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SUMMARY:WCPA 2025 Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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” \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSerenity Jackson is a 14-year-old freshman at Worcester Technical High School. She is a rapper and performer with the stage name “Lil Rennie.” Serenity has been performing since the age of 9 with many performances under her belt\, ranging from a variety of music festivals\, public events and a feature showcase at New York’s Apollo Theatre. She was recently one of the winners at Polar Park’s National Baseball Poetry Festival in April 2023. \n\n\n\nSerenity will serve as the third youth poet laureate and ambassador for the City of Worcester. Serenity’s creativity stands as a testament to the boundless potential of Worcester’s next generation. Get ready to be inspired as Serenity takes the mic embodying the rhythm and rhyme of our vibrant city!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-2025-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:WCPA Office @ Salisbury House\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester MA\, MA\, 01605\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with JC Todd
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJC 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 and selected collection\, What Kept Me Awake?/Kas neleido užmigti\, PDR Press\, 2024. Her poems have appeared widely in anthologies and journals\, including The Paris Review\, Prairie Schooner\, Virginia Quarterly Review. She is a co-editor of Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War\, a ground- breaking anthology of poems focused on the damages of war to the non-human environment\, forthcoming from Scarlet Tanager Press in the fall of this year. Her fellowships include those from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage\, Bemis Center\, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, and artist residency programs. Her awards include the 2016 Rita Dove Poetry Prize from the International Writing Center. She lives in Philadelphia\, PA.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/ta-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-jc-todd/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T180000
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SUMMARY:New Dawn Reading with DeMisty Bellinger
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/new-dawn-reading-with-demisty-bellinger/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T180000
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SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective
DESCRIPTION:Worcester Writers’ Collective Meeting \n\n\n\nFebruary 25th @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome one\, come all to the weekly meetings of the WWC: \n\n\n\n6-7 Free Writing Time \n\n\n\n7-9 Reading and Workshop \n\n\n\nBuilding 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. \n\n\n\nIt’s FREE and open to all. 🙂
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/10804/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T183000
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SUMMARY:Clemente Community Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Clemente Worcester’s Speaker Series  \n\n\n\nin collaboration with our partners:  \n\n\n\nThe Worcester County Poetry Association\, Trinity Lutheran Church   \n\n\n\nand Worcester Art Museum  \n\n\n\nJoin us for in-depth discussions with writers\, artists\, and influencers of all dimensions. On Tuesday\, February 25th from 6-6:30pm  \n\n\n\nat Trinity Lutheran Church\, 73 Lancaster St.\, Worcester:  \n\n\n\nWe welcome Claire Schaeffer-Duffy\,  \n\n\n\nProgram Director for the Center for Nonviolent Solutions\,   \n\n\n\nThe Center for Nonviolent Solutions is a non-profit committed to building a culture of peace in Worcester and  beyond. CNVS educates the community in nonviolent histories and methods of nonviolent conflict resolution.  \n\n\n\nClaire is a founding member of the Saints Francis and Therese Catholic Worker\, a lay community that offers  hospitality to men and women in need and engages in a variety of works for peace and justice. As a freelance  journalist\, she has reported for The National Catholic Reporter from various conflict zones including Bosnia\,  Afghanistan\, and Haiti. A peace activist\, she has participated in numerous nonviolent campaigns. Claire holds a   \n\n\n\nB.A. in Political and Social Thought from the University of Virginia and a M.A. in English Literature from  Worcester State University. She and husband Scott have four children and six grandchildren.  \n\n\n\nClaire leads a walking tour of Worcester’s Peace history  \n\n\n\nThis Program is open to the public. No Reservations are required.  \n\n\n\nClemente Worcester is funded by: Mass Humanities\, Greater Worcester Community Foundation\, George I. Alden Trust\, Anna  Maria College\, Clark University\, Quinsigamond Community College\, The Clearbrook Fund of the Greater Worcester  Community Foundation\, and many individual donors. We are grateful to you all.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about The Clemente Course in the Humanities\, Worcester go to:   \n\n\n\nwww.clementeworcester.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/clemente-community-dinner/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250223T150000
