Events

Join us for a poetry and community event on April 21st at the Worcester Public Library downtown. All local poets welcome to come make your voices heard!

Children's Poetry In-Person For National Poetry Month, let's write together! Poet Katherine Gregoire, the Worcester County Poetry Association, and the Grafton Public Library invite you to this children's poetry workshop to engage your senses and play with words. No prior experience necessary, just your curiosity and sense of adventure! Especially for ages 6-10. Registration is required. Location: […]

Renee Slovick writes poems and short stories and drinks too much Diet Coke. She was born and raised in NYC but you can only hear the accent when she gets mad. She’s not a Yankees fan, which became really important when she moved to Worcester in 2002. She married a guy who took her to an […]

A poetry and music series at the Merriam-Gilbert Public LibraryFree and open to all! Please stop by or call the Library at508-867-1410 to reserve your seat. Each evening will feature poetry readings that will book-end a set of chamber jazz music. This program is made possible by the West Brookfield Cultural Council as supported by the […]

The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, MA, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday April 28th virtually on Zoom with none other than Michael Milligan, our featured reader! Michael 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. […]

Please join us for another Wednesday double 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 April 29th from 5 pm to 7 pm hosted by Paul Szlosek and (hopefully) Ron Whittle. It will be a full two […]

With the WooSox games starting at 6:00 pm, we've changed our starting time to 5pm so more metered parking is, hopefully, available.We're back with at an exciting new location! It's the Broadway Restaurant at 100 Water Street, Worcester. Owners Tony and Nequel Germano have a plethora of delightful entrees, apps, desserts, and their famous, homemade […]

Baseball—the “National Pastime”—is the American sport most represented in the arts.  The National Baseball Poetry Festival unites Baseball—one of our great cultural common denominators—and Poetry—the world’s oldest art form—in a unique and wonderful celebration of both. Multiple days of poetry readings, generative workshops, panel discussions, baseball games and more. Please refer to the full schedule for […]

Baseball—the “National Pastime”—is the American sport most represented in the arts.  The National Baseball Poetry Festival unites Baseball—one of our great cultural common denominators—and Poetry—the world’s oldest art form—in a unique and wonderful celebration of both. Multiple days of poetry readings, generative workshops, panel discussions, baseball games and more. Please refer to the full schedule for […]

National Baseball Poetry Festival Two Free Generative Workshops: Holy Relics of the Game—Artifact, Myth and Legend Facilitated by Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate Tommy Twilite.Participants are invited to consider some baseball relics as inspiration to conjure up a poem. Twilite will bring some very interesting pieces, and participants may bring something of their own: a special […]