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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-14/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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-15/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Dawn Poetry Reading: Rena Gerhard
DESCRIPTION:Fred Gerhard\, author of Drifting to “Hello” and Lilacs Still Bloom in Ashburnham\, will be reading poems from his mother\, Rena Gerhard’s posthumously published book\, The Loving: Selected Poems. Following the reading at 8:00 p.m. we transition to our monthly fourth Tuesday Open Mic. At New Dawn Arts Center\, 84 Main Street in Ashburnham\, MA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Rena Gerhard: \n\n\n\n“As the middle of the Twentieth Century approached\, a young woman near Reading\, Pennsylvania\, took up poetry keenly aware of the thick\, heavy glass ceiling hovering over every line she wrote…The silence seems too tense. / One fears to breathe in case one might / Thus doing\, cause offense. She quietly kept at it\, quietly riding that horse\, as she notes in ‘Strange Steed’: When the wise had gone to bed / To receive their well-earned rest\, / Then I watched him as he fed\, / And I sat his back\, a guest / Instead.” \n\n\n\n—Rodger Martin\, author of The Sleeping Dogs of Lubec\, The Nemo Poems: A Martian Perspective\, The Blue Moon Series\, and For All the Tea in Zhōngguó \n\n\n\n“So many people long for that presence\, which would keep their loved ones alive forever. We search under afghans\, trapse through attics\, and roam down long forgotten places for one gem\, one picture\, or one word that would help us remember. Rena\, through her poetry\, The Loving — she has remained. Be there for a moment with her\, and soon\, you too\, will be jumping in and enjoying her enchanting dance with words.” \n\n\n\n—H. Alfke\, author of A Smattering: Life\, Death\, God\, and Poetry
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/new-dawn-poetry-reading-rena-gerhard/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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SUMMARY:Virtual Thirsty Lab featuring Steven Ratiner
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, MA\, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday October 26th VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM with our featured reader\, Steven Ratiner. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSTEVEN RATINER is the author of GRIEF’S APOSTROPHE\, published by Beltway Editions in 2025.He’s also published three poetry chapbooks\, a collection of poetry interviews\, and appeared inseveral anthologies. His work has been featured in scores of journals in America and abroad\,including Parnassus\, Agni\, Hanging Loose\, Poet Lore\, Salamander\, Vox Populi\, QRLS(Singapore)\, and Poetry Australia––and been translated into Mandarin\, Spanish\, Ukrainian\, andHebrew. He’s also written poetry criticism for The Washington Post\, The Christian ScienceMonitor\, The San Francisco Chronicle\, and other journals. GIVING THEIR WORD –Conversations with Contemporary Poets was reissued in a paperback edition (University ofMassachusetts Press). He is Poet Laureate Emeritus for Arlington\, Massachusetts\, and waselected in 2024 as President of the New England Poetry Club\, one of the oldest literaryassociations in America. Now\, well into its seventh year\, his weekly Red Letter Poems featuresa diverse range of poets\, from up-and-coming talents to some of the most important voices incontemporary poetry (stevenratiner.com). \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Thirsty Lab
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/virtual-thirsty-lab-featuring-steven-ratiner/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T170000
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SUMMARY:Poetorium Too featuring Lee Desrosiers\, Jasmin Rivas\, & Cheryl Bonin
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special Wednesday 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 October 28th 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 15 minute readings each by poets Lee Desrosiers\,  Jasmin Rivas\, & Cheryl Bonin\, 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\n \n\n\n\nLee Desrosiers (they/she) graduated in 2008 from the New England College MFA program in Poetry. Their fourth and latest full-length book of poems is Pocketing the Light (Kelsay Books 2026). Other books include: The Philosopher’s Daughter (2013)\, Sometimes I Hear the Clock Speak (2016)\, and Keeping Planes in the Air (2020). Two chapbooks\, Inner Sky and Typing with e.e. cummings\, are from Glass Lyre Press. They edit and publish an international journal of narrative poetry\, Naugatuck River Review and Wordpeace.co\, a multi-genre online literary journal dedicated to peace and social justice. Lee lives\, teaches and writes in Westfield\, Massachusetts. \n\n\n\nJasmin Rivas is a Puerto Rican mother\, bilingual writer\, spoken word artist\, community activist\, educator and the President of Jaz-Yoga/Health and Wellness.  Born in New Haven\, Connecticut\, she grew up in a bicultural home in Southbridge where she spent summers in Juncos\, Puerto Rico.  Jasmin believes her writing gives voice to the experiences of the people she advocates for and the stories of her ancestors from the island that she carries in her bones. She has been published in the anthology\, Ella Poderosa and Bay Path University’s Multiplicity Magazine. She was recently one of the featured spoken word poets at The Openest Mic at the Fitchburg Art Museum. Last year she was selected to read at the Emily Dickenson Tell It Slant Festival Open Mic. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Bay Path University and a Masters in Yoga\, Mindfulness and Social\, Emotional Learning from Woolf University. \n\n\n\nCheryl L. Bonin is a bourbon-sipping\, baseball-watching\, pirate-loving\, Neil Diamond-singing\, cancerous wench of  the breast variety who writes snark filled stories and poetry because it’s cheaper than therapy. Her rantings have been encouraged\, tolerated\, published and/or acknowledged by: her Good Sport Hubby\, random unsuspecting open mic attendees\, The Worcester Review\, Worcester Magazine\, Three Decker\, The National Baseball Poetry Festival\, The Eastport (Maine) Library Review and the 2022 Frank O’Hara Poetry Contest. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Szlosek
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-too-featuring/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
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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-16/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T190000
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DTSTAMP:20261010T113408Z
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SUMMARY:Northborough's Meeting House Arts Center Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:The Northboro Open Mic is held every first Friday from 7pm at the Meeting House Arts Center. Admission is $5. Musicians\, writers\, comedians\, etc. welcome.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/northboroughs-meeting-house-arts-center-open-mic/
LOCATION:Meetinghouse Arts Center\, 40 Church Street\, Northborough\, Massachusetts\, 01532\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T200000
DTSTAMP:20261015T122028Z
CREATED:20261015T122026Z
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SUMMARY:Glenn D'Alessio Book Launch + JAZZ at Merriam-Gilbert Library in West Brookfield
DESCRIPTION:Glenn D’Alessio will read from his new book of poetry\, “Between Merwin and Greger\, Overtones of Poetry\,” at the Merriam-Gilbert Library on Route 9 next to the West Brookfield Town Hall. Glenn’s one hour reading will be between two half-hour sets of light jazz that he will join\, playing flute with the Carlos Davis Trio.  https://www.westbrookfieldlibrary.org/
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/glenn-dalessio-book-launch-jazz-at-merriam-gilbert-library-in-west-brookfield/
LOCATION:Merriam-Gilbert Public Library\, 3 West Main St.\, West Brookfield\, Massachusetts\, 01585\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T210000
DTSTAMP:20261010T113543Z
CREATED:20261010T113122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T113543Z
UID:13620-1794333600-1794344400@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-17/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T161500
DTSTAMP:20261007T121122Z
CREATED:20261007T121120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T121122Z
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SUMMARY:Lessons From the Road: Workshops with Worcester Poet Laureate Nicole "Nic" Jean Turner
DESCRIPTION:Lessons from The Road! In October I will take my final trip of the Postcards series\, and return with the last of my found materials to present four back to back workshops on poetry “scenes”\, open mic comradery\, craft\, and more. Free and open to the public—but—please register in advance! Limited seating is available.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/lessons-from-the-road-workshops-with-worcester-poet-laureate-nicole-nic-jean-turner/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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