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SUMMARY:Poetorium Too Reading
DESCRIPTION:Poetorium Too Poetry Reading & Open Mic Featuring Stephen Campiglio\, Claire Schaeffer-Duffy\, & Simon Hunt  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a special Tuesday triple 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 September 29th\, 2026 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 20 minute readings each by poets Stephen Campiglio\,  Claire Schaeffer-Duffy\, & Simon Hunt\, followed by the passing of a hat to pay our features\, a short intermission\, and then an open mic with 5-minute slots for each reader if time allows (in order to fit everything planned into our allotted time\, if the event runs too long\, readers may be restricted to one poem). \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Campiglio lives in southern Worcester County and works at Connecticut State Community College in Manchester\, where he also founded and directed for 12 years the Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series. He co-edited and contributed to the Noh Place Poetry Anthology and was a winner in Mapping Worcester in Poetry: Poems in and Out of Places. His poetry\, and his Italian translations\, have also appeared of late in The Closed Eye Open\, Delos\, Gradiva\, Italian Americana\, Poet Lore\, SurVision\, and Wild Roof Journal\, and a featured section of his poems translated into Italian by Barbera Carle has appeared in Journal of Italian Translation. Stephen recently won the inaugural Bill Tremblay Poetry Prize (sponsored by the Jacob Edwards Library) and had a poem selected for the collection\, Remembering Wallace Stevens\, published by Moon Arts Center. His book-length translation from the Italian\, with Elena Borelli\, of Giovanni Pascoli’s 1903 volume of poems\, Canti di Castelvecchio\, was recently published by Italica Press. \n\n\n\nClaire Schaeffer-Duffy is a poet & freelance writer living 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. \n\n\n\nSimon Hunt moved to Massachusetts\, after having lived in Monterey\, California\, for 20 years and Las Vegas\, Nevada\, for three. He has been a teacher for more than four decades\, predominantly in California and predominantly at the high school level.  Simon was born in what is now Zimbabwe and also lived in South Africa and the United Kingdom as well as the USA during his childhood.  His poems have been published widely in print and online journals. 2018 saw the publication of his first collection\, Lesser Magi\, and in 2019 his first play\, Re-run\, was performed.  Endlings\, his second collection of poems\, was published in 2023.  The father of two\, he served the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation in Carmel\, California\, as a volunteer tour docent and trustee for over a decade.  He lives in Ashburnham\, with his wife\, novelist Melissa (Dorval) Hunt. \n\n\n\n——————————
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-too-reading/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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SUMMARY:City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara
DESCRIPTION:It’s Worcester Pride and the Museum of Worcester is partnering with Love Your Labels as we read City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O’Hara. \n\n\n\nThe definitive biography of Frank O’Hara\, one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century\, the magnetic literary figure at the center of New York’s cultural life during the 1950s and 1960s. \n\n\n\nCity Poet captures the excitement and promise of mid-twentieth-century New York in the years when it became the epicenter of the art world\, and illuminates the poet and artist at its heart. Brad Gooch traces Frank O’Hara’s life from his parochial Catholic childhood to World War II\, through his years at Harvard and New York. He brilliantly portrays O’Hara in in his element\, surrounded by a circle of writers and artists who would transform America’s cultural landscape: Willem de Kooning\, Franz Kline\, Helen Frankenthaler\, Jackson Pollock\, Gregory Corso\, Jack Kerouac\, Allen Ginsberg\, LeRoi Jones\, and John Ashbery. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a discussion at Salisbury House for a discussion of moderated by Stanley Kunitz Award winner Judith Ferrara. Following our discussion\, we will have a tour of Love Your Labels on-site! \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n\nSalisbury House\, 61 Harvard StreetMore info: The Novel Historian: Museum of Worcester September Book Club | Museum of Worcester
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/city-poet-the-life-and-times-of-frank-ohara/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Beth Sweeney
