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SUMMARY:2023 Poems In & Out of Places: Workshop I
DESCRIPTION:Our exciting Poems in and Out of Places contest will be coming to a close on June 1st\, 2023. Anyone interested in submitting will have two chances to come workshop their work with us @ our headquarters here at 61 Harvard St. Come celebrate our fair city\, and commune with other poets and writers for artistic insight and support! \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/2023-poems-in-out-of-places-workshop-i/
LOCATION:Salisbury House Ball Room\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Trevor Code
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, April 25th\, 2023  Trevor Code will be the featured reader. \n \nPlease click HERE to register. \nTrevor Code\, has been a member of the WCPA since 1981\, but his WCPA contact began when he met Michael True and Kenneth Koch in 1975. He joined the Board in 1992 and was Vice President for Programming (1998-2004). Through the Association he helped establish readings in libraries and schools. He directed projects for the Hudson River paintings and the Modernism and Abstraction exhibitions at the Worcester Art Museum\,  and with the “Celebration of Worcester Poets” worked with First Night Worcester in 2000\, 2001 and 2003. He was instrumental in making WCPA aware of Frank O’Hara as a Worcester poet\, and in the consequent celebration of New York poets with David Lehmann in 2002. \n  \nHe began his teaching career in Australia where he was the original chair of Literature and Writing at Deakin University and\, in Worcester he was a professor in Humanities at WPI. Through the illness of Jennifer\, his wife (author of  The Mad Angel)\, these two writers moved to Australia in 2004\, and Trevor continues to write and research.  His recent publications include the chapbooks:  Mopoke Hill  (2005); bear snake crayfish frog (2006); Sonnets\, Mutations & Fourteeners  (200o); Sun-Dried(2007) and\,  through Odrerir Books:  Stage by Stage (2009); For One Brief Instant  (2009); Which Way the Wind (2010); and Configurations (2012). \n\n\n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-trevor-code-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open Mic at New Dawn
DESCRIPTION:Come out to the New Dawn Writers’ Group’s Open Mic. Every fourth Tuesday from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm we host an open mic for writers of all genres and ages.  Bring a few poems\, or that experimental thing you wrote that doesn’t fit any known category. It’s a friendly\, pressure-free atmosphere at the New Dawn Arts Center in Ashburnham. The address is 84 Main Street\, Ashburnham\, MA. \nFred Gerhard is one of the open mic hosts\, for the New Dawn Writers’ Group. His poems appear in numerous anthologies and magazines including The Amethyst Review\, Asylum Magazine\, Black Moon Magazine\, Entropy Magazine\, Heavy Feather Review\, Pif Magazine\, POETiCA REViEW\, Sylvia Magazine\, and others. He is also an editor at Quabbin Quills Press. For many years he led a poetry therapy group in Worcester at UMASS Memorial’s Community HealthLink. For more information\, please visit our WEBSITE.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/open-mic-at-new-dawn/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Solo/Duet: Music & Poetry Unite
DESCRIPTION:An evening of poetry and music. Each evening will feature solo readings by area poets that will\nbookend a musical duet performance in the Merriam Gilbert library in West Brookfield\, Ma.\nEach program will begin at 6:00 pm. The evenings are free and open to the public and sponsored\nin part by a grant from the Mass Council of the Arts as administered locally by the West \nBrookfield Cultural Council. \nPoets Clair Degutis  and Jonathan Blake. Music by Jerry Wilfong and Dick Hummel. \n  \nClair Degutis of Princeton writes poems drawn on her close observations\, experiences\, and relationships to the natural world. She is an avid hiker and woods-walker along New England’s forested paths. As a Field Teacher Princeton’s Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary\, she introduces both the young and young-at-heart to the wonders of our local natural environment. Her poems are published in “Echo & Spark: Work from the 4×4 Poet and Artist Collaborative”. \n \nJonathan 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. His poems and essays can be found in an array of journals and anthologies\, including the Atlanta Review\, Amoskeag\, Brilliant Corners\, Poetry East and The Worcester Review. \n \nJerry Wilfong is an active freelance bassist in the Boston area. He has performed with such distinguished jazz artists as Leni Stern\, John Stowell\, and Richie Cole\, appears on several\nrecordings and can be heard live anchoring two working trios – “Bring Back Pluto” and “The Conversation.” More can be learned about Jerry at his Website. \n  \n  \n  \nDick Hummel is a psychologist who works with children in Worcester. Drummer\, trumpeter\, and composer\, Dick has performed in an around the central Massachusetts area both as a solo trumpet and with varied ensembles\, and occasionally with poets; he has led drumming groups with at risk children for over 25 years instilling techniques of ensemble work that insist on listening and complementary interaction.  Long ago during his undergraduate years at Yale\, he was fortunate enough to play and learn from such musical luminaries as Wadada Leo Smith\, Gerry Hemingway and Mark Helias.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/solo-duet-music-poetry-unite-4/
