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SUMMARY:Openest Mic #2
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin The Openest Mic at Smokestack Roasters for a night of poetry\, music\, spoken word…whatever local creatives want to do\, they can do it at the Openest Mic! \nSmokestack Roasters will be open and have coffee\, alcoholic beverages\, sandwiches and their beautiful baked goods for sale. Smokestack has also been courteous enough to give us an extra hour because of how many people showed up and shared at the first Openest Mic! \nThe audience is as much a part of the night as the performers! Even if you don’t feel like you have anything to share\, come see the vibrant arts community right in your neighborhood! Looking forward to sharing a night of collaboration\, talent and joy together!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/openest-mic-2/
LOCATION:Smokestack Roasters\, 39 Massachussetts Avenue\, Lunenburg\, MA\, 01462\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Laura DiCaronimo":MAILTO:laura.optician@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Arts in The Garden
DESCRIPTION:Indian Lake Community Association presents Arts in The Garden featuring musician Playing Hookey\, and poet Robert Eugene Perry Admission is FREE and patrons are encouraged to bring non-alcoholic beverages and snacks to this family friendly event. Join us for an awesome time at Arts in The Garden! \n\n  \n\n\nPlaying Hookey Duo: Linda Jones McCarthy and Deb Barron Northway: Linda Jones McCarthy is the author of several books\, Including Spider in\nthe Shower (as Lillie Jones)\, Old Bear and Friends and The Heart Remembers\, and has recorded a CD of original songs and stories\, Here We Go to the Sky. She performs with musical friend and fellow songwriter and arranger Rick Quimby as Owengale. Longtime host of The Folk Spot and In the Tradition on community radio station WCUW in Worcester\, Deb Barron Northway’s background is in communications\, instructional design and chimney sweeping. She sings purely for the joy of it. Now retired from jobs and obligations\, Linda and Deb are Playin’ Hookey\, harmonizing just for fun. They hope their music will be fun for you\, too! \n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n\n\nRobert Eugene Perry is a native of Massachusetts and the author of five books. His most recent book of poetry Earthsongs\, was published by Human Error Publishing in 2022. He has had several poems published in Worcester Magazine\, as well as Poetica Magazine’s Mizmor Anthology\, NatureCulture’s Honoring Nature collection\, National Beat Poetry Foundation & Friends Remembering Jack Kerouac on his 100th Birthday\, and Soul-Lit: a journal of spiritual poetry. His short story In the Company of Trees was published by Wordpeace Journal. As a metaphysical poet\, he finds inspiration in nature and endeavors to draw connections between our higher selves and the natural world.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/arts-in-the-garden-12/
LOCATION:Community Teaching Garden\, 3 West Boylston Dr.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Carl Gomes":MAILTO:carlcgomes56@icloud.com
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Elizabeth Lund
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, August 22nd\, 2023 Elizabeth Lund will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n\n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Lund is the award-winning host of Poetic Lines at NewTV. The show features in-depth interviews with emerging and established poets about their work and creative process. She also interviews poets and reviews major collections of poetry for The Christian Science Monitor\, where she served as poetry editor for 10 years. From 2015 to 2020\, Elizabeth wrote a monthly column about poetry for The Washington Post. Elizabeth co-directs Haiku Newton\, which began in 2022 and brings haiku on lawn-style signs to venues around Newton. Her own poems have appeared in various publications including The Dalhousie Review\, Connecticut Review\, The Christian Century\, and the Patterson Literary Review. “Un-Silenced” is her debut collection. Elizabeth has read or spoken at festivals and venues along the East Coast including the Dodge Poetry Festival\, the largest poetry festival in the US\, and the Gaithersburg Book Festival. With all of her projects and endeavors\, Elizabeth aims to help people discover how poetry can enhance their daily lives.\n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-elizabeth-lund/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jess Mynes Poetry Reading and Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nNew Dawn Writers’ Group is proud to present poet: JESS MYNES \nTuesday August 22\, 2023 \n6 PM – 7 PM \n84 Main Street\, Ashburnham \nReading 6-6:45 pm\, Q&A to follow. \nFree speaker series. Open to all\, no registration. Event will transition to the regularly scheduled Writers’ Group Poetry night. All are welcome. \n  \nJess Mynes is the author of several books including Sky Brightly Picked (Skysill Press) and One Anthem (Pressed Wafer Press). His poems have appeared in numerous publications including: The Brooklyn Rail\, The Nation\, Blazing Stadium\, Hyperallergic\, Let the Bucket Down\, Vlak\, Shampoo\, and Big Bell. He co-curated a reading series\, All Small Caps\, in Wendell\, MA for eight years. He publishes innovative contemporary poets as the editor of Fewer & Further Press. Jess is the Library Director at Stevens Memorial Library in Ashburnham. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFor more information/direct website\, please CLICK HERE.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/jess-mynes-poetry-reading-and-open-mic/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pints & Poems
DESCRIPTION:  \nReading and book signings featuring Worcester Poet Laureate Oliver de la Paz and poets Karen Elizabeth Sharpe and Chris Noonan. \n  \nOliver de la Paz is the Poet Laureate of Worcester\, MA for 2023-2025. He is the author and editor of seven books: 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 newest work\, The Diaspora Sonnets\, is forthcoming from Liveright Press in 2023. With Stacey Lynn Brown he co-edited A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry. A founding member\, Oliver serves as the co-chair of the Kundiman advisory board and on the board for Poetry Daily. \n  \n  \n  \n \nElizabeth Sharpe is from Westminster\, Massachusetts. Karen is the author of Prayer Can Be Anything\, by Finishing Line Press (2023) and a poetry editor at The Worcester Review. Her poems have recently appeared or will appear in The MacGuffin\, West Trade Review\, Mom Egg Review\, Catalyst\, the Mizmor Anthology\, Mason Street Review\, among others. Karen has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nChris Noonan is a philosopher at heart and an environmental scientist by trade. He has authored three books of poetry; Penumbra\, Hearts & Highways and Kaleidoscopic. He enjoys writing\, outdoor activities\, traveling and spending time with family and friends. He grew up in Central Massachusetts and lives in Worcester with his family. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/pints-poems/
LOCATION:Wormtown Brewery\, 72 Shrewsbury St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Elizabeth Sharpe":MAILTO:karenelizabethsharpe@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:A Great Notion Independent Bookstore Celebrates 6 Months with Poetry!