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, MA\, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday September 29th VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM with our featured reader\, Beth Sweeney. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSusan Elizabeth (Beth) Sweeney’s poems have appeared in Diner\, Worcester Review\, Journal of Irish Literature\, and elsewhere\, and have won an Academy of American Poets Prize\, a Frank O’Hara Poetry Prize\, and other awards. Her chapbook\, Hand Me Down\, was a semifinalist in the 2012 New Women’s Voices Competition. Close and Apart\, a sequence of poems\, was adapted by composer Matthew Jaskot and performed by a dozen musicians at the world premiere in 2023.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA past president of the Worcester County Poetry Association\, Beth now directs Mapping Worcester in Poetry\, an initiative supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In 2025\, she guest-edited “Across the Mutual Landscape\,” a feature in The Worcester Review; guest-curated the exhibit The Poem Next Door at the Museum of Worcester; and established the Worcester Poetry Archive there\, which now holds over 1500 items. In 2026\, Beth received the Stanley Kunitz Medal for Poetry from the WCPA. Her current project is The Blackstone\, a song cycle written for adaptation by Matthew Jaskot\, which will premiere in February 2027. \n\n\n\nBeth holds the postion of Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities at the College of the Holy Cross\, but she can often be found ankle-deep in autumn leaves or late winter snow at Elizabeth Bishop’s grave in Hope Cemetery\, reading Bishop’s poems with other local poets to celebrate her birthday or honor her death.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-beth-sweeney-2/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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SUMMARY:"Shut up and Write" at Root and Press
DESCRIPTION:Root and Press are hosting “Shut up and Write” every first and third Monday from 5:30-8:00pm at their location in Shrewsbury St.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/shut-up-and-write-at-root-and-press/
LOCATION:Root and Press\, 156 Shrewsbury St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dirty Gerund
DESCRIPTION:The Dirty Gerund meets Monday nights at Ralph’s Diner in Worcester: “Sign-up” is out at 8:00pm\, show starts at 9pm. $2-7 suggested donation.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/dirty-gerund/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T170000
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SUMMARY:The Richard Fox Reading Series Featuring Tom Ewart
DESCRIPTION:Join us on October 6th as we feature the irrepressible Tom Ewart. Our special host will be Cheryl Bonin as I will be in Maine at an undisclosed location \n\n\n\nWe’re keeping the 5pm start for October. November 3rd and December 1st will start at 6pm because I’m teaching a Humor class for WISE at Assumption University. Go figure! \n\n\n\nOwners Tony and Nequel Germano have a plethora of delightful entrees\, apps\, desserts\, and their famous\, homemade ice cream.The Broadway also serves beer and wine and breakfast until closing (with mimosas!).They will take one-hour of parking ($2\,00) off your ticket with a food purchase. \n\n\n\nWe have a separate room for our shenanigans. Admission is still Free!. All of the tip jar $ goes to our feature. \n\n\n\nSign up for the open mic at joesyellowpad@gmail.com. Five minute maximum and limited spots.The Fox Poetry Series\, in honor of the iconic poet Richard Fox\, is sponsored by the Worcester County Poetry Association through a generous donation from the Fox family.I’m pleased as punch to continue this exciting open mic/feature every 1st Tuesday of the month except for July at such a welcoming venue.Join us on October 6th. Now\, You can heckle Tom! \n\n\n\nTom Ewart is eighty-two years old enough to know better and generally doesn’t; that’s why he writes. To quote E.M. Forster\, how will he know what he thinks before he sees what he says? Even then\, he still has to puzzle it out. He lives in Central Massachusetts beside a marsh\, where his spooks may still be seen slipping through the tree line. 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-richard-fox-reading-series-featuring-tom-ewart/
LOCATION:The Broadway Diner\, 100 Water Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01604\, United States
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SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective
DESCRIPTION:The Worcester Writer’s Collective meets Tuesday nights from 6-9pm at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC)  in Worcester. Writers of all genres are welcome to write and workshop in community. info@worcesterwriterscollective.org 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/worcester-writers-collective-12/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Page Features M Campbell and Karen Elizabeth Sharpe
