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SUMMARY:Dirty Gerund
DESCRIPTION:The Dirty Gerund meets Monday nights at Ralph’s Diner in Worcester: “Sign-up” is out at 8:00pm\, show starts at 9pm. $2-7 suggested donation.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/dirty-gerund-2/
LOCATION:MA
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - bg Thurston Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Due to low enrollment\, this workshop will be rescheduled for Spring 2027. Please check back! \n\n\n\nJoin poet bg Thurston for a Poetry Workshop Saturday\, October 10th from 1-4pm in the Boardroom of the Salisbury House (61 Harvard St.) \n\n\n\nThe cost for the workshop is $35\, and enrollment is capped at 10 participants. The workshop includes an optional tour of Stanley Kunitz Boyhood Home led by bg Thurston. \n\n\n\nRSVP to Susan Roney O’Brien\, susanroneyobrien@gmail.com by October 5th to take part. \n\n\n\nThe Key to Poetry—Unlocking the MysteryOnce I owned the keyto an umbrageous trailthickened with mosseswhere flickering presencesgave me right of passage–Stanley Kunitz from “The Testing Tree” \n\n\n\n“For me\, Poetry has been the endless pursuit of one discovery after another. Thepoems I love best appear to be like rooms that change each time I enter them. Ifind that most of us are ever hoping to unlock the magic of each poem andpossess its meaning. How can we become comfortable with ‘the unknowing’and let our writing embrace the mysteries inside and around us?” – bg Thurston \n\n\n\nbg Thurston lives on a sheep farm in Warwick\, Massachusetts. She received herMFA in Poetry from Vermont College in 2002. She has taught poetry courses atLasell Village\, online for Vermont College\, and conducts poetry workshops.Her third book of poetry\, The Many Lives of Cathouse Farm/Tales of a RuralBrothel\, was published in 2025 by Cervená Barva Press and is the culmination of adecade of historical research about her 1770’s farmhouse.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/bg-thurston-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Salisbury House Boardroom\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609\, United States
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Page Features M Campbell and Karen Elizabeth Sharpe
DESCRIPTION:Beyond the Page is back for its second reading. Join host Pamela Gemme and feature poets M (Maia) Campbell and Karen Sharpe for a reading and open mic. Keep this one in your calendars! Every second Thursday at 7pm.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/beyond-the-page-poetry-reading-and-open-mic-2/
LOCATION:Greendale Family Branch YMCA\, 75 Shore Drive\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01605\, United States
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SUMMARY:Worcester Writers' Collective
DESCRIPTION:The Worcester Writer’s Collective meets Tuesday nights from 6-9pm at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC)  in Worcester. Writers of all genres are welcome to write and workshop in community. info@worcesterwriterscollective.org 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/worcester-writers-collective-12/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Richard Fox Reading Series Featuring Tom Ewart
DESCRIPTION:Join us on October 6th as we feature the irrepressible Tom Ewart. Our special host will be Cheryl Bonin as I will be in Maine at an undisclosed location \n\n\n\nWe’re keeping the 5pm start for October. November 3rd and December 1st will start at 6pm because I’m teaching a Humor class for WISE at Assumption University. Go figure! \n\n\n\nOwners 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!).They will take one-hour of parking ($2\,00) off your ticket with a food purchase. \n\n\n\nWe have a separate room for our shenanigans. Admission is still Free!. All of the tip jar $ goes to our feature. \n\n\n\nSign up for the open mic at joesyellowpad@gmail.com. Five minute maximum and limited spots.The 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 at such a welcoming venue.Join us on October 6th. Now\, You can heckle Tom! \n\n\n\nTom Ewart is eighty-two years old enough to know better and generally doesn’t; that’s why he writes. To quote E.M. Forster\, how will he know what he thinks before he sees what he says? Even then\, he still has to puzzle it out. He lives in Central Massachusetts beside a marsh\, where his spooks may still be seen slipping through the tree line. 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-richard-fox-reading-series-featuring-tom-ewart/
LOCATION:The Broadway Diner\, 100 Water Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01604\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dirty Gerund