DESCRIPTION:NEW MASSACHUSETTS INDY BOOKSTORE TO CELEBRATE ITS 6-MONTH ANNIVERSARY WITH A FREE POETRY EVENT \n  \n\nA Great Notion independent bookstore (located at 65 Southbridge St. in Auburn\, MA) will celebrate it’s 6-month anniversary on Saturday\, August 19th with a free interactive poetry event. \n  \nThe event will include games\, giveaways and refreshments. A Great Notion opened in February and is owned by Worcester residents Tyler and Courtney Galicia. Woodstock poet/author Karen Warinsky will host the event which will run from 5-6:30 p.m. and she will also read some selections from her book Sunrise Ruby and her new release\, Dining with War. This event is recommended for ages 14 and up and reservations are encouraged. \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-great-notion-independent-bookstore-celebrates-6-months-with-poetry/
LOCATION:A Great Notion Bookshop\, 65 Southbridge St.\, Auburn\, MA\, 01501\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:The Shawna Foundation Library Poetry Tour Presents Joe Fusco Jr in Uxbridge
DESCRIPTION:The Shawna Foundation presents The Library Poetry Tour with Worcester poet and humorist Joe Fusco Jr. on August 17\, 7 p.m. at the Uxbridge Free Public Library.\n\nThe event is free.\n\n\n\nHe is the author of four books of semi-amusing poems and essays: “Pondering the Pandemic during The Rust years”(2021);“Hmm…That’s Different” (2020); “Three Score” (2014); and “The Lost and Found Essays” (2012)\, all available at local bookstores and Amazon.\n\nJoe’s musings have appeared in Damfino Press\, Ballard Street Poetry\, Worcester Review\, Asinine Poetry\, Soul Lit\, and the naughty ezine Clean Sheets. He was a co-winner of the Jacob Knight Poetry Award in 2002 and was named Best Poet by Worcester Magazine readers in 1999 and 2002.\n\nJoe is a Humor columnist for Worcester Magazine and the last Worcester Mega-Slam winner in 2017. He features at bookstores\, libraries\, clubs\, and coffeehouses throughout Central Massachusetts and Belgium. He is the host of the Poetry Extravaganza at Redemption Rock Brewery in Worcester.\n\nJoe taught “Humor 101” for high-school students at Gateways Academy in Shrewsbury and for adults at the Worcester Senior Center and Eisenberg Assisted Living. He is the Vice-President of Programming for the Worcester County Poetry Association.\n\nThe Library Poetry Tour is a program of the Shawna Foundation\, bringing live poetry readings to the Milford Town Library and the Uxbridge Free Library quarterly throughout 2023. The program is hosted by Worcester poet Tony Brown\, the winner of the 2022.\nStanley Kunitz Medal\, endowed by the late U.S. Poet Laureate and Worcester native and awarded annually to a poet for lifetime achievement and service to the Central Massachusetts poetry community.\n\nThe Library Poetry Tour is supported in part by the Milford Cultural Council\, The Uxbridge Cultural Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.\n\nThe Shawna E. Shea Memorial Foundation\, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to support and showcase artists in filmmaking\, performance arts and creative endeavors with a focus on underrepresented communities.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-shawna-foundation-library-poetry-tour-presents-joe-fusco-jr-in-uxbridge-2/
LOCATION:Uxbridge Free Public Library\, 15 North Main Street\, Uxbridge\, MA\, 01569\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artists Who Are Poets/Poets Who Are Artists Featuring Richard Fox
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for what promises to be an amazing evening of poetry featuring local poet & legend Richard Fox. The event will be hosted by poet Paul Szlosek (filling in for the series’ regular host Sam Lalos) with Richard reading precisely at 5:30 PM followed by the open mic (two poems or five minutes for each reader with the sign-up starting at 5 pm.) So come and enjoy Richard’s incredibly thought-provoking poetry and listen to other local poets at Tidepool Bookshop. \n \n  \nRichard Fox is a local poet and legend born and bred in Worcester MA. He attended the progressive Webster University in the early 1970s. These diverse cultures shaped his worldview and love of words. John Hodgen\, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Poetry Prize\, writes of him: “Rich Fox calls himself a small poet at large\, but there is nothing small about his poems . . . They are large-themed and large-hearted\, framed by a world at war with itself and a world all the more lovely when it is almost taken from us\, when we see how filled to overflowing it is with light and joy and longing and loss. These are well crafted\, poignant\, clever\, and ultimately wise poems which leave the reader wanting to believe one can throw one’s arms around this hard-won world\, and\, better yet\, that the world will hold us in its arms as well.” Richard’s poems feature rock ’n roll and youthful transgressions\, but his focus is cancer from the patient’s point of view. He is the author of eight poetry collections\, the latest\, Poems for my Zady & Miscellany (2023). Winner of the 2017 Frank O’Hara Prize\, Richard seconds Stanley Kunitz’s motion that people in Worcester are “provoked to poetry”.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/artists-who-are-poets-poets-who-are-artists-featuring-richard-fox/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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SUMMARY:A Feast of Losses\, Judy Ferrara Book Reading
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\nClick Here for more information on the book. \n\n \nPortrayed in Stanley Kunitz’s poems and interviews as an unforgiving and unaffectionate mother\, Yetta Dine reveals a more complex narrative through her recently recovered letters\, memoir\, and diary. They provide vital insights into the life and work of a major American poet.  PREORDER
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-feast-of-losses-judy-ferrara-book-reading/