DESCRIPTION:Beyond the Page is back for its second reading. Join host Pamela Gemme and feature poets M (Maia) Campbell and Karen Sharpe for a reading and open mic. Keep this one in your calendars! Every second Thursday at 7pm.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/beyond-the-page-poetry-reading-and-open-mic-2/
LOCATION:Greendale Family Branch YMCA\, 75 Shore Drive\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01605\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T130000
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - bg Thurston Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Due to low enrollment\, this workshop will be rescheduled for Spring 2027. Please check back! \n\n\n\nJoin poet bg Thurston for a Poetry Workshop Saturday\, October 10th from 1-4pm in the Boardroom of the Salisbury House (61 Harvard St.) \n\n\n\nThe cost for the workshop is $35\, and enrollment is capped at 10 participants. The workshop includes an optional tour of Stanley Kunitz Boyhood Home led by bg Thurston. \n\n\n\nRSVP to Susan Roney O’Brien\, susanroneyobrien@gmail.com by October 5th to take part. \n\n\n\nThe Key to Poetry—Unlocking the MysteryOnce I owned the keyto an umbrageous trailthickened with mosseswhere flickering presencesgave me right of passage–Stanley Kunitz from “The Testing Tree” \n\n\n\n“For me\, Poetry has been the endless pursuit of one discovery after another. Thepoems I love best appear to be like rooms that change each time I enter them. Ifind that most of us are ever hoping to unlock the magic of each poem andpossess its meaning. How can we become comfortable with ‘the unknowing’and let our writing embrace the mysteries inside and around us?” – bg Thurston \n\n\n\nbg Thurston lives on a sheep farm in Warwick\, Massachusetts. She received herMFA in Poetry from Vermont College in 2002. She has taught poetry courses atLasell Village\, online for Vermont College\, and conducts poetry workshops.Her third book of poetry\, The Many Lives of Cathouse Farm/Tales of a RuralBrothel\, was published in 2025 by Cervená Barva Press and is the culmination of adecade of historical research about her 1770’s farmhouse.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/bg-thurston-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Salisbury House Boardroom\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dirty Gerund
DESCRIPTION:The Dirty Gerund meets Monday nights at Ralph’s Diner in Worcester: “Sign-up” is out at 8:00pm\, show starts at 9pm. $2-7 suggested donation.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/dirty-gerund-2/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T180000
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SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective
DESCRIPTION:The Worcester Writer’s Collective meets Tuesday nights from 6-9pm at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC)  in Worcester. Writers of all genres are welcome to write and workshop in community. info@worcesterwriterscollective.org 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/worcester-writers-collective-13/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Shivering Mouse Poetry Salon Features Eve Rifkah
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Shawna Foundation\, Art DuBois hosts Shivering Mouse Poetry Salon: Where Words Gather. This month features Eve Rifkah with Open Mic to follow. Keep this one in your calendar\, every second Tuesday. \n\n\n\nwww.shawnafoundation.org
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-shivering-mouse-poetry-salon-features-eve-rifkah/
LOCATION:Shivering Mouse Poetry Salon\, 446 East St.\, Uxbridge\, Massachusetts\, 01569\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Another Inscrutable House": Elizabeth Bishop Graveside Reading
DESCRIPTION:And look! my last\, or \n\n\n\n    next-to-last\, of three loved houses went. \n\n\n\nThe art of losing isn’t hard to master.  \n\n\n\n                                       — “One Art” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMapping Worcester in Poetry is hosting its annual graveside reading to mark Elizabeth Bishop’s death on October 6\, 1979. This year\, local poets will gather under autumn trees to read aloud her poems about cherished\, lost\, imagined\, and “proto-dream” houses and to help make Worcester her home.  \n\n\n\nReaders include Elizabeth Bacon\, Clair Degutis\, Judith Ferrara\, Claire Mowbray Golding\, John Hodgen\, Carolyn Howe\, Evan Plante\, Susan Roney-O’Brien\, Susan Elizabeth Sweeney — and Bishop herself\, performing “Filling Station” because somebody loves us all. If you’d like to participate\, contact Beth (ssweeney@holycross.edu). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBishop\, The Armory\, Key West (ca. 1938-1942) \n\n\n\nTo find Bishop’s grave\, enter the main gate at Hope Cemetery  and continue on Curtis Avenue. Take your fourth left onto Beech Street (after Elm\, Larch\, and Bush)\, proceed for one block\, and park. Her grave is behind the nearest tree on the left side of the road. We’ll be there to welcome you with smiles\, poetry\, and refreshments.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/another-inscrutable-house-elizabeth-bishop-graveside-reading/
