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SUMMARY:Slightly Off-Beat Poets
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Linda Wlodyka & Bill Tremblay \n\n\n\nWHERE: Steve Veilleux’s home 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road N Grosvenordale\, CT \n\n\n\nWHEN: Sunday May 24th @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nWHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 20 minutes. Then we will take a quick break for book sales\, snacks\, and the raffle before starting the open mic. Open mic will be round robin\, one poem at a time until 4 PM. \n\n\n\nCOST: There will be a 50/50 raffle\, split between the feature and the winner. 5$ to enter. \n\n\n\nSIGN-UPS: There is room for 20 POETS. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLinda Bratcher Wlodyka is the Emerita Massachusetts Beat Poet Laureate (2023-2025).  Her poem\, “Secret Cottage\,” was voted Best in the Berkshires (2012).  Linda self-published 3 chapbooks\, Her Spirited Cameo\, Voices from the Blue Room and Tick Tock prior to 2013. Her first full length poetry collection released in 2023\, is titled\, If Brambles Were Bookends Collected Poems\, published by Human Error Publishing. Her current 2026 release is\, Mistress of the Wick Poetry and Flash Fiction\, published by Metaphysical Fox Press. Linda represented The National Beat Poetry Foundation at the 2024 Lowell Celebrates Kerouac. She featured her original poems written in the vein of Jack Kerouac and participated in an all-women panel discussing the past and current beat poetry movements. Linda was commissioned in 2025 to write an ekphrastic poem which she titled\, “A Tale of the Northeast Kingdom VT” interpreting a sculpture by Kathy Ruttenberg on loan to The Mount in Lenox. You can find her poems in numerous journals\, anthologies and in online zines. She is a member of The Florence Poet’s Society and is on their editing board for their yearly anthology\, Silkworm. \n\n\n\nBILL TREMBLAY is a widely-published\, award-winning poet\, novelist\, teacher\, editor\, and reviewer whose work has appeared in ten full-length volumes of poetry\, including Crying in the Cheap Seats [University of Massachusetts Press: 1971]\, Duhamel: Ideas of Order in Little Canada [BOA Editions\, Ltd.1986] which was a finalist for the National Poetry series; Pushcart Prize\, finalist National Poetry Series]\, Shooting Script: Door of Fire\, is from Eastern Washington University Press [2003] and was awarded the Colorado Book Award [2004]. Mr. Tremblay is the recipient of the John F. Stern Distinguished Professor Award for his thirty-three years of service at Colorado State University. He served as Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing as well as the AWP Program Directors’ Council. He founded the Colorado Review and for fifteen years he was Editor-in-Chief and now serves on its Board of Advisers. He has taught American Literature at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa [Portugal] on a Fulbright-Hays Lectureship. He has received a fellowship from  a National Endowment for the Humanities (1980)\, and has written poetry with support from a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship [1985] as well as grants from the Corporation at Yaddo and the Mountain Writers Center. His most recent books are Walks Along the Ditch and The Luminous Racetrack: A Memoir in Poems (both from Lynx House Press) about his French-Canadian family. He has been appointed the first Poet Laureate of Southbridge\, Massachusetts\, his hometown. 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/slightly-off-beat-poets-14/
LOCATION:Steve Veilleux’s Home\, 112 Fabyan-Woodstock North Road\, Grosvenordale\, CT\, 06255\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T190000
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Kathleen Granchielli
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, MA\, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday May 26th virtually on Zoom with none other than Kathleen Granchielli\, our featured reader! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKathleen Granchelli began her career teaching English at the high-school and freshman college levels. Following a move to Greece\, she returned to the U.S. where she transitioned to a career in communications and community relations for a not-for-profit R&D organization. She led its communications and community relations functions while serving on boards for several civic\, business\, and educational collaborations. Upon retirement\, she reignited her passion for poetry. “For the World\, She Said\,” her chapbook to be published later this year\, is largely drawn from experiences living and traveling overseas. A member of the Academy of American Poets\, New England Poetry Association and Worcester County Poetry Association\, she lives in Massachusetts with her husband David Granchelli.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-kathleen-granchielli/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T203000
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SUMMARY:New Dawn Author Series with Mark Walsh
DESCRIPTION:Mark Walsh at New Dawn: New Dawn’s Author series is proud to have Mark Walsh in house on May 26 at 7:00 p.m. Come hear Mark read and stay for the open mic at 8:00 p.m. This is a free event at New Dawn\, 84 Main Street\, Ashburnham\, MA. About Mark: Mark Walsh is an English professor at Massasoit Community College in Brockton\, MA. He is also an assistant editor at Lily Poetry Review. His Chapbook\, In The Garden of Fortune\, was published by Lily Poetry Review Books in May of 2024.  Recent poetry publications include Abandoned Mine\, Rituals\, Choeofpleirn Press and Nixes Mate Review. 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/new-dawn-author-series-with-mark-walsh/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Dawn Writers' Group Open Mic
