• 4th Annual National Baseball Poetry Festival May 7-10th 2026

    Worcester County

    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 […]

  • 4th Annual National Baseball Poetry Festival May 7th-10th

    Worcester County

    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 […]

  • NBPF: Holy Relics of the Game—Artifact, Myth and Legend

    Jean McDonough Creative Arts Center 20 Franklin St., Worcester, MA, United States

    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 […]

  • NBPF: The Assist- Tricks to Shake off Writer’s Block

    Jean McDonough Creative Arts Center 20 Franklin St., Worcester, MA, United States

    Facilitated by award-winning poet and Poets at Large Coordinator Karen Warinsky Participants will do a table read of an article about American rock band The National's frontman Matt Beringer, his […]

  • 4th Annual National Baseball Poetry Festival May 7th-10th

    Worcester County

    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 […]

  • Writing the Game: Craft, Culture, and Publishing Baseball Poetry

    Crompton Collective: The White Room 138 Green St., Worcester, MA, United States

    This 90-minute panel explores the intersection of baseball and literature, focusing on craft, publishing trends, and contemporary narratives. Panelists will discuss how the game evolves beyond nostalgia, share short readings, […]

  • Ekphastic Poetry Workshop

    Hopkinton Arts Center 98 Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States

    Join us for an Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts on May 9 at 1 PM! Writers will tour the Arts in Bloom Exhibition and write […]

  • 4th Annual National Baseball Poetry Festival May 7th-10th

    Worcester County

    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 […]

  • Matthew Henry’s Promises To Keep Reading and Book Signing

    TidePool Bookshop 372 Chandler St. Unit 101, Worcester, MA

    Join us for a reading, discussion and book signing of poet Matthew Henry’s “Promises to Keep.” About the collection:  It’s an old story: a church-going family man receives a violent […]