LOCATION:E.Bishop Grave at Hope Cemetary\, 119 Webster St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01603\, United States
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SUMMARY:WCPA Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Worcester County Poetry Association’s monthly Board Beeting is held from 7-8:30pm every second Wednesday in the Boardroom of the Salisbury House (61 Harvard St.) in Worcester. All welcome to attend\, only members of the board vote. \n\n\n\nAgenda for October 2026 WCPA Board MeetingDownload
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-board-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Salisbury House Boardroom\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T160000
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SUMMARY:"One Poem" at Merriam-Gilbert Pubic Library
DESCRIPTION:ONE POEM is an open poetry reading series meant to provide a venue for writers to share their work as well as the work of established writers they admire. For every original poem a person reads\, they will be asked to compliment that poem by reading a poem of their choosing by another established and published writer. This event will be held monthly.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/one-poem-at-merriam-gilbert-pubic-library/
LOCATION:Merriam-Gilbert Public Library\, 3 West Main St.\, West Brookfield\, Massachusetts\, 01585\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T203000
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SUMMARY:WWC and Spicy Water Distillery present Bards at the Barrel featuring George Smith
DESCRIPTION:The Worcester Writers’ Collective and Spicy Water Distillery in Millbury present Bards at the Barrel. While the Bards typically assemble on the second Thursday of every month\, this month takes place on the third Thursday. This month’s feature is George Smith with a poetry\, prose\, and storytelling open mic to follow. Admission is free\, but preregistration is required. For details\, contact info@worcesterwriterscollective.org
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wwc-and-spicy-water-distillery-present-bards-at-the-barrel-featuring-george-smith/
LOCATION:Spicy Water Distiller\, 108 Elm Street\, Millbury\, Massachusetts\, 01527\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T190000
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DTSTAMP:20261011T112306Z
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SUMMARY:New Dawn Writers Group and Poetry Workshop in Ashburnham
DESCRIPTION:New Dawn Poetry Workshop: Come out to the New Dawn Writers’ Group’s Poetry Workshop. Every third Tuesday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. We will discuss poems and writing\, write to prompts\, give feedback\, encourage one another\, and discuss upcoming projects. It’s a friendly\, pressure-free atmosphere at the New Dawn Arts Center in Ashburnham. Many of our poets have had books come since joining the workshop. Join in the fun! The address is 84 Main Street\, Ashburnham\, MA. The workshop is being led by Fred Gerhard. \n\n\n\nFred Gerhard leads the Poetry Workshop. His poems appear innumerous anthologies and magazines. His is the author of two poetry books\, Drifting to “Hello” (Khotso Publishing)\, and Lilacs Still Bloom in Ashburnham: Songs of Spring (Local Gems Poetry Press).He is also an editor at Quabbin Quills Press and Smoky Quartz. For many years he led a poetry therapy group in Worcester at UMASS Memorial’s Community HealthLink. More about him can be found at FredGerhard.com.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/new-dawn-writers-group-and-poetry-workshop-in-ashburnham/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T140000
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SUMMARY:Booklovers' Gourmet Open Mic Features Paul Richmond
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Roundtable Poetry with Special Feature Paul Richmond October 17th @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Monthly Open Mic Poetry Roundtable moderated by Robert Eugene Perry. This month will also feature a reading and book signing by Paul Richmond! \n\n\n\nAll local poets are invited to bring original poems to share in a supportive\, nurturing environment. There is space for up to 14 readers and usually fills up quickly! \n\n\n\nListeners are always welcome.To sign up \, please call 508-949-6232 or email deb@bookloversgourmet.com.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-open-mic-features-paul-richmond/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T200000