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SUMMARY:NEPC & WCPA: In Worcester
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome our guests\, the New England Poetry Club for a special poetry reading\, featuring three wonderful local poets.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/nepc-wcpa-in-worcester/
LOCATION:WCPA Office @ Salisbury House\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester MA\, MA\, 01605\, United States
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SUMMARY:Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Victor Infante & Paul Szlosek
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the first SOP event of 2025! Starting off the season with a real BANG: Victor Infante & Paul Szlosek!  \n\n\n\nWHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Victor Infante & Paul Szlosek 2/9/25 1-4 PM \n\n\n\nWHERE: Steve Veilleux’s Home 112 Fabyan Woodstock Rd\, N Grosvenordale\, CT \n\n\n\nWHEN: Sunday February 9\, 2025 @ 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 18 POETS. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVictor D. Infante is a poet\, fiction writer and journalist living in Worcester\, Massachusetts. He is the author of the recent poetic novella\, “Suffer For This\,” from Moon Tide Press and the full-length poetry collection\, “City of Insomnia\,” from Write Bloody Publishing. His work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies\, including The Chiron Review\, The Collagist\, Barrelhouse\, Pearl\, Spillway and The Banyan Review. He is currently the features editor of the Telegram & Gazette and the editor of Worcester Magazine. He’s an Aquarius\, with all that entails. \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 @ https://playground.poetry.blog/. He has also gained a legendary reputation\, for some inexplicable reason\, as a poet whom no one wants to follow in an open reading. Paul’s first collection of poetry tentatively titled Pretense\, Portents\, & the Farmer’s Son will be published by Metaphysical Fox Press in the hopefully not-too-distant future.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/slightly-off-beat-poets-presents-victor-infante-paul-szlosek/
LOCATION:Steve Veilleux’s Home\, 112 Fabyan-Woodstock North Road\, Grosvenordale\, CT\, 06255\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T193000
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SUMMARY:Working Writers Series: Heather Treseler & John Hodgen
DESCRIPTION:Working Writers Series\n\n\n\nIn 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.   \n\n\n\nJohn Hodgen has published six books of poetry\, most recently What We May Be. His many awards include the AWP Donald Hall Prize in Poetry\, Grolier Prize for Poetry\, Bluestem Award\, Balcones Prize\, Foley Prize\, and prizes from Beloit Poetry Journal\, Birmingham Poetry Review\, and Yankee Magazine. He is Writer-in-Residence at Assumption University and advisory editor for New Letters. \n\n\n\nHeather Treseler is the author of Auguries & Divinations\, winner of the 2023 May Sarton Poetry Prize\, and Parturition\, which received the 2019 Munster Literature Centre Chapbook Award and the Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize. Individual poems have won the W.B. Yeats Prize and prizes from Narrative and the Missouri Review. She is professor of English at Worcester State University.  
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/working-writers-series-heather-treseler-john-hodgen-2/
LOCATION:Booth Media Lab\, Prior Performing Arts Center\, College of the Holy Cross\, 1 College Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T193000
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SUMMARY:The 2025 Michael True Memorial Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Edgar Kunz\,author of Tap Out and Fixer \n\n\n\nWednesday\, February 197:30 PMCurtis Performance HallTsotsis Family Academic CenterAssumption Universityfree and open to the public \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdgar Kunz is the author of Fixer (Ecco\, 2023)\, a New York Times Editors Choice book\, and Tap Out (Ecco\, 2019). He has been a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow\, a MacDowell Fellow\, and a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. His poems and essays have appeared widely\, including in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, The Washington Post\, and Oxford American. He lives in Baltimore and teaches at Goucher College and in the low-residency Newport MFA.   \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPiano \n\n\n\nI held him togetheras long as I could\, she says. \n\n\n\nHe stopped working\,stopped coming upstairs. \n\n\n\nHe was like tissue papercoming apart in water. \n\n\n\nLike smoke in my hands.It had nothing to do \n\n\n\nwith you\, baby. You leftwhen you had to. \n\n\n\nI met a woman oncewho worked on pianos. \n\n\n\nSaid it was a hard job.The tools\, the leverage. \n\n\n\nThe required ear. I love it\,she said\, but it’s brutal. \n\n\n\nThe second I step awayit’s already falling out of tune. \n\n\n\n—Edgar Kunz \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nco-sponsored by HumanArts\, the Dean of DCLAS\, the D’Alzon Chair\, the English Department