DESCRIPTION:The Dirty Gerund meets Monday nights at Ralph’s Diner in Worcester: “Sign-up” is out at 8:00pm\, show starts at 9pm. $2-7 suggested donation.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/dirty-gerund/
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SUMMARY:"Shut up and Write" at Root and Press
DESCRIPTION:Root and Press are hosting “Shut up and Write” every first and third Monday from 5:30-8:00pm at their location in Shrewsbury St.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/shut-up-and-write-at-root-and-press/
LOCATION:Root and Press\, 156 Shrewsbury St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Beth Sweeney
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, MA\, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday September 29th VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM with our featured reader\, Beth Sweeney. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSusan Elizabeth (Beth) Sweeney’s poems have appeared in Diner\, Worcester Review\, Journal of Irish Literature\, and elsewhere\, and have won an Academy of American Poets Prize\, a Frank O’Hara Poetry Prize\, and other awards. Her chapbook\, Hand Me Down\, was a semifinalist in the 2012 New Women’s Voices Competition. Close and Apart\, a sequence of poems\, was adapted by composer Matthew Jaskot and performed by a dozen musicians at the world premiere in 2023.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA past president of the Worcester County Poetry Association\, Beth now directs Mapping Worcester in Poetry\, an initiative supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In 2025\, she guest-edited “Across the Mutual Landscape\,” a feature in The Worcester Review; guest-curated the exhibit The Poem Next Door at the Museum of Worcester; and established the Worcester Poetry Archive there\, which now holds over 1500 items. In 2026\, Beth received the Stanley Kunitz Medal for Poetry from the WCPA. Her current project is The Blackstone\, a song cycle written for adaptation by Matthew Jaskot\, which will premiere in February 2027. \n\n\n\nBeth holds the postion of Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities at the College of the Holy Cross\, but she can often be found ankle-deep in autumn leaves or late winter snow at Elizabeth Bishop’s grave in Hope Cemetery\, reading Bishop’s poems with other local poets to celebrate her birthday or honor her death.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-beth-sweeney-2/
LOCATION:MA
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SUMMARY:City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara
DESCRIPTION:It’s Worcester Pride and the Museum of Worcester is partnering with Love Your Labels as we read City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O’Hara. \n\n\n\nThe definitive biography of Frank O’Hara\, one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century\, the magnetic literary figure at the center of New York’s cultural life during the 1950s and 1960s. \n\n\n\nCity Poet captures the excitement and promise of mid-twentieth-century New York in the years when it became the epicenter of the art world\, and illuminates the poet and artist at its heart. Brad Gooch traces Frank O’Hara’s life from his parochial Catholic childhood to World War II\, through his years at Harvard and New York. He brilliantly portrays O’Hara in in his element\, surrounded by a circle of writers and artists who would transform America’s cultural landscape: Willem de Kooning\, Franz Kline\, Helen Frankenthaler\, Jackson Pollock\, Gregory Corso\, Jack Kerouac\, Allen Ginsberg\, LeRoi Jones\, and John Ashbery. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a discussion at Salisbury House for a discussion of moderated by Stanley Kunitz Award winner Judith Ferrara. Following our discussion\, we will have a tour of Love Your Labels on-site! \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n\nSalisbury House\, 61 Harvard StreetMore info: The Novel Historian: Museum of Worcester September Book Club | Museum of Worcester
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/city-poet-the-life-and-times-of-frank-ohara/
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SUMMARY:Poetorium Too Reading