DTSTAMP:20261005T115700Z
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SUMMARY:"Shut Up and Write" at Root and Press
DESCRIPTION:Root and Press are hosting “Shut up and Write” every first and third Monday from 5:30-8:00pm at their location in Shrewsbury St.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/shut-up-and-write-at-root-and-press-2/
LOCATION:Root and Press\, 156 Shrewsbury St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T200000
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SUMMARY:Dirty Gerund features Sarah St. George
DESCRIPTION:The Dirty Gerund meets Monday nights at Ralph’s Diner in Worcester: “Sign-up” is out at 8:00pm\, show starts at 9pm. $2-7 suggested donation. \n\n\n\nTonight Features Sarah St. George: \n\n\n\nSarah St George is a poet turning up the volume in the quiet corner of Connecticut. She began her open mic journey at the Gerund over a decade ago and returning feels like coming home. Her work has been featured in several journals and anthologies including The Quiet Corner Poets and Alabaster & Mercury Volume 3. She hosted Coffee\, Tea\, & Poetry in Putnam CT from 2017-2024 and now runs the Rose City Poetry Series in Norwich CT. Her work is a courageous amalgamation of brutal truth and absurdist humor\, exploring themes such as grief\, trauma\, surviving sexual abuse\, healing\, and neurodivergence.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/13550/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T210000
DTSTAMP:20261010T113614Z
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UID:13614-1792519200-1792530000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective
DESCRIPTION:The Worcester Writer’s Collective meets Tuesday nights from 6-9pm at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC)  in Worcester. Writers of all genres are welcome to write and workshop in community. info@worcesterwriterscollective.org 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/worcester-writers-collective-14/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T204500
DTSTAMP:20260923T205542Z
CREATED:20260923T205537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260923T205542Z
UID:13500-1792607400-1792615500@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:The Poetry Extravaganza Features Patricia Lynn
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Mill 185 in West Boylston on Wednesday\, October 21st at 6:30pm for The Poetry Extravaganza\, featuring Patricia Lynn! \n\n\n\nThe Poetry Extravaganza (PE) is the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8:45 pm. Sign up for the open mic at jfjr6969@gmail.com. Five minute maximum\, Please! There are no language restrictions. We are not kid-friendly!Our Feature Poet on October 21st is the extraordinary Patricia LynnJoin the Fun! \n\n\n\nThe Mill 185 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 free. All of the Tip Jar proceeds go to the Feature. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatricia is a performance poet from Upton\, Massachusetts. Transplanted from NJ in 2003\, she is happy to have discovered the Poetry Extravaganza! She has been writing poetry all her life. Writing poems to perform for others to hear has been a long-time goal and she hopes to publish a book of poetry in the future. She performs at various open mics around Massachusetts\, sometimes as the only poet in a sea of musicians\, comics and belly dancers! In 2026 she read for the New England Poetry Club in Westwood and for the 140 Arts Collaborative for the Poetry and Music Evening at the Upton Community Center. She has appeared at the Poetry Extravaganza at the Mill in West Boylston\, The Broadway Diner in Worcester and performed on stage at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts. PATTY enjoys occasionally surprising her audience with special effects. She holds an MA and BS in Speech Language Pathology as well as minors in Linguistics and Psychology. Patricia’s poetry is lyrical\, as she studies musical lyrics of the greats like Paul McCarthy\, Paul Simon\, and Billy Joel as well as today’s crossover and occasional twangy Country artists. Her poetic themes explore nostalgia\, nature\, people and favorite places in New England and New Jersey. Currently retired\, she enjoyed her years as a speech therapist working with children of all ages. She invites you to enjoy listening to her rhymes and rhythms and discover relatable poetry about everyday life that just might make you smile!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poetry-extravaganza-features-patricia-lynn/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T193000
DTSTAMP:20261018T174440Z
CREATED:20261018T174437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261018T174440Z
