• New Dawn Writers’ Group Open Mic

    New Dawn Center 84 Main St., Ashburnham, MA, United States

    New Dawn Open Mic: Come out to the New Dawn Writers’ Group’s Open Mic. Every fourth Tuesday from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. immediately following our featured author event at 7:00 p.m. We host an open mic for writers of all genres and ages. Bring an excerpt from that story you started, memoir or novel. Bring […]

  • May 27th Poetorium Too Poetry Reading & Open Mic Featuring Mark Luebbers & Benjamin Goluboff

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

    Please join us for a special Wednesday double feature edition of our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series Poetorium Too at TidePool Bookshop (located at 372 Chandler Street in Worcester, MA) on May 27th from 5 pm to 7 pm hosted by Paul Szlosek and (hopefully) Ron Whittle. It will be a full two hours of poetry and spoken word featuring a 40 minute […]

  • The Fox Series featuring Eve Rifkah reading her poetry and the poetry of Gertrude Halstead

    The Broadway Diner 100 Water Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

    Join us on June 2nd at 5pm the Broadway Restaurant .Free admission.$2 off metered parking with a food purchase.Sign up for the open mic at joesyellowpad@gmail.comPlease support this locally-owned venue. Eve Rifkah  was co-founder of Poetry Oasis, Inc., Founder, and editor DINER, a literary magazine. She is the 2021 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz medal. She […]

  • Elizabeth Bishop

    Bishop's grave in Hope Cemetery, 119 Webster Street 119 Webster Street, Worcester, MA, United States

    of Worcester and Elsewhere We'll begin with a talk at the Hope Cemetery Administration Office about Elizabeth Bishop's life and work; turn right after entering the main gate. At 6:30 pm, a dozen poets will read poems by or about Bishop at her grave; from inside the main gate, proceed to Curtis Ave and take […]

  • BLOOMSDAY

    Come Celebrate BloomsdayIn Worcester Massachusetts, Tuesday June 16th  2026 The book Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus as they wander through Dublin on June 16, 1904, the date James Joyce had his first encounter with his wife to-be Nora Barnacle. You can join us to listen or read a part of his story.   […]

  • The Poetry Extravaganza

    The Mill 185 W. Boylston Street, West Boylston, Massachusetts, United States

    Join us at The Mill in West Boylston on June 17th! We need your support through the Summer months! The Mill is right off Rt 190, has a spacious parking lot, serves delectable apps, entrees, and desserts with a full bar. We have a separate room with AC for our monthly shenanigans. Admission is still […]

  • Poets at Large in June

    The Vanilla Bean 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

    Poets at Large Presents DiCaronimo & Wheeler Poets at Large will host poets from Fitchburg, MA on Saturday night, May 20th, at 7 p.m. at The Vanilla Bean Café, 450 Deerfield Road, in Pomfret, CT. The featured readers that night will be Laura DiCaronimo and Sarah Beth Wheeler. Admission is free and donations are welcome. […]

  • Poets at Large with DiCaronimo & Wheeler

    The Vanilla Bean 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

    Poets at Large Presents DiCaronimo & WheelerPoets at Large will host poets from Fitchburg, MA on Saturday night, May 20th, at 7 p.m. at The Vanilla Bean Café, 450 Deerfield Road, in Pomfret, CT. The featured readers that night will be Laura DiCaronimo and Sarah Beth Wheeler. Admission is free and donations are welcome. DiCaronimo is […]