DESCRIPTION:Poetorium Too Poetry Reading & Open Mic Featuring Stephen Campiglio\, Claire Schaeffer-Duffy\, & Simon Hunt  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a special Tuesday 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 September 29th\, 2026 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 Stephen Campiglio\,  Claire Schaeffer-Duffy\, & Simon Hunt\, 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\n\n\n\n\nStephen Campiglio lives in southern Worcester County and works at Connecticut State Community College in Manchester\, where he also founded and directed for 12 years the Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series. He co-edited and contributed to the Noh Place Poetry Anthology and was a winner in Mapping Worcester in Poetry: Poems in and Out of Places. His poetry\, and his Italian translations\, have also appeared of late in The Closed Eye Open\, Delos\, Gradiva\, Italian Americana\, Poet Lore\, SurVision\, and Wild Roof Journal\, and a featured section of his poems translated into Italian by Barbera Carle has appeared in Journal of Italian Translation. Stephen recently won the inaugural Bill Tremblay Poetry Prize (sponsored by the Jacob Edwards Library) and had a poem selected for the collection\, Remembering Wallace Stevens\, published by Moon Arts Center. His book-length translation from the Italian\, with Elena Borelli\, of Giovanni Pascoli’s 1903 volume of poems\, Canti di Castelvecchio\, was recently published by Italica Press. \n\n\n\nClaire Schaeffer-Duffy is a poet & freelance writer living in Worcester\, MA. A childhood spent overseas left her eternally hungry for travel. Writing has allowed her to pursue that yearning. Her reviews and essays have appeared in various publications including America Magazine\, Commonweal\, and Consequence. Her reporting for the National Catholic Reporting has garnered a number of awards from the Catholic Press Association. She comes to poetry late in life grateful for a form that inculcates marvel. \n\n\n\nSimon Hunt moved to Massachusetts\, after having lived in Monterey\, California\, for 20 years and Las Vegas\, Nevada\, for three. He has been a teacher for more than four decades\, predominantly in California and predominantly at the high school level.  Simon was born in what is now Zimbabwe and also lived in South Africa and the United Kingdom as well as the USA during his childhood.  His poems have been published widely in print and online journals. 2018 saw the publication of his first collection\, Lesser Magi\, and in 2019 his first play\, Re-run\, was performed.  Endlings\, his second collection of poems\, was published in 2023.  The father of two\, he served the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation in Carmel\, California\, as a volunteer tour docent and trustee for over a decade.  He lives in Ashburnham\, with his wife\, novelist Melissa (Dorval) Hunt. \n\n\n\n——————————
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-too-reading/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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SUMMARY:2026 Frank O'Hara Prize Winner's Reading
DESCRIPTION:We hope you’ll join us in just under two weeks for the 2026 Frank O’Hara Prize Winner’s Reading! \n\n\n\nSunday\, September 27th\, from 4-6pm in the Salisbury House Ballroom\, 61 Harvard St. in Worcester. \n\n\n\nEvent begins with readings from the 2026 Frank O’Hara Prize Winners and concludes with a reading from 2026 Judge\, January Gill O’Neil. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst Place Prize – M (Maia) Campbell\, Masachusetts\, for “apologia poetica”Second Place – Dr. Huili Zheng of Rutland\, Massachusetts\, for “Legoland at Night”Third Place – Michael Milligan of Worcester\, Massachusetts\, for “Among the Trees” \n\n\n\nM (Maia) Campbell
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/13476/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T190000
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SUMMARY:Poets at Large Presents Knowles and Aeroelastic Flutter
DESCRIPTION:Poets at Large will continue its seventh season on Saturday night\, September 26th with two disparate types of poetry. The show begins at 7 p.m. at The Vanilla Bean Café\, 450 Deerfield Road\, in Pomfret\, CT and featured that night will be Frederick-Douglass Knowles II and performance artist duo Aeroelastic Flutter. Suggested donation is $10.00. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nKnowles is a Hartford Poet Laureate Emeritus\, an English Professor at CT State Community College and author of BlackRoseCity (Author House 2011). He is the recipient of The Nutmeg Poetry Award\, a Connecticut of the Arts Fellow in Artistic Excellence in Poetry/Creative Non- Fiction\, and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. He will be showcasing work from his newest book\, Sinking in Moonlight Alone. \n\n\n\nAeroelastic Flutter is a spoken word and sound collaboration\, combining the often-absurdist poetry of Jim Whitten with the guitar work and sound exploration of Nicholas Pecsok. Their project experiments with lo-fi audio and borderline performance art\, challenging audiences to reevaluate how poetry can be performed and defined. \n\n\n\nPoets at Large has brought over 150 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-presents-knowles-and-aeroelastic-flutter/