UID:13755-1792697400-1792697400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poets Yona Harvey and Gary Jackson
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning poets Yona Harvey & Gary Jackson will read from and discuss their work as part of the Working Writers Series\, sponsored by the Creative Writing Program at the College of the Holy Cross\, in the Alden Performance Studio at the Prior Performing Arts Center. \n\n\n\nYona Harvey is the author of You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love\, winner of The Believer Book Award in Poetry\, and Hemming the Water\, winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award from Claremont Graduate University and finalist for the Hurston/Wright Award.  Between the publication of her first two poetry books\, Harvey co-wrote Marvel Comics’ World of Wakanda\, which earned an Eisner Award for best limited series\, and co-wrote the comic book series Black Panther & the Crew. Her third poetry collection is forthcoming in September 2026. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora\, The Best American Poetry\, Letters to the Future: Black Women/Radical Writing and A Poet’s Craft: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Sharing Your Poetry. She’s the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Japan Creative Artists Fellowship\, the Heinz Foundation’s Carol Brown Award\, and the inaugural Lucille Clifton Legacy Award from Saint Mary’s College of Maryland. \n\n\n\nBorn and raised in Topeka\, Kansas\, Gary Jackson is the author of the poetry collections\, small lives\, (University of New Mexico Press\, 2025) origin story (University of New Mexico Press\, 2021)\, both part of the Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series\, and Missing You\, Metropolis (Graywolf\, 2010)\, which received the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. He’s also co-editor of The Future of Black: Afrofuturism\, Black Comics\, and Superhero Poetry (Blair\, 2021). His poems have appeared in numerous journals including Callaloo\, The Sun\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Gulf Coast\, and Copper Nickel. He’s published work in several anthologies\, including Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology\, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song\, and A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South. He was featured in the 2013 New American Poetry Series by the Poetry Society of America\, and received fellowships and residencies from Cave Canem\, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, and Art Omi. He’s been a guest on the BBC News World Service: The Cultural Frontline\, and given readings and craft talks for Carnegie Hall\, Folger Theater\, and various venues across the country. In 2023\, he was selected to serve as part of the Cave Canem Cultural Preservation Project Team to record the oral histories of the first-year fellows and founders of Cave Canem. 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-yona-harvey-and-gary-jackson/
LOCATION:Prior Performance Arts Center\, 1 College Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01610\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T183000
DTSTAMP:20261007T093813Z
CREATED:20261007T093645Z
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UID:13560-1792780200-1792780200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:We Are All Immigrants: A Tribute to Democracy featured at Gibson’s Bookstore
DESCRIPTION:Reading and discussion with poet Diannely Antigua\, novelist Brinda Charry\, and writer for children and young adults\, David Elliott. Free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nThe N.H. Chapter of Writers for Democratic Action presents an evening of readings by stellar N.H. authors on belonging and democracy at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord\, N.H. They will be joined at the event on October 23\, 2026 at 6:30 PM by a group of new Americans recently arrived in N.H. who will share their experience of democracy and hopes for their new country. The night will conclude with a presentation from ACLU-NH on protecting immigrant rights. There will be time for questions and discussion as we gather to celebrate our heritage as a nation of immigrants and learn how immigrant rights are being protected in our state. The event is co-sponsored by ACLU-NH and Open Democracy. \n\n\n\nDiannely Antigua is a queer Dominican American poet and educator born in Massachusetts. She served as the 13th Poet Laureate of Portsmouth\, NH\, first person of color to receive the title. She is the author of the collections Ugly Music (YesYes Books\, 2019)\, which won a 2020 Whiting Award\, and Good Monster (Copper Canyon Press\, 2024). \n\n\n\nBrinda Charry came to the United States from India as a graduate student in 1999 and has been living here since. The East Indian\, her first work of fiction published in the United States\, was awarded the Society of American Historians Prize (formerly the James Fenimore Cooper Prize) for Historical Fiction\, followed by her 2026 historical novel\, Hocus Pocus.   \n\n\n\nDavid Elliott is the award-winning author of over thirty-five picture books and novels for young people\, including The New York Times bestselling And Here’s to You!. He is also the author of three critically acclaimed YA verse novels: Bull; Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc; and The Seventh Raven. His most recent book\, Bonebag\, a middle grade novel co-written with his son\, Eli\, received starred reviews from both Booklist and Kirkus. \n\n\n\nWriters for Democratic Action is a national organization of writers\, readers\, librarians\, and booksellers devoted to protecting democracy. As an all-volunteer organization\, WDA welcomes all to become members and to join in events and initiatives at the state and national level. Learn more here . \n\n\n\nContact: Katherine Towler\, Chair N.H. Chapter of Writers for Democratic Action \n\n\n\nEmail: katie@katherinetowler.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/we-are-all-immigrants-a-tribute-to-democracy-featured-at-gibsons-bookstore/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T210000
DTSTAMP:20261003T120908Z
CREATED:20261003T120904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T120908Z
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SUMMARY:Poets at Large features Sharon Arsego and Aeroelastic Flutter\, plus Linda Blakesley
DESCRIPTION:Karen Warinsky’s “Poets at Large” is back for its 7th season. This month features poet Sharon Arsego and spoken word and sound collaboration Aeroelastic Flutter. Poet Linda Blakesley will share an extended set during the open mic. $10 suggested donation; email karen.warinsky@gmail.com to join the open mic.  \n\n\n\nSharon Arsego is from Bristol where she works as a senior administrative assistant for the city.She has three published collections including Scenes and Sonnets which is an ekphrasticcollaboration with Massachusetts photographer Wendy Tobin. Arsego is an active participant invarious arts and culture communities\, has been a featured spoken word performer for twoseasons of The Soul Session in Bristol\, and also writes for The Bristol Magazine. Learn more atsharonarsego.com. \n\n\n\nAeroelastic Flutter is a spoken word and sound collaboration\, combining the often-absurdistpoetry of Jim Whitten with the guitar work and sound exploration of Nicholas Pecsok. Theirproject experiments with lo-fi audio and borderline performance art\, challenging audiences toreevaluate how poetry can be performed and defined. \n\n\n\nLinda Blakesley will do an extended read in the open mic segment. Blakesley is a poet fromCoventry\, CT who hosts a monthly open mic in connection with the Coventry Arts Guild\,providing a platform for new and veteran poets. Linda works in adult education. \n\n\n\nPoets at Large has brought over 150 published and awarded poets to the area since 2020 anddozens of people have participated in the open mic portions during that time. Poets at Large is aproject of Windham Arts. All events are ADA compliant and are recommended for ages 16 andup. Readings for the rest of the season are sponsored in part by donations from bankHometown\,Charter Oak FCU\, WHZ Financial and The Putnam Area Foundation. Contactkaren.warinsky@gmail.com to sign up for the open mic; 5-minute max as time allows.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-at-large-features-sharon-arsego-and-aeroelastic-flutter-plus-linda-blakesley/
LOCATION:Vanilla Bean Cafe\, 450 Deerfield Road\, Pomfret\, CT\, 06259\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T180000
DTSTAMP:20261007T114059Z
CREATED:20261007T114056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T114059Z
UID:13575-1792933200-1792951200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Massachusetts Poetry Olimpics (sic) Finale and Award Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the MAPO 2026 Finale & Award Ceremony! Come meet poets from all over MA\, celebrate your work with a champagne toast\, experience a red carpet entrance\, watch/compete in the individual competition finals\, receive your team awards\, read at our open mic\, and enjoy an after party featuring entertainment. Team awards will be presented to every participant across our 3 MA regions: Eastern MA\, Central MA\, and Western MA. \n\n\n\nLocation: Smith College Conference Center\, located in the cultural enclave of Northampton\, MA. \n\n\n\nAddress: 49 College Ln\, Northampton\, MA 01060. \n\n\n\nArrive when you can! \n\n\n\nSchedule: \n\n\n\n*1-2 PM: Red carpet mix & mingle with hors d’oeuvres \n\n\n\n*2-2:15 PM: Introduction of Regional Representatives\, Judges\, and Sponsors \n\n\n\n*MAPO FINALE: Individual poets’ introductions\, poem readings\, scorings\, and Individual Medals Ceremonies: \n\n\n\n*2:15-2:45 PM: Qualified elegies \n\n\n\n*2:45-3:15 PM: Qualified villanelles \n\n\n\n*3:15-3:45 PM: Qualified sonnets \n\n\n\n*3:45-4:15 PM: Qualified free verse \n\n\n\n*4:15-4:45 PM: Top poet \n\n\n\n*4:45-5 PM: Mingle \n\n\n\n*5 PM-5:30 Team Medals Ceremony \n\n\n\n5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Mingle & Open Mic \n\n\n\n6:30 PM onwards: After Party! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/mapo-finale-award-ceremony-tickets-1997982646881