LOCATION:Worcester Senior Center\, 128 Providence St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry Workshop at New Dawn
DESCRIPTION:Come out to the New Dawn Writers’ Group’s Poetry Workshop. Every third Tuesday from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm we will discuss poems and writing\, write to prompts\, give feedback\, encourage one another\, and discuss upcoming projects. It’s a friendly\, pressure-free atmosphere at the New Dawn Arts Center in Ashburnham. The address is 84 Main Street\, Ashburnham\, MA. The workshop is being led by Fred Gerhard. \n \nFred Gerhard leads the Poetry Workshop\, and is one of the open mic hosts\, for the New Dawn Writers’ Group. His poems appear in numerous magazines including Entropy Magazine\, Friends Journal\, Pif Magazine\, POETiCA REViEW\, and Sylvia Magazine. A 2023 winner of Poetry in the Pines\, he is also an editor at Quabbin Quills and Smoky Quartz. For many years he led a poetry therapy group in Worcester at UMASS Memorial’s Community HealthLink. For more information on the New Dawn Center Click Here
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-workshop-at-new-dawn-3/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Slightly Off-beat Poets presents: Susan Powers and Elizabeth Thomas
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nWHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets presents: Susan Powers and Elizabeth Thomas! \n\nWHERE: Betsy’s Backyard Stage 185 Arvidson Road Woodstock\, CT. \n\nWHEN: Sunday August 13th\, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\nWHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 20 minutes. Then we will take a quick break for book sales\, snacks and the raffle before starting the open mic. Open mic will be round robin\, one poem at a time until 4 PM. \n\nCOST: There will be a 50/50 raffle\, split between the feature and the winner. 5$ to enter. \n\nSIGN-UPS: There is room for 20 poets/ 40 guests total. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com \n\n  \nPLEASE NOTE: 185 Arvidson Road is a dirt road. GPS will send you to ways: If you come off Roseland Park Road (right near Roseland Park) onto Arvidson it will begin as paved and a sign will tell you when the pavement ends. Just stay to the right and 185 is about 1/2 mile up on the right side. \nIf it sends you up Child Hill Rd\, you will make a left onto Arvidson dirt road and it will be less than a 1/4 mile on the left. \nPLEASE DO NOT PARK ON STREET! Pull in the driveway and you can park on the grass along the edge or pull all the way around. Plenty of parking!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/slightly-off-beat-poets-presents-susan-powers-and-elizabeth-thomas/
LOCATION:Betsy’s Backyard Stage\, 185 Arvidson Road\, Woodstock\, MA\, 06281\, United States
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SUMMARY:Arts in The Garden
DESCRIPTION:On August 10th we will be featuring musician Ron Carlson\, and poet Oliver de la Paz. Admission is FREE and patrons are encouraged to bring non-alcoholic beverages and snacks to this family friendly event. Join us for an awesome time at Arts in The Garden! \n\n  \n\n \nRon Carlson has been performing in Central Massachusetts and beyond for much of the last four decades\, singing traditional and contemporary folk music\, as well as many original songs. He’s been told that his original songs sound like traditional material\, something in which he takes great pride. Many of his compositions are centered in and around Worcester and the surrounding area\, where he was born\, raised and continues to live to this very day. They are songs of love\, sorrow\, pain and joy\, filtered through his eyes; sometimes whimsical\, sometimes philosophical\, hopefully with compassion and empathy. in 2004 Ron’s song When Fortune Rosins the Bow was a runner up in the WUMB songwriter’s competition. In 2011\, Ron was the winner of the Rose Garden Coffeehouses’ competition for performing songwriters. The songs performed that evening Ford Taurus and A Task Undone can be found on YouTube along with many others at Ron Carlson’s musical channel.\n \n  \n\n  \n  \n\n \nOliver de la Paz is the Poet Laureate of Worcester\, MA for 2023-2025. He is the author and editor of seven books: 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 newest work\, The Diaspora Sonnets\, is forthcoming from Liveright Press in 2023. With Stacey Lynn Brown he co-edited A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry. A founding member\, Oliver serves as the co-chair of the Kundiman advisory board and on the board for Poetry Daily. \nA recipient of grants and awards from the NEA\, the New York Foundation for the Arts\, the Artist Trust\, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, his work has appeared in journals like Virginia Quarterly Review\, North American Review\, Tin House\, Poetry\, and in anthologies and periodicals such as Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation and in the New York Times. He teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and in the Low-Residency MFA Program at Pacific Lutheran University. \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/arts-in-the-garden-11/
LOCATION:Community Teaching Garden\, 3 West Boylston Dr.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Carl Gomes":MAILTO:carlcgomes56@icloud.com
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SUMMARY:The Shawna Foundation Library Poetry Tour Presents Joe Fusco Jr in Milford
