• Working Writers Series: Heather Treseler & John Hodgen

    Booth Media Lab, Prior Performing Arts Center, College of the Holy Cross 1 College Street, Worcester, MA, United States

    Working Writers Series In this Working Writers Series presentation, award-winning poets John Hodgen and Heather Treseler discuss and read from their latest collections of poetry —Hodgen’s What We May Be and Treseler’s Auguries & Divinations—in a call-and-response format.   John Hodgen has published six books of poetry, most recently What We May Be. His many awards include the AWP Donald Hall […]

  • Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Victor Infante & Paul Szlosek

    Steve Veilleux's Home 112 Fabyan-Woodstock North Road, Grosvenordale, CT, United States

    Welcome to the first SOP event of 2025! Starting off the season with a real BANG: Victor Infante & Paul Szlosek!  WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Victor Infante & Paul Szlosek 2/9/25 1-4 PM WHERE: Steve Veilleux’s Home 112 Fabyan Woodstock Rd, N Grosvenordale, CT WHEN: Sunday February 9, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm WHAT HAPPENS: […]

  • NEPC & WCPA: In Worcester

    WCPA Office @ Salisbury House 61 Harvard St., Worcester MA, MA, United States

    Join us as we welcome our guests, the New England Poetry Club for a special poetry reading, featuring three wonderful local poets.

  • Clemente Community Dinner

    Clemente Worcester’s Speaker Series  in collaboration with our partners:  The Worcester County Poetry Association, Trinity Lutheran Church   and Worcester Art Museum  Join us for in-depth discussions with writers, artists, and influencers of all dimensions. On Tuesday, February 25th from 6-6:30pm  at Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St., Worcester:  We welcome Claire Schaeffer-Duffy,  Program Director for […]

  • Worcester Writers’ Collective

    JMac/Brickbox Theater 20 Franklin Street, Worcester, MA, United States

    Worcester Writers’ Collective Meeting February 25th @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Come one, come all to the weekly meetings of the WWC: 6-7 Free Writing Time 7-9 Reading and Workshop Building a small community of local writers of all genres is our priority and we are so thrilled to invite anyone interested to drop in and participate. It’s […]

  • New Dawn Reading with DeMisty Bellinger

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

    February 25th at 6:00 p.m. DeMisty D. Bellinger will be our featured author reading at the New Dawn Arts Center, 84 Main Street, Ashburnham, MA. There will be time for Q&A, and book signing at 6:45, and then join us for the open mic beginning at 7:00. .

  • A Virtual Thirsty Lab with JC Todd

    Zoom Online Only

    The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, Mass., continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday, February 25th, 2025 JC Todd will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. JC Todd is author of six books of poetry, including Beyond Repair, a special selection for the Able Muse Poetry Book Award, and a bilingual (English-Lithuanian) new […]

  • WCPA 2025 Annual Meeting

    WCPA Office @ Salisbury House 61 Harvard St., Worcester MA, MA, United States

    The annual meeting of the Worcester County Poetry Association will be held in the ball room of The Salisbury House, followed by a reading from Youth Poet Laureate Serenity Jackson a.k.a. "Lil Rennie" Serenity Jackson is a 14-year-old freshman at Worcester Technical High School. She is a rapper and performer with the stage name "Lil […]

  • Board Meeting: March Edition

    WCPA Headquarters 61 Harvard St., Worcester, Massachusetts

    Join us for our monthly discussion and planning. Come see what what we have been up to and will be up to. ;)

  • WOODSTOCK POET TO LEAD FREE POETRY WORKSHOP

    Gladys E. Kelly Public Library 2 Lake Street, Webster, Massachusetts, United States

    Join us for a free poetry workshop will be held on April 3, 2025 in honor of National Poetry Month. The workshop will be led by award-winning poet and Woodstock resident Karen Warinsky, and will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Gladys E. Kelly Public Library, 2 Lake St. Webster, MA The workshop is […]