parking or check redemptionrock.beer for other parking options. Redemption Rock […]

  • “Humor’ in the Semi-Golden Years

    Greendale YMCA 75 Shore Dr., Worcester, MA, United States

    A humorous take on growing old uncomfortably, utilizing stories, poems, and personal experiences.   “I will be doing my own semi-amusing stories, poems, and maybe even a song for about forty minutes. It would be awesome to see some familiar faces in the midst of the Retirement Club throng. Free admission and all ages welcome. […]

  • A feast of losses: Yetta Dine and her son, the poet Stanley Kunitz’s Book Launch

    TidePool Bookshop 372 Chandler St. Unit 101, Worcester, MA

    Come help us celebrate Judith Ferrara's memoir/biography of Yetta Dine, famed poet Stanley Kunitz' s mother!   Tidepool Bookshop and Worcester literati and, of course, the woman who made it all happen, our very own Judith Ferrara. MORE INFORMATION     Portrayed in Stanley Kunitz’s poems and interviews as an unforgiving and unaffectionate mother, Yetta […]