DESCRIPTION: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 a few poems\, or that experimental thing you wrote that doesn’t fit any known category. It’s a friendly\, pressure-free atmosphere at the New Dawn Arts Center in Ashburnham. The address is 84 Main Street\, Ashburnham\, MA. 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/new-dawn-writers-group-open-mic/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T190000
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SUMMARY:May 27th Poetorium Too Poetry Reading & Open Mic Featuring Mark Luebbers & Benjamin Goluboff
DESCRIPTION: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 co-reading by poets Mark Luebbers (Author of Flat Light) in person and Benjamin Goluboff (Author of Moe Asch: A Speculative Life in Verse\, and Other Poems) via Zoom from Chicago\, followed by the passing of a hat to pay our features\, a short 10-minute 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\nMark Luebbers is a teacher and writer living in Princeton\, Massachusetts. Flat Light\, his first collection\, was published in 2020 by Urban Farmhouse Press. Mark has published poems in a number of journals and magazines\, including The American Journal of Poetry\, The Journal of Americana\, Wayfarer Magazine\, Apple Valley Review\, Blue Line\, Full Bleed\, Friends Journal\, and The Hopper. Mark’s poems have been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. \n\n\n\nBenjamin Goluboff is the author\, most recently\, of Moe Asch: A Speculative Life in Verse\, and Other Poems (Kelsay Books). Goluboff teaches at Lake Forest College and lives in Chicago. Some of his work can be read at https://www.lakeforest.edu/academics/faculty/goluboff/ \n\n\n\nMark and Ben have found and shared inspiration in the lives and works of artists and culturally significant figures of the 19th and 20th centuries. They have been writing collaboratively since the middle of the last decade\, and together have published poems of “Speculative Biography” in Borderlands\, Eastern Iowa Review\, Misfit Magazine\, The Nasonia\, Unbroken Journal\, Paper Brigade\, The Penn Review\, and The Westchester Review. In 2018 three of their poems on jazz pianist Bill Evans were collected in They Said: A Multi Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing published by Black Lawrence Press\, and they received a Pushcart Prize Nomination from Eastern Iowa Review for their poem “Iris Tree Chooses a Role\, 1913”. Their collection Citizens of Ordinary Time was published by Urban Farmhouse Press in 2023\, and a chapbook\, Group Portrait Poems on a Photograph by Hermann Landshoff\, was published by Parisian Phoenix Press last year.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/may-27th-poetorium-too-poetry-reading-open-mic-featuring-mark-luebbers-benjamin-goluboff/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T190000
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SUMMARY:The Fox Series featuring Eve Rifkah reading her poetry and the poetry of Gertrude Halstead
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEve 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 lives in Worcester\, MA. The play\, Outcasts the Lepers of Penikese Island\, was based on her first book. She has 6 books\, Webpage: eve-rifkah.com \n\n\n\nGertrude Halstead was born in Germany in 1916. She escaped to France where during the war she was interned in Camp Gurs in the south of France. She volunteered to work as an interpreter and subsequently escaped by having the French guards sign release papers. She eventually made it to Portugal where she was able to get passage on the last ship leaving for the United States the Excalibur. Her work has appeared in Sahara\, Diner VOX\,  Amoskeag \, Surroundings East and Columbia Poetry Review. Her first book “memories like burrs” was published by Adastra Press. She has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize\, received the  Awarded Outstanding Achievement in Poetry 2006 UMass/Dartmouth\, and was the first Poet Laureate of Worcester\,  MA\, and recipient of a 2008 Worcester\, MA\,  Cultural Council Fellowship Award. A song-cycle composed by Mauro DePasquale for piano\, cello\, alto was filmed and is part of a documentary on Halstead filmed by award winning film maker Peter Swanson of Global Visions.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-fox-series-featuring-eve-rifkah-reading-her-poetry-and-the-poetry-of-gertrude-halstead/
LOCATION:The Broadway Diner\, 100 Water Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T183000
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SUMMARY:The Openest Mic: Words from the Burg
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-openest-mic-words-from-the-burg/
LOCATION:Fitchburg Art Museum\, 185 Elm St.\, Fitchburg\, Massachusetts\, 01420\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Laura DiCaronimo":MAILTO:laura.optician@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T150000
DTSTAMP:20260505T233447Z
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SUMMARY:Getting Curious: Responding to Curiouser and Curiouser with Ekphrastic Poetry
