MEMORIAL POETRY READING FOR ELIZABETH BISHOP AND LAURA MENIDES Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, 10 am Hope Cemetery 119 Webster Street, Worcester Join us at Elizabeth Bishop’s grave to mark the anniversary of her death (Oct. 6, 1979) and honor the late Laura Menides, a poet, Bishop scholar, and advocate for Worcester poetry who started the […]
Join Us for a reading from Kevin King's Urpsrache on Tuesday October 11th at 6:30. Kevin King is the author of the novel All The Stars Came Out That Night, Dutton. His first poetry book, Ursprache, has just been published in April of 2022. He is the recipient of a poetry fellowship from the New Hampshire State Council […]
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Announcing a New Venue for Pour Me a Poem! WHAT: Pour Me a Poem, a monthly open mic series for poets WHERE: The Pushkart Café at 219 North Main Street in Mansfield, MA WHEN: Thursday, October 13, 2022, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. WHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poet of the month (Robert Eugene Perry) will […]
John Henry's Hammer Open Mic 2nd and 4th Fridays Doors open and performer sign-up 6:30 p.m. Performances begin @7 p.m. $3 admission 10 minutes in the limelight —- spoken word or music (two songs) Refreshments (nominal donation) Enter upper parking lot door (State Street) unless need handicap assistance. Handicap accessibility at the Court Street entrance. Excellent […]
Free Poetry Workshop: Writing about Worcester’s Changing Neighborhoods with Tony Brown Sunday, Oct. 16, from 2 to 5 pm The White Room, 138 Green Street Join us on October 16 for the second of three workshops sponsored by Mapping Poetry in Worcester, which will be led by Tony Brown, 2022 recipient of the Stanley […]
Ashburnham’s New Dawn Arts Center is proud to present a weekly writing workshop, taught by three local published writers as instructors, in-person and continuing on Tuesday evenings, 7:00-9:00 pm, beginning October 18th . The workshop instructors will be Melissa Dorval, Fred Gerhard, and Kevin Scott Hall. October 18 th and 25 th will feature […]
This year’s final poetry/spoken word event by Poets at Large and hosted by Valley Cast/Open Skies will be on Sunday, October 23rd from 2-4 p.m. in the theater at the Singh Performance Center, 60 Douglas Road, Whitinsville, MA. This is the last in this year’s series of free readings and is recommended for ages […]
The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, Mass., continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, Jenith Charpentier will be the featured reader. Jenith Charpentier writes to dissect the human condition with less formaldehyde than middle school biology applied to the frog. She is quite certain that at some point, there […]
Please join us for the Halloween edition of our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium at Starlite hosted by Paul Szlosek and Ron Whittle. It will be a full evening of spooky and fun poetry and spoken word starting with a brief interview on stage with our featured poet Alan Ira […]