LOCATION:Merriam Gilbert Library\, 3 West Main St.\, West Brookfield\, MA\, 01585\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artists Who Are Poets/Poets Who Are Artists
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an open mic and reading at TidePool Books\, featuring Jennifer L Freed\, winner of the 2022 Frank O’Hara prize. \n \n  \n  \nJennifer L Freed’s When Light Shifts: A Memoir in Poems (finalist\, 2022 Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize) explores the aftermath of her mother’s cerebral hemorrhage\, touching on themes of identity and ability\, healing and loss\, and the altered relationships that emerge in a family crisis. Freed is also the author of These Hands Still Holding\, a finalist for the 2013 New Women’s Voices Chapbook competition. Her work has been published in print and on-line journals\, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize\, Best of the Net\, and the Orison Anthology. Other awards include the 2022 Frank O’Hara prize  (Worcester County Poetry Association)\, the 2020 Samuel Washington Allen Prize (New England Poetry Club)\, and honorable mention for the 2022 Connecticut Poetry Award. She lived in the Worcester area for 20 years\, but has recently moved to Beverly Mass.  Please visit jfreed.weebly.com to learn more.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/artists-who-are-poets-poets-who-are-artists-9/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
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SUMMARY:"A Walk in the Woo" : Rain Poets Reading
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-walk-in-the-woo-rain-poets-reading/
LOCATION:JMac/Brickbox Theater\, 20 Franklin Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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SUMMARY:Slightly Off-beat Poets event VEILLEUX-MANIA
DESCRIPTION:  \nWHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets event VEILLEUX-MANIA Featuring Steve Veilleux \nWHERE: 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road. North Grosvenordale\, CT \nWHEN: Sunday April 23\, 2023 from 1:00 to 4 P.M. \nWHAT HAPPENS: Feature poet Steve Veilleux will read for 25 minutes. Then we’ll take a break for book sales\, snacks & the raffle before starting the open mic. \nCOST: 50/50 raffle split between the Feature and the Winner. 5$ to enter! \nSIGN-UPS: email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com to reserve your spot – ROOM FOR 18 POETS \n\n \nSeating is limited so PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR! We are planning on an indoor event\, but if the weather is fine we will have it outdoors on the patio.\n\n\nHope to see you there!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/slightly-off-beat-poets-event-veilleux-mania/
LOCATION:Veilleux-Mania\, 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road\, North Grosvenordale\, CT\, 06255\, United States
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SUMMARY:Monadnock Pastoral Poetry Retreat
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe eighteenth annual weekend retreat into poetry\, prose\, and music at the B. C. Harris Center\, Greenfield\, NH\, from Friday\, April 21 to Sunday afternoon\, April 23.    Collegial workshops\, participant readings\, all in a supportive atmosphere of art and nature.  See their website or e-mail rmartin1@keene.edu. \n \n  \nMentors: John Hodgen\, Henry Walters\, Susan Robey-O’Brien\, Jim Beschta poetry. Terry Farish\, Diane Mulligan\, Rebecca Rule and Maura MacNeil in prose. \n  \n \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/monadnock-pastoral-poetry-retreat-2/
LOCATION:Monadnock Pastoral Poets\, Barbara C. Harris Center\, 108 Wally Stone Ln\, Greenfield\, NH\, 03047\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Rodger Martin":MAILTO:rmartin1@keene.edu
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SUMMARY:WCPA Presents the 5th Annual Women's Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 5th Annual Women’s Reading. \n \n  \nThere will be 21 Readers  to celebrate with us. To register\, please click on our LINK. \n  \nHere is a list of the 21 featured readers: \n  \nSusan Elizabeth Sweeney\nCatherine Reed\nLoretta Watts\nKathleen Aguero\nAshley Wonder \nMaura McNeil\nKyle Potvin\nCarla-la\nSharon Ann Harmon\nConsuelo Marshall\nCheryl Perreault\nPolly Brown\nJennifer Freed\nKathleen Fagley\nNancy Strong\nJudith Ferrara\nCarolyn Howe\nPamela Gemme\nEve Rifkah\nMuriel Nelson
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-presents-the-5th-annual-womens-reading-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poets @ Large
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-large/