LOCATION:Vanilla Bean Cafe\, 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:Why We Need Hero(ines): The Power of Biography featuring Megan Marshall
DESCRIPTION:As part of Homecoming Weekend\, Worcester State University welcomes Megan Marshall\, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and past president of the Society of American Historians\, for a talk on the power of biography and the stories of women who have shaped American history and culture. To take place in the Blue Lounge of the Worcester State Student Center.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/why-we-need-heroines-the-power-of-biography-featuring-megan-marshall/
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Eve Rifkah
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, MA\, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday September 22nd  VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM with none other than Eve Rifkah\, our featured reader! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n!!REGISTER HERE!! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nEve Rifkah was a welfare mom for too many years. She worked as a divider in a skirt factory\, in a cardboard box factory\, as a compositor for the local rag\, a free-lance reporter\, and wandering adjunct English professor\, after getting an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She was co-founder of Poetry Oasis\, Inc. (1998-2012)\, a non-profit poetry association. Founder\, and editor of DINER\, a literary magazine. She is the 2021 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz medal. The play\, Outcasts the Lepers of Penikese Island\, was based on her first book. She lives in Worcester\, MA. \n\n\n\nWebpage: eve-rifkah.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-eve-rifkah-4/
LOCATION:Virtual Online Only
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SUMMARY:Open Mic Roundtable Poetry with Special Feature Susan Marie Powers
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Roundtable Poetry with Special Feature Susan Marie PowersSeptember 19th @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pmPlease join us for our Monthly Open Mic Poetry Roundtable moderated by Robert Eugene Perry. This month will also feature a reading and book signing by Susan Powers! \n\n\n\nAll local poets are invited to bring original poems to share in a supportive\, nurturing environment. There is space for up to 14 readers and usually fills up quickly!  \n\n\n\nListeners are always welcome.To sign up \, please call 508-949-6232 or email deb@bookloversgourmet.com. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan Marie Powers is a life-long educator who has enjoyed working with an enormous variety of students including gifted children\, university students\, international students\, and residents of a drug rehabilitation facility. She lived in several places in the United States before settling deep in the beautiful woods of Northeast Connecticut with her husband. \n\n\n\nDue to her interest in both literature and psychology\, Powers attained graduate degrees in English literature and clinical psychology. No matter where she was living or whom she was teaching\, she continued to write essays\, stories\, and poetry. Her first book of poetry\, Break the Spell\, was published by New London Librarium press in 2010. You will find her poetry in Tiferet\, Sixfold Magazine\, and the Orenaug Mountain Poetry Journal. Her poetry also appears in the 2024 anthology Personal Freedom and the 2025 collection Lost Love (Orenaug Mountain Publishing). \n\n\n\nIn February of 2024\, Powers was awarded a 10-day residency by The Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs\, Arkansas to work on her eco-poetry collection. In November of 2025\, Powers returned to WCDH where an 11-day-scholarship resulted in the completion of Gather Your Chi. A great debt is owed to WCDH for supporting artists in their creative endeavors. \n\n\n\nCurrently\, Susan Marie Powers is the Inaugural Poet Laureate for the town of Scotland\, Connecticut. She conducts workshops for all ages\, hosts open mics\, and continues to marvel at the beauty of the natural world. 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/open-mic-roundtable-poetry-with-special-feature-susan-marie-powers/
LOCATION:Booklover’s Gourmet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T183000