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-2025-michael-true-memorial-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Curtiss Performance Hall\, Tsotsis Family Academic Center\, Assumption College\, 500 Salisbury St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01609
ORGANIZER;CN="David Thoreen":MAILTO:dthoreen@assumption.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T210000
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SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective
DESCRIPTION:Worcester Writers’ Collective Meeting \n\n\n\nFebruary 18th 6-9pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome one\, come all to the weekly meetings of the WWC: \n\n\n\n6-7 Free Writing Time \n\n\n\n7-9 Reading and Workshop \n\n\n\nBuilding 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. \n\n\n\nIt’s FREE and open to all. 🙂
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/worcester-writers-collective-4/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250215T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250215T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250209T190938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250209T190941Z
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SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry \n\n\n\nSaturday\, February 15th \n\n\n\n2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nJoin us for the first monthly round robin open poetry share of the year\, hosted by Robert Eugene Perry. Bring original pieces to share in a friendly\, supportive environment. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited to 14 participants and usually fills up quickly. \n\n\n\nSign up to reserve your spot by calling 508-949-6232 or emailing deb@bookloversgourmet.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-6/
LOCATION:Booklover’s Gourmet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T140000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250130T192512Z
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SUMMARY:Reading Frederick Douglass Together
DESCRIPTION:Date: February 13\, 2025 \n\n\n\nAfternoon Program: 12 PM – 2 PM \n\n\n\nReserve your free ticket here: Facebook Event \n\n\n\nProgram Highlights: \n\n\n\nOperatic Performance by Monica Anderson-Spencer \n\n\n\nBlack History Month Stamp Dedication by the United States Postal Service to community members \n\n\n\n  *Former State Representative Benjamin Swan – Hamden 10th County \n\n\n\n*Community Activist – Gladys Rodriguez-Parker \n\n\n\n*President Emeritus – Worcester NAACP – Yvonne Brown \n\n\n\nGuest Speaker from the United States Attorney General’s Office \n\n\n\nWelcoming the Reading to the City – City Manager Eric Baptisa \n\n\n\nPublic reading of Frederick Douglass’s powerful speech\, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (Audience participation encouraged) \n\n\n\nEvening Program: 6 PM – 9 PM \n\n\n\nReserve your free ticket here: Eventbrite Link \n\n\n\nProgram Highlights: \n\n\n\nOperatic Performance by Christon Carney \n\n\n\nPerformance of Frederick Douglass’s speech\, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”\, presented by PAHMUSA (Pan African Historical Museum USA) Performing Arts Sound and Theatre \n\n\n\nVendor – SIMPLY DELIGHT Baked Goods \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMass Humanities Funded Performance – #RFDT25
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/reading-frederick-douglass-together/
LOCATION:Major Taylor Museum\, 2 Main Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250117T041116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T041120Z
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SUMMARY:WCPA Monthly Board Meeting: February Edition
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly discussion and planning. Come see what what we have been up to and will be up to. 😉
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-monthly-board-meeting-february-edition/
LOCATION:WCPA Headquarters\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01602
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T190000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250117T040911Z
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SUMMARY:Member Mingle with Melo Green.