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/massachusetts-poetry-olimpics-sic-finale-and-award-ceremony/
LOCATION:Smith College\, 49 College Ln.\, Northhampton\, Massachusetts\, 01060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T150000
DTSTAMP:20261011T115804Z
CREATED:20261011T112754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261011T115804Z
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SUMMARY:The Shawna Foundation's Shivering Mouse Open Mic @ Gray Rock Pocket Forest featuring Joanne Johnson
DESCRIPTION:The first of a three-part series\, the Shawna Foundation’s Shivering Mouse Poetry Salon hosts a poetry reading\, author Q & A\, and Open Mic from 3:00pm at Gray Rock Pocket Forest. Joanne Johnson is this part’s feature. Next installments expected April and August 2027. \n\n\n\nThe spoken word events are hosted by Art DuBois\, the Shawna Foundation’s Program Director\, and follows a format patterned after the Foundation’s monthly Shivering Mouse Poetry Salon\, with a featured poet\, an audience Q&A with the poet\, and an open mic segment that invites anyone in attendance\, poet or not\, to take part. All three 2026–2027 gatherings are free\, open to the public\, rain or shine\, with no RSVP required. Attendees are asked to bring their own chairs. \n\n\n\n“There’s something different about hearing a poem read aloud inside the Gray Rock Pocket Forest instead of a living room\, a hall\, or a bookstore\,” said Anna Chinappi\, President and Founder of the Shawna E. Shea Memorial Foundation. “Our goal is to bring the spirit of our Shivering Mouse Poetry Salon outdoors\, into a place our community already loves.” \n\n\n\nAbout the Shawna E. Shea Memorial Foundation \n\n\n\nThe Shawna E. Shea Memorial Foundation\, Inc.’s mission is to advance the arts and education\, supporting the community through scholarships\, poetry programs\, and film festival work that reaches audiences worldwide. That mission includes inviting everyone to take part in the arts\, a goal Poetry in the Park at Gray Rock puts into practice through its open mic segment. \n\n\n\nMedia Contact \n\n\n\nAnna Chinappi\, President & Founder \n\n\n\nShawna E. Shea Memorial Foundation\, Inc. \n\n\n\nannachinappi@gmail.com | 508-847-5419
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-shawna-foundations-shivering-mouse-open-mic-gray-rock-pocket-forest-featuring-joanne-johnson/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T210000
DTSTAMP:20261011T113339Z
CREATED:20261011T113334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261011T113339Z
UID:13641-1793037600-1793048400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:The Openest Mic's full Mooniest Mic
DESCRIPTION:The Openest Mic’s full Mooniest Mic is held on the full moon each month from 6-9pm at Canvas by Coff33 Corp in Fitchburg. 5-7 minute slots in a not just poetry Open Mic. Contact openestmic@gmail.com \n\n\n\nThis is the last Full Mooniest Open Mic of 2026: no features\, no frills\, just extended sharing!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-openest-mics-full-mooniest-mic/
LOCATION:Canvas by Coff33 Corp.\, 326 Main Street\, Fitchburg\, Massachusetts\, 01420\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T200000
DTSTAMP:20261005T114806Z
CREATED:20261005T114804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261005T114806Z
UID:13552-1793044800-1793044800@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Dirty Gerund
DESCRIPTION:The Dirty Gerund meets Monday nights at Ralph’s Diner in Worcester: “Sign-up” is out at 8:00pm\, show starts at 9pm. $2-7 suggested donation.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/dirty-gerund-3/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T210000
DTSTAMP:20261010T113602Z
CREATED:20261010T112932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T113602Z
UID:13616-1793124000-1793134800@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective
DESCRIPTION:The Worcester Writer’s Collective meets Tuesday nights from 6-9pm at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC)  in Worcester. Writers of all genres are welcome to write and workshop in community. info@worcesterwriterscollective.org 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/worcester-writers-collective-15/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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