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/getting-curious-responding-to-curiouser-and-curiouser-with-ekphrastic-poetry/
LOCATION:Hopkinton Arts Center\, 98 Hayden Rowe St.\, Hopkinton\, Massachusetts\, 01748\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T190000
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Bishop
DESCRIPTION:of Worcester and Elsewhere \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’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 your fourth left to Beech Street.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/elizabeth-bishop-of-worcester-and-elsewhere/
LOCATION:Bishop’s grave in Hope Cemetery\, 119 Webster Street\, 119 Webster Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01603\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T140000
DTSTAMP:20260610T182558Z
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SUMMARY:LoveFest
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/lovefest/
LOCATION:Fitchburg Town Commons\, 326 Main Street\, Fitchburg\, mass\, 01420\, Macau
ORGANIZER;CN="Laura DiCaronimo":MAILTO:laura.optician@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T200000
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SUMMARY:BLOOMSDAY
DESCRIPTION:Come Celebrate Bloomsday in Worcester Massachusetts \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 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. Sponsored by the Worcester County Poetry Association.  \n\n\n\nSiteTimeChapterBancroft TowerBancroft Tower Rd.Worcester\, MA830-10:00 AMTelemachus: STATELY\, PLUMP BUCK MULLIGAN ….Classical High21 Irving StreetWorcester\, MA10:00 -12:00 AMNestor: YOU\, COCHRANE\, WHAT CITY SENT FOR HIM? Birch Tree Bread Company138 Green St.Worcester\, MA12:00 – 1:00 PMoptional reading – your choiceLibrary3 Salem SquareWorcester\, MA 1:00 – 3:00 PMAeolus: IN THE HEART OF THE HIBERNIAN METROPOLISTidepool Bookstore372 Chandler St.Worcester\, MA3:00 -5:00 PMProteus: INELUCTABLE MODALITY OF THE VISIBLERalph’s Diner148 Grove StreetWorcester\, MA5:00 -6:00 PMIthaca: WHAT PARALLEL COURSESOak Barrel Restaurant229 Grove Street Worcester\, MA6:00 – 800 PMPenelope: YES BECAUSE HE NEVER DID A THING LIKE THAT BEFORE….  \n\n\n\nGraphic courtesy of K-Fai Steele 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/bloomsday-is-coming/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T160742Z
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Extravaganza
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nWe 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\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 June 17th is the multi-talented Emily Dart. \n\n\n\nMark Lewandowski of Lewandowski Painters sponsors our event. That’s how we pay the poets! I’m back from my adventures at Universal Studios and happy to host the event. Join the Fun on June 17th! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmily Dart is scientist and writer. An ecologist\, her writing explores the relationships between humans and their environments – both the natural world and the world we’ve built.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poetry-extravaganza-4/
LOCATION:The Mill\, 185 W. Boylston Street\, West Boylston\, Massachusetts\, 01583\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T170000
DTSTAMP:20260620T174104Z
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SUMMARY:Palms on the Cape Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Jenn Bouchard One Sheet 7/25 – Considering Us – Palms on the Cape One Sheet\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBooklovers’ Gourmet\, located at 72 East Main Street in Webster\, MA is hosting a summer meet & greet with author Jenn Bouchard for her newest release Palms on the Cape\, on Tuesday\, July 14th\, from 12-2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Signed copies of several of her books will be available for purchase. For more information or to RSVP\, please call 508-949-6232 or email deb@bookloversgourmet.com. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter a tumultuous childhood\, Rachel Sinclair has made a life for herself. On the verge of turning forty\, her upscale beach bar–Palms on the Cape–is packed throughout the Cape Cod summer season. She has surrounded herself with a devoted staff and great friends\, including her best friend\, Carlos…who she might be in love with. When Rachel learns of a plan to take over her business\, she must decide if it’s worth the gamble to join forces with an unlikely ally\, or risk losing everything she has worked for. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJenn Bouchard is the award-winning author of PALMS ON THE CAPE\, CONSIDERING US\, and FIRST COURSE\, as well as several published short stories. She has been teaching high school social studies for twenty-six years and also teaches short story classes to adults in her community. She is an avid cook\, volunteer for good causes\, and devoted Red Sox fan. A graduate of Bates College and Tufts University\, she lives in the Boston suburbs with her husband and two teenage children.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/palms-on-the-cape-book-launch/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
ORGANIZER;CN="Deb Horan":MAILTO:deb@bookloversgourmet.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T183022Z