DESCRIPTION:The Shawna Foundation presents The Library Poetry Tour with Worcester poet and humorist Joe Fusco Jr. on August 9\, 7 p.m. at the Milford Town Public Library.\n\nThe event is free.\n\n\n\nHe is the author of four books of semi-amusing poems and essays: “Pondering the Pandemic during The Rust years”(2021);“Hmm…That’s Different” (2020); “Three Score” (2014); and “The Lost and Found Essays” (2012)\, all available at local bookstores and Amazon.\n\n\n\nJoe’s musings have appeared in Damfino Press\, Ballard Street Poetry\, Worcester Review\, Asinine Poetry\, Soul Lit\, and the naughty ezine Clean Sheets. He was a co-winner of the Jacob Knight Poetry Award in 2002 and was named Best Poet by Worcester Magazine readers in 1999 and 2002.\n\n\n\nJoe is a Humor columnist for Worcester Magazine and the last Worcester Mega-Slam winner in 2017. He features at bookstores\, libraries\, clubs\, and coffeehouses throughout Central Massachusetts and Belgium. He is the host of the Poetry Extravaganza at Redemption Rock Brewery in Worcester.\n\n\n\nJoe taught “Humor 101” for high-school students at Gateways Academy in Shrewsbury and for adults at the Worcester Senior Center and Eisenberg Assisted Living. He is the Vice-President of Programming for the Worcester County Poetry Association.\n\n\n\nThe Library Poetry Tour is a program of the Shawna Foundation\, bringing live poetry readings to the Milford Town Library and the Uxbridge Free Library quarterly throughout 2023. The program is hosted by Worcester poet Tony Brown\, the winner of the 2022.\n\n\nStanley Kunitz Medal\, endowed by the late U.S. Poet Laureate and Worcester native and awarded annually to a poet for lifetime achievement and service to the Central Massachusetts poetry community.\n\nThe Library Poetry Tour is supported in part by the Milford Cultural Council\, The Uxbridge Cultural Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.\n\n\nThe Shawna E. Shea Memorial Foundation\, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to support and showcase artists in filmmaking\, performance arts and creative endeavors with a focus on underrepresented communities.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-shawna-foundation-library-poetry-tour-presents-joe-fusco-jr-in-uxbridge/
LOCATION:Milford Public Library\, 88 Spruce Street\, Milford\, MA\, 01757\, United States
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SUMMARY:Westborough Public Library Poetry Night: Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come out to celebrate the spoken word–join the Westborough Public Library for an Open Mic Night! \nHave you been workshopping an original poem\, or do you have a ballad by a favorite author? Come and read them aloud! Or\, simply celebrate by listening and supporting local writers. \n5 minute time limit for each reading–registration required only if you are doing a reading. \nSnacks and drinks will be available for all! Teens and adults welcome. \n  \nRegistration begins July 24 on the Westborough Public Library: https://westborough.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/poetry-night-open-mic-2/\nFor questions or more information\, call 508-366-3050!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/westborough-public-library-poetry-night-open-mic-2/
LOCATION:Westborough Public Library\, 55 West Main Street\, Westborough\, MA\, 01581\, United States
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SUMMARY:2023 Clemente Storytelling Circle
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/2023-clemente-storytelling-circle/
LOCATION:Saxe Room Worcester Public Library\, 3 Salem St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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SUMMARY:Arts in The Garden
DESCRIPTION:On July 27th we will be featuring musician Arny Spielberg\, and poet Victor Infante. Admission is FREE and patrons are encouraged to bring non-alcoholic beverages and snacks to this family friendly event. Join us for an awesome time at Arts in The Garden! \n\n  \nArny Spielberg has entertained audiences in Central Mass for the past 30 years\, delivering an adventurous\, flavorful\, mixed up gumbo of blues\, R&B and country. He has performed with BYOBlues and The Lester Rawson Band\, as well as countless solo and duo gigs where his repertoire covers Americana and great singer-songwriters. He currently plays percussion in the powerhouse rock and R&B band\, ViVi and DaFunk.\n \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n \n\n\nVictor Infante is the features editor for The Worcester Telegram & Gazette and the editor for Worcester Magazine. He has appeared in dozens of journals\, including The Chiron Review\, The Collagist\, Barrelhouse\, Pearl\, Spillway and The Banyan Review\, as well as in anthologies such as Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry\, Spoken Word Revolution Redux\, The Last American Valentine: Poems to Seduce and Destroy\, Aim For the Head: An Anthology of Zombie Poetry\, The Incredible Sestina Anthology and all three Murder Ink: Tales of New England Newsroom crime anthologies. He lives in Worcester\, Massachusetts\, with his wife\, the poet Lea C. Deschenes\, and their army of ferrets.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/arts-in-the-garden-10/
LOCATION:Community Teaching Garden\, 3 West Boylston Dr.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Carl Gomes":MAILTO:carlcgomes56@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230727T183000
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CREATED:20230601T005909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230719T150856Z
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SUMMARY:2023 Stanley Kunitz Medal Presentation Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Paul Szlosek will receive his medal at a ceremony presented by the Worcester County Poetry\nAssociation at the Worcester Historical Museum on Thursday\, July 27th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The\nevent is free and open to the public. There is limited parking at the museum\, with additional\nparking on the street and in the Pearl/Elm Street Garage. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/kunitz-medal-presentation-ceremony/
LOCATION:Worcester Historical Museum\, 30 Elm St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01609
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230726T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230726T220000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230720T210142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T011051Z
UID:7349-1690398000-1690408800@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poetorium @ Starlite