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/member-mingle-with-melo-green/
LOCATION:WCPA Headquarters\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01602
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
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SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective
DESCRIPTION:Worcester Writers’ Collective Meeting \n\n\n\nJanuary 2 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome one\, come all to the weekly meetings of the WWC: \n\n\n\n6-7 Free Writing Time \n\n\n\n7-9 Reading and Workshop \n\n\n\nBuilding 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. \n\n\n\nIt’s FREE and open to all. 🙂
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/worcester-writers-collective-3/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250208T220000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20241118T181635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T180440Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED Passion & Pulse on Fire & Ice Weekend
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Follow @poetsatlarge on facebook and instagram to learn more. \n\n\n\nPASSION & PULSE: A Night of Love Poems and Rock MusicPUTNAM– Poets at Large will be at The Bradley Playhouse Theater\, 30 Front Street inPutnam\, CT on February 8 th \, 2025 from 7-10 p.m. in Passion & Pulse: Love Poems and RockMusic\, with special guests The Vig\, a Worcester band. Tickets for this special concert/poetrysmash-up are $25.00 ($30.00 at the door) for this evening of music and spoken word capping offPutnam’s Fire & Ice Weekend. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe evening will consist of several 20-minute sets of music by The Vig interspersed with openmic poems/spoken word performances all about love; the good\, the bad and the ugly. Beveragesare available. Order through the Bradley’s website or at their Box Office at 30 Front Street\,Putnam\, CT. Contact karen.warinsky@gmail.com if interested in being in the open mic. TheVanilla Bean and The Putnam Business Association are assisting with this event. Poets at Larg is a project of Windham Arts and is ADA compliant.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/passion-pulse-on-fire-ice-weekend/
LOCATION:Bradley Playhouse Theater\, 30 Front Street\, Putnam\, Connecticut\, 06260\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T160000
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SUMMARY:Enjoy a Tropical Getaway with Elizabeth Bishop
DESCRIPTION:A poetry reading to celebrate Bishop’s Birthday. We’ll meet at 3 pm to enjoy good talk and food for a few minutes before the reading begins. Readers include Elizabeth Bacon\, Therese Bre\, Clair Degutis\, Judith Ferrara\, Claire Golding\, Daniel Gregoire\, Kate Gregoire\, John Hodgen\, Eve Rifkah\, Susan Roney O’Brien\, and Susan Elizabeth Sweeney.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/enjoy-a-tropical-getaway-with-elizabeth-bishop/
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:20250205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250205T150000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
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UID:10653-1738760400-1738767600@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Join The CARE Center for a Reading with Ada Limón
DESCRIPTION:February 5\, 2025@ 1pm ET via Zoom.  Free & open to the community! \n\n\n\n\nRSVP for link:Sara Rauch\, Poetry Program Coordinatorsrauch@carecenterholyoke.org \n\n\n\n\n\nAda Limón is the author of six books of poetry\, including The Carrying\, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her most recent book of poetry\, The Hurting Kind\, was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. She is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States\, the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship\, and a TIME magazine woman of the year. As the Poet Laureate\, her signature project is called You Are Here and focuses on how poetry can help connect us to the natural world. Her first books for children include In Praise of Mystery and And\, Too\, The Fox.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/join-the-care-center-for-a-reading-with-ada-limon/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250104T041115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250104T041202Z
UID:10497-1738692000-1738697400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:The Richard Fox Poetry Series Featuring Michael Milligan
DESCRIPTION:Now\, the 1st Tuesday of every month\, The Richard Fox Poetry Series is an open- mic with a featured reader. It honors the memory of the iconic Worcester poet and human-being extraordinaire Richard Fox. \n\n\n\nOur next Featured Poet will be the iconic Michael Milligan on February 4th. Free admission.  On-the-street parking.  \n\n\n\nRoot and Press Books and Cafe has an awesome array of food and beverages and an expanded book selection at their new location. Signup for the open mic at joesyellowpad@gmail.com. Limited spots available. Sponsored by the ‘Fox Fund’ (Worcester County PoetryAssociation). \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Milligan has worked as a construction laborer\, migrant fruit and grape picker\, homestead farmer and graphic arts production manager. Also a musician/composer\, artist and writer. Recently someone called him “one of those creatives.” He is not sure if the term is pejorative or not. Because his parents would not let him play drums he tortured them with stringed instruments instead and has now been playing guitar just about forever. He took his MFA in Creative Writing at Bennington College\, thereby joining the teeming mass of writers with degrees of dubious cachet\, co-founded Poetry Oasis Worcester and was privileged to be an editor with Diner. His poetry book reviews\, fiction and poems have appeared in Agni\, Diner\, The New Orleans Review\, The Valparaiso Review\, Chaffin Journal\, Blue Earth Review\, Illuminations and others. He is the author of Unless I Came Back to Tell You from Kelsay Books