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Extravaganza with Joe Fusco Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Once in a bluish moon\, I book myself for a Feature\, especially if I have a new book to share like ‘Here We Go Again.’ \n\n\n\nJoin us at The Mill in West Boylston on September 16th. Hoping to see past featured performers from both of my venues help us celebrate my book release. \n\n\n\nThe 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. My reading will not be sponsored. \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! \n\n\n\nJoin the Fun on September 16th! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoe Fusco Jr. is a well-seasoned humorist/stand-up poet/storyteller from Worcester\, Massachusetts. He is the author of six books of semi-amusing poems and essays: “Here We Go Again (2026)\, “Random Thoughts from a Curmudgeon “(2023)\, “Pondering the Pandemic during The Rust Years” (2021); “Hmm…That’s Different” (2020); “Three Score” (2014); and “The Lost and Found Essays” (2012)\, all available at local bookstores and Amazon.Joe’s musings have appeared in Damfino Press\, Ballard Street Poetry\, Worcester Review\, Asinine Poetry\, Soul Lit\, and the e-zine Clean Sheets. He was a co-winner of the Jacob Knight Poetry Award in 2002 and was named Best Poet by Worcester Magazine readers in 1999 and 2002. Joe is a Humor Columnist for Worcester Magazine and the last Worcester Mega-Slam winner in 2017. He features at bookstores\, libraries\, clubs\, and coffeehouses throughout Central Massachusetts and Belgium. He is the host of The Poetry Extravaganza at The Mill in West Boylston and The Richard Fox Poetry Series in Worcester. Joe has taught “Humor 101” for high-school students at Gateways Academy in Shrewsbury\, and for adults at the Senior Centers of Worcester\, Lancaster\, Millbury\, Princeton\, and Auburn\, as well as Eisenberg Assisted Living\, Notre Dame Assisted Living\, The Residence of Orchard Grove\, Overlook in Charlton\, Hillside Village in West Boylston\, and Christopher Heights Assisted Living. He taught ‘Humor 102’ for WISE at Assumption University and will teach ‘Humor 103’ in November 2026. He is the Vice-President of Programming for the Worcester County Poetry Association.Joe has lived in lovely Worcester with his better-half Cyndi and their large family for forty-one years. He is a registered Independent and sleeps with one eye always open.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poetry-extravaganza-with-joe-fusco-jr/
LOCATION:The Mill\, 185 W. Boylston Street\, West Boylston\, Massachusetts\, 01583\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260911T210000
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SUMMARY:Brain Wash
DESCRIPTION:BRAIN WASH POETRY & OPEN MIC AT HUNCHBACK GALLERY CO-SPONSORED BY W.A.G. & POETORIUM \n\n\n\nBRAIN WASH: \n\n\n\nPOETRY & OPEN MIC \n\n\n\nSEPTEMBER 11TH\, 2026 \n\n\n\n6PM TO 9PM \n\n\n\nAMONGST THE ART\, THE WORCESTER ARTISTS GROUP IS HOSTING THE POETORIUM AT HUNCHBACK GALLERY \n\n\n\nFOR A NIGHT OF POETRY! FREE! \n\n\n\nFEATURED POETS & AN OPEN MIC! \n\n\n\nALSO A UNIQUE AUDIENCE GROUP POEM \n\n\n\nASSEMBLED AND READ AT THE END \n\n\n\n(ANONYMOUS & NOT REQUIRED)! \n\n\n\nFEATURING \n\n\n\nSTEVEN BIZEL \n\n\n\nEVE RIFKAH \n\n\n\nCLAIRE SCHAEFFER-DUFFY \n\n\n\nMC’D BY PAUL SZLOSEK \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \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 of 2025.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEve Rifkah was co-founder of Poetry Oasis\, Inc.\, and founder and editor of Diner\, a literary journal. She was the 2021 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz award. Eve has published seven collections of her poetry\, the latest being Sustenance published in August of 2026 . The play\, Outcasts the Lepers of Penikese Island\, was based on her first book\, Outcasts the Penikese Island Leper Hospital  \n\n\n\n1905-1921. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClaire Schaeffer-Duffy is a freelance writer in Worcester\, MA. A childhood spent overseas left her eternally hungry for travel. Writing has allowed her to pursue that yearning. Her reviews and essays have appeared in various publications including America Magazine\, Commonweal\, and Consequence. Her reporting for the National Catholic Reporting has garnered a number of awards from the Catholic Press Association. She comes to poetry late in life grateful for a form that inculcates marvel.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/brain-wash/
LOCATION:Hunchback Gallery\, 75 Webster ST\, Worceter\, Massachusetts\, 01603\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T203000
DTSTAMP:20260901T171902Z