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special triple feature edition of our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium at Starlite hosted by Paul Szlosek and Ron Whittle. It will be a full evening of poetry\, spoken word\, and music starting with a brief interview on stage with our three featured poets Carolyn Oliver (Author of The Alcestis Machine\, and Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble)\, Matthew E. Henry (Author of The Colored Page\, and The Third Renunciation)\, & Irena Kaçi (2023 O’Hara Prize Third Place Winner) followed by readings by our 3 features\, a 10-minute tribute to a dead poet by a guest reader\, a short intermission\, and then an open mic (with 5-minute slots for each reader). Admission is free\, but a hat will be passed for donations to pay our features and compensate Starlite for the use of their space. For more information\, please contact us at poetorium@mail.com or visit our website at https://poetorium.home.blog/2019/04/29/the-poetorium-at-starlite-2/\n  \n \nCarolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine (Acre Books\, forthcoming 2024)\, Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble (University of Utah Press\, 2022; selected for the Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry)\, and three chapbooks. Her poems appear in Poetry Daily\, Copper Nickel\, Shenandoah\, Southern Indiana Review\, At Length\, Plume\, and elsewhere. She lives in Massachusetts\, where she is the current editor of The Worcester Review\, and a 2023-2024 Artist in Residence at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Her website is https://carolynoliver.net/ \n  \n  \n  \n \nMatthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of The Colored Page (Sundress Publications\, 2022)\, Teaching While Black (Main Street Rag\, 2020)\, and Dust & Ashes (Californios Press\, 2020). He has three collections forthcoming in 2023 from NYQ Books (The Third Renunciation)\, Ghost City Press (Have You Heard the One About…?)\, and Harbor Editions (Said the Frog to the Scorpion). He is editor-in-chief of The Weight Journal and an associate poetry editor at Pidgeonholes. MEH’s poetry and prose appears or is forthcoming in Barren Magazine\, Bending Genres\, Cola Literary Review\, The Florida Review\, Massachusetts Review\, Ninth Letter\, Pangyrus\, Ploughshares\, Poetry East\, Redivider\, Relief Journal\, Shenandoah\, Solstice\, Spiritus\, The Windhover\, The Worcester Review\, and Zone 3 among others. His awards include being a Diode Editions 2022 chapbook contest finalist\, the winner of the 2021 Fare Forward Poetry competition\, the 2020 Massachusetts Book Award finalist\, the 2020 MassPoetry.org’s “Poem of the Moment\,” the 2019 Orison Chapbook Prize finalist\, and the 2007 Relief Journal Editor’s Choice Award. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize by Pangyrus Literary Magazine\, Porcupine Literary\, Relief Journal\, and 3 Elements Literary Review\, and the Best of the Net by the Museum of Americana and 3 Elements Literary Review. MEH’s an educator who received his MFA from Seattle Pacific University yet continued to spend money he didn’t have completing an MA in theology and a PhD in education. He writes about education\, race\, religion\, and burning oppressive systems to the ground at http://www.MEHPoeting.com\n  \n \nIrena Kaçi is a poet currently residing in Worcester\, with her spouse and two children. She grew up in Durrës\, Albania & Hartford\, CT.  Irena moved to Worcester to study at Clark University. Her work often touches on the immigrant experience and the divide that comes with raising a family outside the frame of her own childhood.\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-starlite-6/
LOCATION:Starlite Bar and Gallery\, 39 Hamilton St\, Southbridge\, MA\, 01550
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230626T171517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230626T171756Z
UID:7297-1690311600-1690315200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Ginnie Gavrin
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, July 25th\, 2023 Ginnie Gavrin will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n\n\n \n  \nGinnie Goulet Gavrin is a retired massage therapist. Currently she teaches meditation and writing workshops at the Monadnock Mindfulness Practice Center in Keene\, New Hampshire. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing. Her poetry has appeared in The Literary Review\, The Worcester Review\, THEMA\, Primavera\, Slipstream\, The Greensboro Review\, Cold Mountain Review\, Tar River Poetry\, Silk Road Review\, Feral\, Pensive\, A Journal of Spirituality and the Arts. as well as an anthology on Rewilding put out by Split Rock Review. \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nRegister
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-ginnie-gavrin/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230609T200634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230613T012644Z
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SUMMARY:Barbara Morrison Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:The New Dawn Writers’ Group is proud to announce we will have Barbara Morris in house on July 25th at 6:00 p.m. for a reading. This is a free event. She will read from her poetry books and her award-winning memoir. Following the reading there will be time for questions and discussion. Then at 7:00 we will transition into an open mic. Bring something you’d like to read. We look forward to seeing you there! \nWe are located at 84 Main Street\, Ashburnham\, MA. It’s the big white church and home to New Dawn Arts and the Spice and Grain. \n  \n  \n \nBarbara Morrison\, who writes under the name B. Morrison\, is a poet and writer.  In Terrarium\, she uses poetry to explore the influence of place: where you live\, where you travel\, where you go in dreams. Her previous poetry collection\, Here at Least\, chronicles a journey undertaken in response to Rilke’s directive: “You must change your life.” She is also the author of a memoir\, Innocent: Confessions of a Welfare Mother\, a powerful coming-of-age story that dispels some of the myths and misunderstandings about those living in poverty. It was recently named Best Nonfiction Audiobook by Independent Press Awards. Her writing has appeared in anthologies and literary journals such as Little Patuxent Review\, Toronto Journal\, The Sun Magazine\, Tiny Lights\, and elsewhere. She conducts writing classes and workshops and provides editing services. You can learn more about her work here.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/barbara-morrison-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230722T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230722T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230707T162252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230711T015132Z