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-richard-fox-poetry-series-featuring-michael-milligan/
LOCATION:Root and Press\, 156 Shrewsbury St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250201T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250201T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250117T042733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T042737Z
UID:10607-1738418400-1738425600@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet with Sara Letourneau
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-with-sara-letourneau/
LOCATION:Booklover’s Gourmet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250201T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250201T123000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250106T194107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T194147Z
UID:10527-1738407600-1738413000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poetry Reading: The Fairy Tale That Was Not Told
DESCRIPTION:ArtsWorcester and the Worcester County Poetry Association invite you to a reading of poems inspired by photographs in Mari Saxon’s The Fairy Tale That Was Not Told on Saturday\, February 1\, 2025 from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM. The poetry reading will take place on the seventh floor of the Printers Building in Worcester\, MA at 44 Portland Street. Guests are invited to regroup back on the first floor\, in the ArtsWorcester East Gallery\, to view Mari’s photographs that inspired the poems. The Fairy Tale That Was Not Told is on view in the ArtsWorcester galleries (Jan. 16 – Feb. 16) as part of ArtsWorcester’s Artist Shoebox exhibition series. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA “surrealistic fairytale” is how artist Mari Saxon describes her photographs\, rich in storytelling and delightfully up for interpretation. The Worcester County Poetry Association (WCPA) in partnership with the Worcester Writers’ Collective (WCC) organized a series of three workshops\, which were held during regular WWC meeting hours (Tuesdays from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM) at the Jean McDonough Arts Center. The writers used Saxon’s artfully staged photos in addition to their own favorite childhood stories\, personal lore and literary style to pay homage to The Fairy Tale That Was Not Told\, creating and editing work over the course of the three workshops. \n\n\n\nThe poetry reading event will take place on the seventh floor of the Printers Building\, and a slideshow will feature Mari’s corresponding photographs that inspired the poems. Then\, guests will be invited back down to the first floor galleries to see the photographs on view in the ArtsWorcester East Gallery. \n\n\n\nElevators and stairs are accessible up to the reading on the seventh floor of the building. Light refreshments will be available. Parking is available at the Worcester Public Library (McGrath) Lot\, Federal Plaza Garage\, Worcester Common Garage\, and Pearl-Elm Garage. Metered street parking is also available. On weekends\, and on weekdays after 5:00 PM\, visitors may park in the Printers Building parking lot free of charge. Please do not park in the lot across the street from the Printers Building; you will be immediately towed. \n\n\n\nThis event is in collaboration with the Worcester County Poetry Association\, a nonprofit organization founded in 1971. WCPA and ArtsWorcester share the goal of advancing the creative energy of Central Massachusetts\, and are thrilled to be fusing visual and literary art to produce this event. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGET YOUR FREE TICKETS
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-reading-the-fairy-tale-that-was-not-told/
LOCATION:ArtsWorcester\, 44 Portland St.\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250128T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250128T200000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20241113T163835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T183830Z
UID:10266-1738090800-1738094400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Sara Letourneau
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, January 27\, 2024 Sara Letourneau will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSara Letourneau’s debut poetry collection\, Wild Gardens\, is out now through Kelsay Books. She’s also a book editor and writing coach at Heart of the Story Editorial & Coaching Services; the cofounder and cohost of the Pour Me a Poem open mic in Mansfield\, Massachusetts; and the co-editor of the Pour Me a Poem anthology. Her poetry has won the 2023 Beals Prize for Poetry and the Blue Institute’s 2020 Words on Water contest. Her new and upcoming work can be found in Amethyst Review\, The Arts Fuse\, Gyroscope Review\, Nixes Mate Review\, Rituals\, Remington Review\, and Silver Birch Press\, among others. Sara lives in Foxboro\, Massachusetts.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-sara-letourneau/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250128T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250128T210000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250121T180742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T180746Z
UID:10632-1738087200-1738098000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective
DESCRIPTION:Worcester Writers’ Collective Meeting \n\n\n\nJanuary 2 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome one\, come all to the weekly meetings of the WWC: \n\n\n\n6-7 Free Writing Time \n\n\n\n7-9 Reading and Workshop \n\n\n\nBuilding 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. \n\n\n\nIt’s FREE and open to all. 🙂