CREATED:20260901T171857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T171902Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond The Page: Poetry Reading and Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/beyond-the-page-poetry-reading-and-open-mic/
LOCATION:Greendale Family Branch YMCA\, 75 Shore Drive\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01605\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T193000
DTSTAMP:20260803T224548Z
CREATED:20260803T153323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T224548Z
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SUMMARY:Poet Stephen Campiglio & Soprano Xuemei Jiang
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poet-stephen-campiglio-sopranoxuemei-jiang/
LOCATION:Jacob Edwards Library\, 236 Main St.\, Southbridge\, MA\, 01550\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T203000
DTSTAMP:20260901T222102Z
CREATED:20260901T222059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T222102Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Board Meeting: September Edition
DESCRIPTION:Join us in discussing our various happenings and future! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAGENDA – WCPA Board \n\n\n\nWednesday\, September 9 th \, 2026\, from 7-8:30pm \n\n\n\nSalisbury House Ball Room \n\n\n\n\nOpening Poem – Irena Kaçi – 5min\n\n\n\nWelcome – Everyone – 5 min – Appoint a Timekeeper\n\n\n\nDedicated time for member comments – 10 minutes\n\n\n\nSecretary’s Report – Linda Warren – 5 min\n\n\n\nFinancial Report – Treasurer\, Mary Driscoll – 5 min\n\n\n\nProgramming Report – Joe Fusco\, Jr. – 5 min\n\n\n\nExecutive Director’s Report – Irena Kaci – 5 min\n\n\n\nDiscussion: Establishing a series of workshops on the use of AI forliterary artists – 15 min\n\n\n\nDiscussion: Review of the staffing needed for The Curt Curtain PoetryContest – 15 min\n\n\n\nDiscussion: Mercantile Holiday Bazaar – 10 min\n\n\n\nPromote and Connect: Announcements\, news and connections\, and itemsfor future agendas – Everyone 10 min.\n\n\n\n\nADJOURNNext Board Meeting – Wednesday\, October 14th\, 2026
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/monthly-board-meeting-september-edition-2/
LOCATION:WCPA Headquarters\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01602
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260901T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260901T193000
DTSTAMP:20260807T011418Z
CREATED:20260807T011415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T011418Z
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SUMMARY:Fox Reading Series September
DESCRIPTION:Join us on September 1st as we feature the thought-provoking Michael Milligan reading his poetry and the poetry of the iconic Dan Lewis. We’re keeping the 5 pm 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!). \n\n\n\nWe have a separate room for our shenanigans. Admission is still Free!. All of the tip jar $ goes to our feature. \n\n\n\nSign 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 5-7:30 pm at such a welcoming venue. Join us on September 1st! \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 commercial arts production manager. Also a musician/composer\, artist and writer. He received his MFA in Creative Writing at Bennington College\, 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 has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. He is the author of Unless I Came Back to Tell You\, Kelsay Books 2021 and Failure of Flight\, ICOE Press\, 2026. \n\n\n\nDan Lewis (1946 – 2017) was a writer of prose and poetry. His poetry flourished when he moved to Worcester in 1988 due to the many poets in the area and his connection with them. He was an active member of WCPA board for many years. Dan loved words and how they sounded and was not averse to making up a word to fit a specific object or emotion. His writings could be about an object\, state of the universe\, political\, comments on the human condition…. Dan worked with WCPA Poets\, Artists in the Gallery and as a member of the ‘4 by 4 Group’ (4artists and 4 poets who worked off each other’s works. He received the Frank O’Hara prize\, and the Kunitz Medal from the Worcester County Poetry Association. Dan published 2 books of poetry “This Garden” and ‘Intimations of the Focal Plane’ and 2 chap books ‘Tickets for the Broken Year’ and “Iconospheres’\, as well as the book published by the 4 by 4 group ‘Eco and Spark.’ Dan’s passing created a large hole in the poetry world of Worcester\, MA.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/fox-reading-series-september/
LOCATION:The Broadway Diner\, 100 Water Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260826T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260826T190000