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SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry- with Guest Emcee Deb Mitsakos! \n\n\n\nSaturday\, June 20th \n\n\n\n2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nJoin us for our monthly round robin style\, open poetry reading! \n\n\n\nSpace for the open mic is limited to 14 and usually fills up quickly. Please email: deb@bookloversgourmet.com to register or call (508) 949-6232 \n\n\n\nAll are welcome to come listen!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-14/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T213000
DTSTAMP:20260529T013532Z
CREATED:20260528T141909Z
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SUMMARY:Poets at Large in June
DESCRIPTION:Poets at Large Presents DiCaronimo & Wheeler \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPoets 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 an optician\, poet and wife who holds certification in nonprofit management. She hosts and organizes The Openest Mic series and is a board member of Worcester County Poetry Association. She was the inaugural Dan Lewis recipient and was one of the nominees for the 2025 Spoken Word Artist of the Year through the Boston Music Awards. DiCaronimo has performed internationally\, and her first chapbook\, Winner for Trying (Metaphysical Fox Press)\, was published in 2025. Her email is listenstotheradio@gmail.com. \n\n\n\nWheeler is a lifelong poet\, and has performed from Boston to San Fransico placing second in the Dancing Poetry Festival. She recently served as a judge for the Second Annual Massachusetts Poetry Olympics. Wheeler has been published in multiple chapbooks and she is co-creator of  the album\, The Unforgivable Ghetto where her poetry is powerfully accompanied with a musical underscore. This event begins at 7 p.m. Contact karen.warinsky@gmail.com to be in the open mic. Age 16 and up. \n\n\n\nPoets at Large has brought over 120 published and awarded poets to the area since 2020 and dozens of people have participated in the open mic portions during that time. Poets at Large is a project 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. Contact karen.warinsky@gmail.com to sign up for the open mic; 5-minute max as time allows.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-at-large-in-june/
LOCATION:The Vanilla Bean\, 450 Deerfield Road\, Pomfret\, CT\, 06259\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T213000
DTSTAMP:20260605T181549Z
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SUMMARY:Poets at Large with DiCaronimo & Wheeler
DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDiCaronimo is an optician\, poet and wife who holds certification in nonprofit management. She hosts and organizes The Openest Mic series and is a board member of Worcester County Poetry Association. She was the inaugural Dan Lewis recipient and was one of the nominees for the 2025 Spoken Word Artist of the Year through the Boston Music Awards. DiCaronimo has performed internationally\, and her first chapbook\, Winner for Trying (Metaphysical Fox Press)\, was published in 2025. Her email is listenstotheradio@gmail.com. \n\n\n\nWheeler is a lifelong poet\, and has performed from Boston to San Fransico placing second in the Dancing Poetry Festival. She recently served as a judge for the Second Annual Massachusetts Poetry Olympics. Wheeler has been published in multiple chapbooks and she is co-creator of  the album\, The Unforgivable Ghetto where her poetry is powerfully accompanied with a musical underscore.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event begins at 7 p.m. Contact karen.warinsky@gmail.com to be in the open mic. Age 16 and up. \n\n\n\nPoets at Large has brought over 120 published and awarded poets to the area since 2020 and dozens of people have participated in the open mic portions during that time. Poets at Large is a project of Windham Arts. All events are ADA compliant and are recommended for ages 16 and up. 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. Contact karen.warinsky@gmail.com to sign up for the open mic; 5-minute max as time allows.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-at-large-with-dicaronimo-wheeler/
LOCATION:The Vanilla Bean\, 450 Deerfield Road\, Pomfret\, CT\, 06259\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Paul Szlosek
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, MA\, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday June 23rd virtually on Zoom with none other than Paul Szlosek\, our featured reader! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Szlosek is a poet\, photographer\, blogger\, magician\, and “cranial fermenter” (a term he has personally coined) born in Southbridge\, Massachusetts\, but currently residing in the nearby metropolis of Worcester. A recipient of the 2001 Jacob Knight Award for Poetry\, the 2023 Stanley Kunitz Medal\, and the 2024 Frank O’Hara Poetry Prize\, he has served as co-founder and co-host of both the Poet’s Parlor and Poetorium at Starlite open mic & reading series. His poetry have appeared in numerous local & national print & online publications including The Worcester Review\, Worcester Magazine\, Radius\, Sahara\, Concrete Wolf\, Soul-Lit\, Diner\, Poetry as Promised\, & Silkworm. Paul is probably best known in the Central Massachusetts poetry community for his fanatical obsession with obscure poetry forms\, and has invented his own including the ziggurat\, the streetbeatina\, the hodgenelle\, the lux\, and the singsangsong which he often shares with readers on his poetry blog Paul’s Poetry Playground. He has also gained a legendary reputation\, for some inexplicable reason\, as a poet whom no one wants to follow in an open reading.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-paul-szlosek-2/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T200000
