• BOOKLOVERS’ GOURMET OPEN MIC

    Booklovers' Gourmet 72 E. Main St., Webster, MA

      Open Mic Poetry Saturday September 16, 2023@ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Join us for a monthly round robin style, open poetry reading. Bring original pieces to share. Sign up to reserve your spot by email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com Space is limited to 14 participants and usually fills quickly!

  • Slightly Off-Beat Poets presents: PAUL RICHMOND & CANDACE CURRAN

    Betsy's Backyard Stage 185 Arvidson Road, Woodstock, MA, United States

      WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Paul Richmond and Candace Curran! WHERE: Betsy’s Backyard Stage 185 Arvidson Road Woodstock, CT. WHEN: Sunday September 17th, 2023 @ 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, snacks […]

  • Arts In The Garden

    Community Teaching Garden 3 West Boylston Dr., Worcester, MA, United States

    Indian Lake Community Association presents Arts in The Garden “an outdoor event that features music and poetry at the Community Teaching Garden on West Boylston Drive in Worcester. Performances will be every other Thursday starting July 7th from 6:30-8:00pm. Rain dates are the following day (Friday). On September 21st we will be featuring musician Cross Tracks, and […]

  • Gregory Stockmal Reading

    Booth Media Lab, Prior Performing Arts Center, College of the Holy Cross 1 College Street, Worcester, MA, United States

    Join us in ONE WEEK on September 21st 2023 7:30-9:00 for our annual GREGORY STOCKMAL reading featuring the fantastic J.D. Scrimgeour.   J.D. Scrimgeour is the author of four poetry collections The Last Miles, Territories, Lifting the Turtle, and, most recently, Festival. He won the AWP Award for Nonfiction for his second nonfiction book, Themes […]

  • Winners’ Reading for the 2023 Frank O’Hara Prize

    First Unitarian Church 90 Main Street, Worcester, MA

    Join the winners of the WCPA’s 2023 Annual Poetry Contest: The Frank O’Hara Prize for a reading of their work and the work of contest judge Karen Skolfield. There will be an opportunity to mingle over refreshments as well.   First Place: Rebecca Cross with "They Do This And Call It Mercy" Second Place: John […]

  • Poetry reading and book launch by Geoff Wilkinson and Bill Tremblay

    Sheehan Building Worcester State University 486 Chandler St., Worcester, MA, United States

    Join us for the book launch by Geoff Wilkinson and Bill Tremblay and reading from their new books: "Confluence" and "The Luminous Racetrack: A Memoir in Poems."  It will take place in the Multipurpose Room of Sheehan Hall @ Worcester State University. The event is free and open to the public.     Bill TREMBLAY […]

  • Simon Hunt Poetry Reading

    New Dawn Center 84 Main St., Ashburnham, MA, United States

    Authors Voices: A Speaker Series. New Dawn Writers' Group is proud to present poet Simon Hunt. Reading 6-6:45 pm, Q&A to follow. Free speaker series. Open to all, no registration. Event will transition to the regularly scheduled Writers' Group Open Mic night. All welcome.   Simon Hunt lives and writes in Massachusetts, having lived in […]

  • Worcester Writers’ Collective Tuesday Night Workshop

    JMac/Brickbox Theater 20 Franklin Street, Worcester, MA, United States

      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 […]

  • A Feast of Losses, Judy Ferrara Book Reading

    Gale Free Library 23 Highland St, Holden, MA, United States

    Yetta Dine, mother to poet Stanley Kunitz, finds her voice thanks to years of fastidious research and record keeping by the author Judith Ferrara. Come enjoy a special reading of the book by the author herself. Click Here for more information on the book.     Portrayed in Stanley Kunitz’s poems and interviews as an unforgiving […]

  • A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Carolyn Oliver

    Zoom Online Meeting , United States

    The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, Mass., continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 Carolyn Oliver will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register.     Register   Carolyn Oliver writes poems, prose, and hybrid forms. She is the author of Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble (University of […]