DTSTAMP:20260803T152347Z
CREATED:20260803T152345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T152347Z
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SUMMARY:Poetorium Too Poetry Reading & Open Mic Featuring Joanne Johnson\, Joe Fusco Jr.\, & Linda Bratcher Wlodyka
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 August 26th 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 15 minute readings each by poets Joanne Johnson\,  Joe Fusco Jr.\, & Linda Bratcher Wlodyka\, 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\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoanne Johnson is a Massachusetts-based poet and author of An Imperfect Journey. Her work has appeared in Worcester Magazine\, and Academy of the Heart and Mind. She has also performed her poetry at featured readings and open mic events\, sharing work that explores resilience\, healing\, and everyday life. \n\n\n\nJoe Fusco Jr. is a well-seasoned humorist/stand-up poet/storyteller from Worcester\, Massachusetts. He is the author of six books of semi-amusing poems and essays: Here We Go Again (2026)\, Random Thoughts from a Curmudgeon (2023)\, Pondering the Pandemic during The Rust Years (2021)\, Hmm…That’s Different (2020); Three Score (2014)\, and The Lost and Found Essays (2012)\, all available at local bookstores and Amazon. Joe’s musings have appeared in Damfino Press\, Ballard Street Poetry\, Worcester Review\, Asinine Poetry\, Soul Lit\, and the e-zine Clean Sheets. He was a co-winner of the Jacob Knight Poetry Award in 2002 and was named Best Poet by Worcester Magazine readers in 1999 and 2002. Joe is a Humor Columnist for Worcester Magazine and the last Worcester Mega-Slam winner in 2017. He features at bookstores\, libraries\, clubs\, and coffeehouses throughout Central Massachusetts and Belgium. He is the host of The Poetry Extravaganza at The Mill in West Boylston and The Richard Fox Poetry Series in Worcester. Joe is the Vice-President of Programming for the Worcester County Poetry Association. Joe has lived in lovely Worcester with his better-half Cyndi and their large family for forty-one years. He is a registered Independent and sleeps with one eye always open. \n\n\n\nLinda Bratcher Wlodyka is an Emerita Massachusetts\, Beat Poet Laureate (2023-2025) residing in Berkshire County. Linda previously self-published 3 chapbooks\, Her Spirited Cameo\, Voices from the Blue Room and Tick Tock. Her full length books include: If Brambles Were Bookends Collected Poems (2023) and Mistress of the Wick (2026). Linda has been commissioned to create an ekphrastic poem for a sculpture at the Mount in Lenox\, MA. She will be presenting\, “The Belles” poem\, by Edgar Allen Poe\, with Claire Conroy and Meg Smith\, at the Edgar Allen Poe celebration in Lowell on October 16th this year. She is on the editing board for Silkworm\, the yearly anthology of the Florence Poet’s Society.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-too-poetry-reading-open-mic-featuring-joanne-johnson-joe-fusco-jr-linda-bratcher-wlodyka/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T200000
DTSTAMP:20260809T190652Z
CREATED:20260806T190107Z
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Muriel Nelson
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, MA\, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday August 25th virtually on Zoom with none other than Muriel Nelson\, our featured reader! \n\n\n\nMuriel Kramer Nelson\n\n\n\nMuriel Nelson lives near Seattle with her husband and furry muses Barney and Seamus. Her collection Here’s Company won the Idaho Prize for Poetry and was published in April by Lost Horse Press. Her other publications include Sightsinger (Encircle Publications) and Part Song (Bear Star Press\, Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize)\, and chapbooks\, Please Hold (Encircle Publications\, Poetry Chapbook Award) and Most Wanted (ByLine Press\, ByLine Chapbook Award). Nominated five times for the Pushcart Prize\, Nelson’s poems have appeared in many journals and several anthologies. Two have been set to music. She holds master’s degrees from the University of Illinois School of Music and the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-muriel-nelson-3/
LOCATION:Virtual Online Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260815T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260815T160000
DTSTAMP:20260803T224501Z
CREATED:20260803T154234Z