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Susan Roney-O'Brien
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, MA\, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday June 30th virtually on Zoom with none other than Susan Roney O’Brien\, our featured reader! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan Roney-O’Brien earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College\, has published two chapbooks: Earth and Farmwife\, and three collections: Legacy of the Last World\, Bone Circle and Thira. She received the 2020 Stanley Kunitz Poetry Medal\, and has been nominated for many Pushcart Prizes. Her work has been translated into Braille and Mandarin and has been published widely. She curates the monthly Thirsty Lab Series\, coordinates grant-funded literary readings\, works with student-poets and organizes\, runs\, and participates in poetry workshops. She and her husband live on a small farm with Oliver\, their chocolate Lab\, in Central Massachusetts.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-susan-roney-obrien-5/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T200000
DTSTAMP:20260706T180138Z
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SUMMARY:Three Decker Launch Event: Summer 2026
DESCRIPTION:Pianist\, composer\, and poet David Leach enjoys a multifaceted career as a performing artist\, writer\, and educator. As a founder of both the genre-bending violin and piano duo Room to Spare and the jazz ensemble the David Leach Collective\, David’s music explores the spaces between jazz\, classical\, rock\, and folk. Their music embodies a poet’s dedication to emotional honesty and expression\, enlivened by their adventurous harmonic and rhythmic sensibilities. Their debut record as a leader\, The Ground that Holds You as You Fall Forever\, featuring Lihi Haruvi\, Dor Herskovits\, & John Lockwood\, was released by Adhyâropa Records in May 2025. Their music has been featured on Apple Music Outer Orbits playlist\, as well as ASCAP’s New Music Friday playlist. A recipient of an Avaloch Farm residency\, they have also been artist in residence at UC Riverside and Wellesley College. They hold an MFA in Poetry from Boston University\, where they studied with Robert Pinsky and Dan Chiasson\, and their poetry has been published in The Crab Orchard Review and VESSEL. 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/three-decker-launch-event-summer-2026/
LOCATION:Preservation Worcester Board Room\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T190000
DTSTAMP:20260706T181338Z
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SUMMARY:Art and Poetry at the Gale Free Library
DESCRIPTION:The Holden Library is hosting an art exhibition featuring watercolors by Mary Zywar and my photographic art. The exhibit will run through the month of July at the Gale Free Library in Holden Massachusetts. An art reception will be held on Thursday\, July 9 from 6-7pm. Art can be viewed in the Lobby and in the Program Room on the second floor. The exhibit can be viewed anytime that the library is open provided there is no other activity going on in the Program Room. Check with the library if you want to be sure you can view the exhibit when you show up. See the flyers attached for the exhibit info for the watercolors and the photographic art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Zywar’s poems will feature selections from a combined poetry and photographic art project based on his work during two summers at Northampton State Hospital while he was in college. Photography is from a repurposed mid-19th century insane asylum in Athens Ohio. The former asylum is now a part of Ohio University. Photos from that facility have been published in the New Ohio Review\, the University of Akron’s Rubbertop Review and Welter Magazine at the University of Baltimore. A poem from this project was included in the 2024 edition of So It Goes by the Kurt Vonnegut Library and Museum. Another poem along with two photos were published in the on line magazine Dipity Literary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlenty of additional free parking across the street from the library and behind the Holden Town Hall.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/art-and-poetry-at-the-gale-free-library/
LOCATION:Gale Free Library\, 23 Highland St\, Holden\, MA\, 01520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T183000
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Extravaganza with Cole Norman
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Mill in West Boylston on July 15th. 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 free. All of the Tip Jar proceeds go to the Feature. The 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! \n\n\n\nOur Feature Poet on July 15th is the multi-talented Cole Norman. The dynamic duo of Brett and Emma will be hosting! Join the Fun on July 15th! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCole Norman is a Worcester based comedian and writer. Cole graduated from Clark University in 2022 where he was a founding member of the Amateur Hour improv group. Over the last year 5 years\, Cole has developed a quirky and observational style of stand up with a healthy dose of satire. He has appeared on the Made Up Comedy Show\, Gameshow Mashup\, and the Federation of Belligerent Writers showcase. You can find him at open mics across Worcester and on Instagram @coled_n
