The Prior Performing Arts Center is presenting a free public lecture by Hanif Abdurraqib on Tuesday, September 16 at 6 pm. MacArthur Fellow Hanif Abdurraqib is an award-winning poet, music writer, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His newest release, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Random House, 2024), was a New York Times Bestseller and longlisted for […]
Join us at The Mill in West Boylston on September 17th! 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 for our monthly shenanigans. Admission is still free. All of the Tip Jar proceeds go to the […]
In addition to our regular open mic (1.5 hours), this month Eric Petersen will be the featured reader (20 minutes) to celebrate his new book Memoirs from the Melieu published by Metaphysical Fox Press. Join us for our monthly round robin open poetry share, moderated by Robert Eugene Perry. Bring original pieces to share in a friendly, […]
Poets at Large will present the Poet Laureate of Manchester, CT, Nadia Sims on Sept. 20 th at 7 p.m.at the Vanilla Bean Café, 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT. Sims has been writing for most of her life and began performing in 2020 at open mics. Her work is largely a message of grace and […]
Worcester Writers’ Collective September 9th @ 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 FREE […]
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 6:00pm Protesting with Rosa Parks recounts the experiences of over 95 people who, like Rosa Parks, refused to give up their seats, their rights, and their dignity while travelling on stagecoaches, trains, steamboats, streetcars, buses, planes, cars, elevators, and even a bus station shoeshine stand. Some were or became famous as civil rights […]
Reading with Heidi Larson from 7-8 pm, followed by Open Mic! Heidi Larsen, M.Ed. is a 4th grade teacher at a small Christian school in Central Massachusetts. She is a poet and a natural born storyteller. Her poems have been featured in the books Our Wild Winds and Wandering Roots, both Quabbin Quills Anthologies, and showcased in Creative Connections Art […]
The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, Mass., continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 Linda Warren will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. Linda Warren has worked as a teacher, Romance novelist and software analyst. She has published a dozen novels and had poems published in in The Worcester Review, Diner, […]
Please join us for another special Worcester Wednesday double feature edition of our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium (formerly held at the Starlite in Southbridge) at TidePool Bookshop on September 24th from 5 pm to 7 pm hosted by Ron Whittle and Paul Szlosek. It will be a full two hours of poetry and spoken word starting with a brief interview on stage […]
It's your last chance to peek behind a green door bearing a famous poet's name, pose for a selfie inside a poem, discover what Frank O'Hara "hated" in the Museum of Worcester's collections, or compose your own poem about the city at a vintage typewriter! After four months, hundreds of visitors, many festivities (readings, panels, […]