LOCATION:The Rose Room Cafe\, 4 East Main Street\, Webster\, MA\, 01570\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Paula J. Lambert Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Authors Voices: a speaker series. \n  \n \n\nEvent is free\, but donations are of course accepted. Open to the public. \nCome for a free poetry reading by Paula J. Lambert at the New Dawn Writers’ Group. Reading 6-6:45 pm\, Q&A to follow. \nPaula J. Lambert has authored several collections of poetry including The Ghost of Every Feathered Thing (FutureCycle 2022) and How to See the World (Bottom Dog 2020). Recipient of PEN America’s L’Engle-Rahman Prize for Mentorship\, her poetry and prose has been supported by the Ohio Arts Council\, the Greater Columbus Arts Council\, and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Widely published in journals and anthologies\, Lambert’s poetry and prose has been nominated for several Best of the Net and Pushcart prizes. How to See the World was a finalist in the 2021 Ohioana Book Awards. \nEvent will transition to the regularly scheduled poetry Writer’s Group Workshop at 7 pm – 9 pm. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/paula-j-lambert-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poet's Cauldron: Spoken Word/Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:The Poet’s Cauldron is hosted by BrujaTheVillain and features new artist every month based on culture\, music\, literature and visual arts. We produce every event on the third Sunday of every month at The White Room\, Worcester Art Gallery. \n \n  \n  \nPop Soul Songstress\, Tenille Ja’Nae Aug 05\, 2022 Single release “ Notifications” \nBrooklyn-based singer/songwriter Tenille Ja’Nae is a rising R&B/soul artist who fits comfortably in the adult contemporary genre. A New York transplant\, born and raised in Little Rock\, AR\, Tenille Ja’Nae has taken her experiences to create music that is real\, heartfelt\, and relevant. Her newest single\, Notifications was released Aug. 05 2022\, and is one of her most unique tracks to date. Tenille Ja’Nae’s relationship experiences\, feeling like she’s found the love of her life\, to realize it was everything but\, was devastating! Even worst\, not being able to escape this person’s dealings\, and whereabouts which made it that much more difficult to get over the heartbreak of letting go. Hence\, “Notifications” \nDrawing frequent vocal comparisons to Adele\, India Arie\, with hints of Whitney Houston\, Tenille Ja’Nae’s soulful vocals and lyrics brings a bright\, soothing\, and catchy acoustic melody to other songs like “Familiar Strangers”. The stories within many of her songs are meant to draw the listener in to reflect on their own life experiences. It’s Tenille Ja’Nae’s hope that this storytelling approach to her music will be able to reach the masses and have a positive influence on the lives of others. “Mood” on all digital and streaming platforms. Her previous singles\, “Familiar Strangers”\, “Try It Again\,” “In My Feelings” and “Too Many Times\,” are all available now\, links below. These tracks are a great introduction to her unique storytelling style and her classy\, contemporary sound. Get ready to see Tenille Ja’Nae on stages across NYC in the coming months\, along with special performances in LA\, ATL; Chicago music festivals.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-cauldron-spoken-word-open-mic/
LOCATION:Crompton Collective: The White Room\, 138 Green St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Bruja TheVillain":MAILTO:thepoetscauldron@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:BookLover's Gourmet
DESCRIPTION:Come Join us for Book Lover Gourmet’s Open Mic Poetry! \nSaturday\, April 15\, 2023 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n  \n\nJoin us for a monthly round robin style\, open poetry reading. Bring 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/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T130000
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SUMMARY:a Workshop with Martha Collins
DESCRIPTION:Martha Collins’ Workshop Saturday\, April 14\, 1-5 pm The Salisbury Mansion\, Worcester\, MA \n \n  \n$35.00 per person\, Class limited to ten participants  (Three spots now already filled) \n  \nQUICK STARTS\, THOUGHTFUL RESPONSES \nPart One: This workshop will begin with a very short brainstorming exercise to help you identify or refine subjects you’d like to address in poems\, including “difficult” subjects you may have been anxious or uncomfortable about pursuing. I’ll then offer you a few poetic strategies\, each including a brief discussion of a few published poems\, followed by a prompt to help to get you started on a poem of your own\, perhaps drawing on the one of the subjects you’ve just defined. You’ll have five minutes or so to explore each strategy\, each of which will give you the beginning of a poem you might finish later. \nPart Two: The remainder of the workshop will be devoted to a discussion of one poem (preferably a page or less) by each participant. If you could send your poem to me at martha.collins@oberlin.edu a day or so before the workshop\, that would be terrific (but not absolutely necessary).