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poetry-extravaganza-with-cole-norman/
LOCATION:The Mill\, 185 W. Boylston Street\, West Boylston\, Massachusetts\, 01583\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T160000
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SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Roundtable Poetry with Special Feature Steve Veilleux. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, July 18th2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nJoin us for a monthly round robin style\, open poetry reading hosted by Robert Eugene Perry.  \n\n\n\nThis month will also feature a reading and book signing by Steve Veilleux. \n\n\n\nSpace for the open mic is limited to 14 and usually fills up quickly. Please email deb@bookloversgourmet.com to register.All are welcome to come listen! \n\n\n\nThompson’s first poet laureate\, Steve Veilleux\, finds inspiration in the magical beauty of his pastoral environment. He paints with a surreal paintbrush\, relentlessly combining images into his montages.  His poetry has appeared in various anthologies\, including Silkworm\, Connecticut Bards Poetry Review\, Many Voices – One Stage\, and The Nutmeg Anthology. His first poetry book\, Event Horizon\, is available from Amazon Books\, as well as his latest collection entitled What the Moleman Said\, released by Metaphysical Fox Press in 2026.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-15/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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SUMMARY:Kunitz Medal Ceremony
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/kunitz-medal-ceremony/
LOCATION:Museum of Worcester\, 30 Elm Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260729T170000
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SUMMARY:Poetorium Too Poetry Reading & Open Mic Featuring Candace R. Curran\, Janet MacFadyen\, & Steven Bizel
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 July 29th 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 Candace R. Curran\,  Janet MacFadyen\, & Steven Bizel\, 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\nCandace R. Curran was raised alongside Wachusett Mountain in rural Princeton\, MA by a coyote and Ford mechanic doing the best they could. Publications include\, Bone Cages and Playing in Wrecks\, by Haleys Press;  and the Elyse Wolf prize winner The Sound of Her Good Name\, Slate Roof Press\, 2025. \n\n\n\nJanet MacFadyen is the author of four full-length collections—most recently Love Letters to the Wild (Dos Madres) and State of Grass (Salmon Poetry)—and four chapbooks\, including two photo-poetry collaborations with the photographer Stephen Schmidt. Honors include a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant\, a Cill Rialaig residency\, and a 7-month Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellowship. Her poems appear widely\, most recently in SWIMM\, Slant\, Osiris\, Dark Matter\, and Scientific American. She is the managing editor of Slate Roof Press\, a collaboratively-run chapbook publisher: www.slateroofpress.com. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSteven 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.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-too-poetry-reading-open-mic-featuring-candace-r-curran-janet-macfadyen-steven-bizel/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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SUMMARY:The Richard Fox Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:We’re off for July but back with a roar on August 4th with the extraordinary Evan Plante! \n\n\n\nWe’re keeping the 5pm start to help with metered parking. The Broadway will take one-hour of parking ($2\,00) off your ticket with a food purchase.Owners 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!). We have a separate room for our shenanigans. Admission is still Free!. All of the tip jar $ goes to our feature. Sign up for the open mic at joesyellowpad@gmail.com. Five minute maximum and limited spots. \n\n\n\nThe 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 from 5-7:30pm at such a welcoming venue. Join us on August 4th! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvan Plante has recently rejoined the spoken word community after a twenty year hiatus. Where has he been? Well… taking down existential walls mostly… which he’ll explain bit by bit at future open mics and the occasional feature. Evan and his wife Carole have been together for over sixty years – and no… he can’t figure it out either! Nevertheless\, they have two children\, six grandchildren – and six great-grandchildren – and although they are retired from industry\, they are not retired from life. Evan bowls in a candlepin league. They are both active in the Blackstone Valley Arts Association and at Open Sky Community Services’ Take Down the Wall open mic initiative. But most importantly\, Evan goes to breakfast with friends so often that he’s thinking about going pro! That being said\, Evan does not remember a time when he was not reading or not under the compulsion to write. He writes essays and short stories in addition to his poetry… although it’s hard to sort them out sometimes. (Labels aren’t always helpful in this regard.)
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-richard-fox-reading-series/
LOCATION:The Broadway Diner\, 100 Water Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01604\, United States
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