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SUMMARY:BOOK FAIR & SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE  AT GATEWAY CITY ARTS
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nThe public is invited to drop in on an all-day book fair that will feature poets and spoken word artists at Gateway City Arts on July 22. The event will begin at noon and go until 6 p.m. Donations are requested at the door on a $0 to $25 sliding scale. \n  \nThe schedule is: \n12:00 p.m. Open Mic \n1:00 Featured Writers \n2:00 – 2:15 Exhibit Hall \n2:15 Featured Writers \n3:15 – 3:45 Open Mic \n4:00 – 5:30 Featured Writers \n  \n  \nIf you would like to help sponsor the event and have your logo on all media about the festival\, sponsorship starts at $75. Tables (provided) will be rented for $10-$20 each on a sliding scale. Authors/vendors who rent tables for $25-$50.00 (sliding scale) will \nhave their name on the event website and in all the media. Food will be available from 11 a.m. \n  \nContact Paul Richmond at paul@humanerrorpublishing.com. \n  \nBooks will be for sale. Cash is encouraged.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/book-fair-spoken-word-performance-at-gateway-city-arts/
LOCATION:Gateway City Arts\, 92 Race Street\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230718T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230718T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230621T150032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230621T150032Z
UID:7281-1689706800-1689710400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Tom Ewart
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, July 18th\, 2023 Tom Ewart will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n \n  \nTom Ewart is seventy-something years old enough to know better\, and generally doesn’t\, which is why he writes; how will he know what he thinks until he sees what he says? \n\nHe has had stories and poems published in obscure little magazines\, ones that paid mostly in contributor copies\, so he always kept his day job. Now he is retired and writes what he pleases. His website\, tommywart.com\, will remind you that it’s all of him you’d ever want. \n  \n  \nRegister
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-tom-ewart/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230715T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230715T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230705T230212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230705T230212Z
UID:7317-1689429600-1689436800@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet: Open Mic Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly round robin style\, open poetry reading.\nBring original pieces to share. \nSign up to reserve your spot by calling 508-949-6232 or emailing deb@bookloversgourmet.com \nSpace is limited to 14 participants and usually fills quickly!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-open-mic-poetry/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230707T161316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230707T161316Z
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SUMMARY:Pour Me a Poem featuring Joel Moskowitz
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Pour Me a Poem\, a monthly open mic series for poets \nWHERE: 51 Park Street\, Mansfield\, MA (Wayne-Daniel Berard’s home). The PMAP sign will be on the front porch. Please park on the opposite side of the street. \nWHEN: Thursday\, July 13\, 2023\, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. \nWHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poet of the month\, Joel Moskowitz will read for 20 to 25 minutes. Then we’ll take a quick break before starting the open mic. \nCOST: Free! But please bring a few bucks for when we pass the hat for the feature poet. \nSIGN-UPS: Sign up for your time slot when you arrive for the event.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/pour-me-a-poem-featuring-joel-moskowitz/
LOCATION:Wayne Daniel Berard’s Home\, 51 Park Street\, Mansfield\, MA\, 02048\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230419T014439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T141616Z
UID:6844-1689273000-1689278400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Arts In the Garden