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SUMMARY:Booklovers' Gourmet Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Roundtable Poetry with Special Feature Fred GerhardPlease join us for our Monthly Open Mic Poetry Roundtable moderated by Robert Eugene Perry. This month will also feature a reading and book signing by Fred Gerhard. \n\n\n\nMother and Son Poetry Reading \n\n\n\nAll local poets are invited to bring original poems to share in a supportive\, nurturing environment. There is space for up to 14 readers and usually fills up quickly!  \n\n\n\nListeners are always welcome.To sign up \, please call 508-949-6232 or email deb@bookloversgourmet.com. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFred Gerhard\, author of Drifting to “Hello” (Khotso\, 2023) and Lilacs Still Bloom in Ashburnham (Local Gems\, 2023)\, will be reading his poems and poems from the recently published posthumous collection from his mother\, Rena Gerhard\, The Loving: Selected Poems (Petronella Press\, 2026). \n\n\n\nRena\, who died in 2014 wrote poetry for over five decades in Pennsylvania. Her work is well-crafted and insightful whether writing about love\, family\, God\, or surviving brain cancer. \n\n\n\nFred is widely published in magazines and anthologies. He is a winner of the Art on the Trails competition (2024) and the Poetry in the Pines competition (2023). He is also an editor at Quabbin Quills and Smoky Quartz.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/open-mic-roundtable-poetry-with-special-feature-fred-gerhard/
LOCATION:Booklover’s Gourmet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T200000
DTSTAMP:20260708T165533Z
CREATED:20260706T194407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T165533Z
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SUMMARY:Monsieur Merle Happy Birthday
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/monsieur-merle-happy-birthday/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260804T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260804T193000
DTSTAMP:20260706T172204Z
CREATED:20260706T172202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T172204Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260729T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260729T190000
DTSTAMP:20260706T155953Z
CREATED:20260706T155952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T155953Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260728T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260728T200000
DTSTAMP:20260726T142342Z
CREATED:20260720T172156Z
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Judith Ferrara
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, MA\, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday July 28th virtually on Zoom with none other than Judith Ferrara\, our featured reader!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPhoto by  Berge Zobian\n\n\n\nWriter and artist Judith Ferrara holds degrees from the University of New Hampshire\, Fitchburg State University and the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her poems\, essays and artwork have appeared in three collections and in journals\, and her artwork has been exhibited widely. She was awarded a Worcester Cultural Commission/Massachusetts Cultural Council Creative Arts Fellowship and the Stanley Kunitz Medal from the Worcester County Poetry Association. Her non-fiction work includes Peer Mediation: Finding a Way to Care and biography/memoir A Feast of Losses: Yetta Dine and Her Son\, the Poet Stanley Kunitz in which she explores the recently recovered memoir\, diary and letters of the mother of Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz and his relationship with her. www.PaletteAndPen.com. She is currently working on a new poetry collection\, Field Notes from an Indoor Girl\, and volunteers at the Museum of Worcester under the direction of Susan Elizabeth (Beth) Sweeney processing the Worcester Poetry Archive. An exhibition\, “Echoes: Photographs by John Gaumond with Paintings by Judith Ferrara” which features her interpretations of his work will be on view September and October at the Worcester Jewish Community Center.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-judith-ferrara-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T200000
DTSTAMP:20260624T182418Z
CREATED:20260624T182416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T182418Z
UID:13315-1784831400-1784836800@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Kunitz Medal Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:
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:20260718T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T160000
DTSTAMP:20260706T160515Z
CREATED:20260706T160513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T160515Z
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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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