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/worcester-writers-collective-2/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250128T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250128T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250113T194111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T194114Z
UID:10564-1738087200-1738096200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:ESP\, a.k.a Eric Petersen\, Reading at New Dawn followed by Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:The New Dawn Writers’ Group is proud to have ESP in house as our January Featured Author! Come experience ESP reading from his new book\, Brutal Rhymes for Brutal Times. The reading and Q&A starts at 6:00 p.m.. Following a meet and greet and book signing at 6:45\, we transition into the Open Mic at 7:00 p.m. Bring something to read or cheer on others at the Open Mic. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoet ESP (AKA Eric Petersen) is a resident of Gardner MA\, originally from Ashburnham. His new book of poetry Brutal Rhymes for Brutal Times was released last year. Struggles with depression\, substance abuse\, parental alienation and divorce—the author has had a lifetime of experiences. Add to that all he has seen in his twenty-five years of human services and you can understand why ESP’s poetry has served as a coping mechanism and passion for him. He is a regular at Open Mics around New England including Pour Me a Poem in Mansfield MA\, Slightly Off-Beat Poets in CT\, The Openest Mic in Fitchburg MA\, and New Dawn Writers Group. His poetry can be found in Silkworm 17 The annual review of the Florence Poetry Society\, Many Voices -One Stage\, How do you see the world?\, anthologies and more. His Novella\, Retard\, and book\, Sociopath: a true story\, are available on Kindle. ESP currently is working on a new book of poetry Memos from the milieu. He currently lives with his son\, Theodore\, and works for OpenSky Community Services.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/esp-a-k-a-eric-petersen-reading-at-new-dawn-followed-by-open-mic/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T210000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250121T175231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T175235Z
UID:10624-1737914400-1737925200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:The Poet's Cauldron Returns
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poets-cauldron-returns-2/
LOCATION:The White Room\, 134 Green St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Bruja TheVillain":MAILTO:thepoetscauldron@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T220000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250104T230306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250104T230337Z
UID:10501-1737486000-1737496800@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poetry Workshop @ New Dawn
DESCRIPTION: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 out in the past year. Join in the fun! The address is 84 Main Street\, Ashburnham\, MA. The workshop is being led by Fred Gerhard. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFred Gerhard leads the Poetry Workshop\, and is one of the open mic hosts\, for the New Dawn Writers’ Group. His books include Drifting to “Hello” (Khotso Publishing\, 2023) and Lilacs Still Bloom in Ashburnham: Songs of Spring (Local Gems Poetry Press\, 2023). A 2023 winner of Poetry in the Pines\, and 2024 winner of Art on the Trails\, he is also an editor at Quabbin Quills and Smoky Quartz.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/10501/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250121T180635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T180640Z
UID:10628-1737482400-1737493200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective
DESCRIPTION:Worcester Writers’ Collective Meeting \n\n\n\nJanuary 14 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome one\, come all to the weekly meetings of the WWC: \n\n\n\n6-7 Free Writing Time \n\n\n\n7-9 Reading and Workshop \n\n\n\nBuilding 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. \n\n\n\nIt’s FREE and open to all. 🙂
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/worcester-writers-collective/
LOCATION:Jean McDonough Creative Arts Center\, 20 Franklin St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T210000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250117T043856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T174834Z
UID:10618-1737914400-1737925200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:The Poet's Cauldron
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poets-cauldron-3/
LOCATION:The White Room\, 134 Green St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Bruja TheVillain":MAILTO:thepoetscauldron@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250112T030949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T030954Z
UID:10556-1737208800-1737216000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin us for the first monthly round robin open poetry share of the year\, hosted by Robert Eugene Perry. Bring original pieces to share in a friendly\, supportive environment. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited to 14 participants and usually fills up quickly. \n\n\n\nSign up to reserve your spot by calling 508-949-6232 or emailing deb@bookloversgourmet.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Booklover’s Gourmet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260611T191346
CREATED:20250117T043636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T043640Z
UID:10610-1737136800-1737147600@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:The Openest Mic
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-openest-mic/
LOCATION:Smokestack Roasters\, 39 Massachussetts Avenue\, Lunenburg\, MA\, 01462\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Laura DiCaronimo":MAILTO:laura.optician@gmail.com
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