DESCRIPTION: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). \nOn July 13th we will be featuring musician Gabe Sakacs-Navarre\, and poet Eve Rifkah. Admission is FREE and patrons are encouraged to bring non-alcoholic beverages and snacks to this family friendly event. Join us for an awesome time at Arts in The Garden! \n\n  \nGabriel Sackas-Navarre was born in Paradise\, California to a family with a long musical heritage. He wrote his first song at age 11. It wasn’t very good. But as Gabe matured\, so did his songwriting and instrumental finesse. At 17\, Gabe strapped on his wandering shoes and hopped a train west\, settling in the artistic\, bohemian houseboat community of Sausalito\, California. It was there and in nearby San Francisco\, that he honed his musical chops\, playing clubs like John Lee Hooker’s Boom Boom Room and The Saloon\, the longest continuously-running blues club in the country. \n\nHis musical explorations drew him to Nashville\, where he worked as a professional musician for two years\, and followed that up with a stint on the Las Vegas strip. More recently\, Gabe has brought his music home to New England. His songs are well-crafted\, edgy and timeless. \n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nEve Rifkah was co-founder of Poetry Oasis\, Inc. (1998-2012)\, a non-profit poetry association dedicated to education and promoting local poets. \n\nFounder\, and editor of DINER\, a literary magazine with a 7-year run. She is the 2021 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz award. She has run an ongoing writing workshop for 15 years and teaches workshops and classes at WISE (Worcester Institute for Senior Education). She lives in Worcester\, MA with her husband\, musician\, artist\, writer Michael Milligan and their cat\, Bela. \n\n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/arts-in-the-garden-9/
LOCATION:Community Teaching Garden\, 3 West Boylston Dr.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Carl Gomes":MAILTO:carlcgomes56@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230709T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230709T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230628T151008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230628T151008Z
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SUMMARY:Slightly Off-Beat Poets presents: Sarah St. George & Tianna Mercier
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets presents: Sarah St. George & Tianna Mercier! \n  \nWHERE: Betsy’s Backyard Stage 185 Arvidson Road Woodstock\, CT. \n  \nWHEN: July 9\, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n  \nWHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 20 minutes. Then we will take a quick break for book sales\, snacks and the raffle before starting the open mic. Open mic will be round robin\, one poem at a time until 4 PM. \n  \nCOST: There will be a 50/50 raffle\, split between the feature and the winner. 5$ to enter. \n  \nSIGN-UPS: There is room for 20 poets/ 40 guests total. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com \n  \n  \nIMPORTANT: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR FOR THIS OUTDOOR EVENT (You can also bring a beach umbrella for shade if you like!!)
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/slightly-off-beat-poets-presents-sarah-st-george-tianna-mercier-2/
LOCATION:Betsy’s Backyard Stage\, 185 Arvidson Road\, Woodstock\, MA\, 06281\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T220000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230608T014740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230608T014819Z
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SUMMARY:Poetorium @ Starlite
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special 3-generation triple feature edition of our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium at Starlite hosted by Paul Szlosek and Ron Whittle. It will be a full evening of poetry\, spoken word\, and music starting with a brief interview on stage with our three featured performers James R. Scrimgeour (Author of Voices of Dogtown\, and The Route)\, J.D. Scrimgeour (Author of Festival\, and Banana Bread)\, & Aidan Scrimgeour (Composer & Musical Director of Only Human) followed by a presentation of poetry and music as well as a 10-minute tribute to a dead poet by our 3 features\, a short intermission\, and then an open mic (with 5-minute slots for each reader). Admission is free\, but a hat will be passed for donations to pay our features and compensate Starlite for the use of their space. For more information\, please contact us at poetorium@mail.com or visit our WEBSITE. \n  \n \n  \nJames R. Scrimgeour received his BA from Clark University\, his MA and PhD from the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst and is Professor Emeritus at Western Connecticut State University. He has served as Editor of Connecticut Review\, published ten books of poetry\, been nominated for several Pushcart Prizes\, and given over 250 public readings of his work\, including one at an International Conference on Poetry and History\, Stirling\, Scotland. He has\, in addition\, participated in NEH Seminars on Modern Poetry at NYU and Princeton and has recently served on panels at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. A recent book\, Voices of Dogtown: Poems Arising Out of a Ghost Town Landscape (Loom Press\, 2019)\, was listed as a “must read” by the Massachusetts Center for the Book\, and his most recent book The Route (Derby Wharf Light Box\, 2021) is a reprint of a poem he wrote 30 years ago. He currently lives with his wife\, Christine Xanthakos Scrimgeour\, in West Hartford CT. \n  \n  \n  \nJ.D. Scrimgeour  won the Association of Writers and Writing Program’s (AWP) Award for Nonfiction for his second book of nonfiction\, Themes for English B: A Professor’s Education In & Out of Class. He is also the author of five poetry collections\, the most recent being a book of bilingual poetry\, Banana Bread (Nixes Mate Press). He often collaborates with artists in different mediums\, havin gwritten the book for the musical\, Only Human\, pairing with musician Philip Swanson on a CD of poetry and music\, Ogunquit & Other Works\, and composing word and movement pieces with choreographer Caitlin Corbett. He is Chair of English at Salem State University. \n  \n  \nAidan Scrimgeour is a musician\, composer and educator from Salem\, MA based in Brooklyn\, NY. After spending a couple years in the Contemporary Improvisation Program at New England Conservatory studying piano performance with Ran Blake and Hankus Netsky\, he graduated with a B.A. in Performance & Representation from Tufts University. Aidan is the accordionist and songwriter for Pumpkin Bread\, a Boston-based new acoustic band\, which has been featured on “A Celtic Sojourn” on WGBH and Brian O’Donavan’s backroom series. He was the composer and musical director for the original musical Only Human\, which premiered at Ames Hall in Salem. He currently is working on several musical projects in which he hopes to celebrate the beauty of and explore the space in between various forms of traditional music including Jazz\, Celtic\, Country\, and Afro-Cuban.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-starlite/
