Free People Artist Workshop
Artist, poets, writers meet to discuss, share, critique and encourage on-going work.
Artist, poets, writers meet to discuss, share, critique and encourage on-going work.
Come one, come all to the weekly meetings of the WWC over at the JMAC (20 Franklin St.) 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 […]
The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, Mass., continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024 Bill O'Connell will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. Register Publications include When We Were All Still Alive (Open Field Press 2021); Sakonnet Point (Plinth Books 2011); & On The Map […]
The Jacob Edwards Library is please to host a poetry ready by Jonathan Blake. The event is free and all welcome! Jonathan Blake has been following the gospel of his heart for as long as he can remember. Writer, educator, arts activist/organizer, he makes his home in central Massachusetts.Currently, he teaches in the English department […]
The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, Mass., continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 Judith Ferrara will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. Register Judith Ferrara's poems, essays and artwork have appeared in three collections and in journals. She has been awarded a Worcester Cultural […]
Join us on Tuesday, February 6th from 6:00-8:30 pm for an evening of poetry, humor, and contemplation. Two open-mic sessions sandwich our feature poet Victor Infante. Sign up for the open-mic at jfjr6969@gmail,com . Five-minute maximum, please. Free admission. Separate area for our event. On-the-street parking or check redemptionrock.beer for other parking options. Redemption Rock […]
Image from vintage Valentine postcard, 1907 At our annual birthday bash at Elizabeth Bishop's grave in Hope Cemetery, local poets will read aloud her sardonic valentines and tender, poignant love poems, mostly unpublished during her lifetime. Readers include Elizabeth Bacon, Clair Degutis, Judith Ferrara, Claire Mowbray Golding, Kate Gregoire, John Hodgen, Irena Kaci, Evan Plante, […]
WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Donna Lange/ Brian Mosher WHERE: Donna Lange’s house 59 Chase Road Thompson, CT (exit 50 off 395) WHEN: Sunday February 11th 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm WHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 20 minutes. Then we will take a quick break for book sales, […]
Oliver de la Paz is the Poet Laureate of Worcester for 2023-2025. He is the author or editor of seven books, including five collections of poems: Names Above Houses, Furious Lullaby, Requiem for the Orchard, Post Subject: A Fable, and The Boy in the Labyrinth, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award in poetry. His […]