Events

On May 22nd, 2025, the WCPA is proud to host its annual Women’s Zoom Reading. If you would like to attend, please CLICK HERE. Here is the reading list & order of readers:

The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, Mass., continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 Terry Farish will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. Terry Farish is the author of books for children, young adults, and adults. A reviewer called her stories full of synergy and it’s true that she loves […]

Poets at Large will welcome poet Margaret (Meg) Smith to The Vanilla Bean Café, 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT on May 31 as part of its 2025 season. Smith is a writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. She currently serves as content editor of Worcester Magazine, and her journalism has been honored […]

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. Our next Featured Poet will be the very talented David Thoreen on June 3rd. Free admission. On-the-street parking. Root and Press […]

Weltschmerz: Poem for the Great Divide Tonight, with all that’s happening outside, all that’s being broken, denied, all that’s slithering, roiling on the underside, all that must be decried,  I’m remembering a young black man who allowed himself to be tied  to a cross, to be hoisted up at a protest rally in 1970 in […]

IMPORTANT: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR FOR THIS OUTDOOR EVENT WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Linda Wlodyka & Cheryl Bonin  WHERE: Deb Horan’s Backyard 15 Eddy St Webster, MA               RAIN LOCATION: Steve Veilleux’s house 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road N Grosvenordale, CT WHEN: Sunday JUNE 8th, 2025 @ 1:00 pm […]

Poets at Large is happy to announce their first free poetry/spoken word event of the season willbe on June 15th, 2-4 p.m. in the barn at Roseland Park, 205 Roseland Park Road, Woodstock, CT. This is the sixth year for the regional group to bring poets to the park. Featured will be theemerging voices of […]

Come celebrate Bloomsday in Worcester Massachusetts, Monday June 16th 2025 The book Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus as they wander through Dublin on June 16, 1904, the date James Joyce had his first encounter with his wife to-be Nora Barnacle. You can join us to listen or read a part of his story. […]

In 2023, nearly 100 Worcester County residents created poems about the city’s public spaces for a one-time contest sponsored by Mapping Worcester in Poetry and judged by poet laureate Oliver de la Paz. Join MWiP and WCPA at the Museum of Worcester to hear some of the winning poems and meet the poets behind them. […]