LOCATION:Starlite Bar and Gallery\, 39 Hamilton St\, Southbridge\, MA\, 01550
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230419T013340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T011338Z
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SUMMARY:Arts In The Garden
DESCRIPTION: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). \nOn June 29th we will be featuring musicians Chuck and Mud\, and poet Karen Sharpe. Admission is FREE and patrons are encouraged to bring non-alcoholic beverages and snacks to this family friendly event. Join us for an awesome time at Arts in The Garden! \n  \n  \n  \nChuck and Mud  have been playing all over Worcester County for the past 40 years\, and for every occasion that you can imagine. From the slopes of Mt. Wachusett to the Blackstone Heritage State Park\, from the Brookfield Apple Festival to the Hanover Theatre for the Arts — and now at the delightful Garden for the Arts! Mud sings beautifully\, and she is an excellent guitarist. Chuck loves to harmonize and plays a 12-string guitar and banjo. This performance is intended to be a family show with\, hopefully\, a little bit of music for everyone. There will be some original songs\, some classic folk tunes\, some old rock and roll\, some kid’s tunes\, and more. Their genre has always been Americana! \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n \nKaren Elizabeth Sharpe is a poetry editor at The Worcester Review. Her chapbook\, Prayer Can Be Anything is forthcoming in the summer of 2023 (Finishing Line Press). Her poems have or will soon appear in Split Rock Review\, Ocean State Review\, West Trade Review\, Mom Egg Review\, and Catalyst\, among others. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Karen has been a member of Marge Piercy’s juried poets group and a member of the PoemWorks community in the greater Boston area. \n\n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/arts-in-the-garden-8/
LOCATION:Community Teaching Garden\, 3 West Boylston Dr.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Carl Gomes":MAILTO:carlcgomes56@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230628T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230628T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230608T015235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230608T015235Z
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SUMMARY:Matthew E. Henry Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special evening with Matthew E. Henry as he reads from his poetry collections\, The Third Renunciation and The Colored Page\, and others both published and forthcoming. Books will be available for sale at the bookshop. \n  \n \nMatthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of The Colored Page (Sundress Publications\, 2022)\, Teaching While Black (Main Street Rag\, 2020) and Dust & Ashes (Californios Press\, 2020). He has three collections forthcoming in 2023 from NYQ Books (The Third Renunciation)\, Ghost City Press (Have You Heard the One About…?)\, and Harbor Editions (Said the Frog to the Scorpion). He is editor-in-chief of The Weight Journal and an associate poetry editor at Pidgeonholes. \n  \nMEH’s poetry and prose appears or is forthcoming in Barren Magazine\, Bending Genres\, Cola Literary Review\, The Florida Review\, Massachusetts Review\, Ninth Letter\, Pangyrus\, Ploughshares\, Poetry East\, Redivider\, Relief Journal\, Shenandoah\, Solstice\, Spiritus\, The Windhover\, The Worcester Review\, and Zone 3 among others. \n  \nHis awards include being a Diode Editions 2022 chapbook contest finalist\, the winner of the 2021 Fare Forward Poetry competition\, the 2020 Massachusetts Book Award finalist\, the 2020 MassPoetry.org’s “Poem of the Moment\,” the 2019 Orison Chapbook Prize finalist\, and the 2007 Relief Journal Editor’s Choice Award. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize by Pangyrus Literary Magazine\, Porcupine Literary\, Relief Journal\, and 3 Elements Literary Review\, and the Best of the Net by the Museum of Americana and 3 Elements Literary Review.\n\nMEH’s an educator who received his MFA from Seattle Pacific University yet continued to spend money he didn’t have completing an MA in theology and a PhD in education. He writes about education\, race\, religion\, and burning oppressive systems to the ground at his website.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/matthew-e-henry-poetry-reading-2/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230627T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230627T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T004347
CREATED:20230609T194911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230609T194911Z
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Susan Roney O'Brien
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, June 27th\, 2023 Susan Roney O’Brien will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n  \nRegister\n  \n  \n \nSusan Roney-O’Brien curates a monthly poetry venue\, is part of 4 X 4\, a group of visual artists and poets and is the vice president of programming for the Worcester County Poetry Association. Her poetry has been published widely\, translated into Braille and Mandarin and nominated for many Pushcart Prizes. She won the 2020 Stanley Kunitz Medal in Poetry. Publications include chapbooks: Farmwife\, the winner of the William and Kingman Page Poetry Book Award\, and Earth (Cat Rock Press). Word Poetry published Legacy of the Lost World in 2016. Kelsay Books published Bone Circle\, in 2018 and Thira in April\, 2020.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-susan-roney-obrien-3/
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