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-workshop-with-martha-collins/
LOCATION:Preservation Worcester Board Room\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01609\, United States
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SUMMARY:12-Hour Write-a-Thon
DESCRIPTION:A fundraiser in the form of a Write-a-Thon will take place at New Dawn Arts Center at 84 Main Street in Ashburnham on Saturday\, April 15th\, from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. \nThe Write-a-Thon is the brainchild of Kevin Scott Hall\, one of the instructors of the free Tuesday night writing workshops at the Center. He\, along with the other instructors\, Melissa Dorval and Fred Gerhard\, support the cause. Hall also serves on the Board. \n“This is for all the writers and aspiring writers who want to write more but are constantly saying\, ‘But I don’t have time’—usually because of work demands or children or other life events\,” Hall says.  “Well\, no excuses now. You can plan ahead to devote the entire day to writing! And you’ll also be helping out New Dawn!” \nThe idea is for writers to ask friends to donate a set amount per hour for the event. So\, if someone sponsors a writer for $1/hour\, the writer would collect $12 from that donor\, which would then go to New Dawn. \n“It’s meant to be a challenge\,” Hall says. “Twelve hours is a long time to keep your butt in the chair to focus on your writing.” He encourages the participants to take a short break every hour or two and take a walk around the neighborhood or chat with another writer—perhaps even collaborate. Hall also urges local college and high school students to join the cause. “As a former college professor myself\, I know there are a lot of procrastinators out there. Come on\, students! Use this time to get that paper done!” \nThe plan is to have the writers gather at about 7:30 pm on the Write-a-Thon Day to share something they’ve written that day during open mic. These will likely be first drafts\, so writing will be encouraged and not critiqued. The public may also attend the open mic to listen. To visit our website click Here! \nTo register and get a sponsor form\, stop by New Dawn or email Kevin at kevsco76@gmail.com \n  \n \nThe leaders of the New Dawn Writers’ Group and the Write-a-Thon are Fred Gerhard\, Melissa Dorval\, and Kevin Scott Hall: \nMelissa Dorval has had her poems\, short stories\, and articles published in various journals. Her new micro-essay will be featured in the inaugural issue of The Sixpence Society Literary Journal and her latest poem will appear in Creative Zine\, both this fall. Her debut novel\, When You Lose Control\, has just been accepted by a New Hampshire publisher. Dorval graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Creative Writing from UMass-Lowell and was mentored by acclaimed author Andre Dubus III. \nFred Gerhard is a poet whose work has appeared in a multitude of literary journals\, including Entropy Magazine\, Heavy Feather Review\, and Pif Magazine. His poetry has also been voiced by actor Kirk Lawrence in Bespoke Vocals\, as seen on YouTube. Gerhard led a poetry therapy group at Community Healthlink in Worcester.He was the editor of The Chelmsford Poetry Review and is currently an editor of Quabbin Quills Press anthologies. \nKevin Scott Hall is the author of the highly regarded memoir A Quarter Inch From My Heart (Wisdom Moon) and the self-published novel Off the Charts!. He is also a singer/songwriter and recording artist; his music can be heard on streaming platforms\, including YouTube\, where he also has a few music videos. Hall taught theater\, writing\, and literature for 17 years at two City University of New York campuses. He holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The City College of New York.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/12-hour-write-a-thon/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dear Suzanne
DESCRIPTION:A reading of poems from “Dear Suzanne” in 2 voices with slides of her artwork\, Paintings with her as a model and photographs. Suzanne Valadon 1865-1938\, French artist\, favorite model of Renoir and mother of Utrillo. A book in 2 voices. Persona poems in the voice of Valadon talking about her life and letter poems in the author’s voice describing times that run parallel with Valadon’s. \n \nEve Rifkah was co-founder of Poetry Oasis\, Inc. (1998-2012)\, a non-profit poetry association dedicated to education and promoting local poets. Founder\, and editor DINER\, a literary magazine. She is the 2021 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz award. She has five published books (not self-published). A play\, Outcasts the Lepers of Penikese Island\, based on her first book\, Outcasts the Penikese Island Leper Hospital\, 1905-1921\, was performed at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts\, NY. She lives in Worcester\, MA. Eve’s WEBSITE. \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/dear-suzanne/
LOCATION:Beaman Memorial Library\, 8 Newton Street\, West Boylston\, MA\, 01583
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SUMMARY:Westborough Public Library Poetry Night: Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:For National Poetry Month\, 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  \nFor additional information\, please visit the Westborough Library Website.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/westborough-public-library-poetry-night-open-mic/
LOCATION:Westborough Public Library\, 55 West Main Street\, Westborough\, MA\, 01581\, United States
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SUMMARY:Solo/Duet: Music & Poetry Unite
DESCRIPTION:An evening of poetry and music. Each evening will feature solo readings by area poets that will\nbookend a musical duet performance in the Merriam Gilbert library in West Brookfield\, Ma.\nEach program will begin at 6:00 pm. The evenings are free and open to the public and sponsored\nin part by a grant from the Mass Council of the Arts as administered locally by the West \nBrookfield Cultural Council. \nPoets Susan Roney O’Brien and Bill O’Connell. Music by Jerry Wilfong and Rich Falco. \n \nSusan Roney-O’Brien lives on five acres abutting a state forest. She is the author of five poetry collections: “Farmwife\,” which won the William and Kingman Page Poetry Book Award\, “Earth\,” a Cat Rock Press publication\, “Legacy of the Last World\,” published by Word Poetry\, “Bone Circle\,” published by Aldrich Press\, a division of Kelsay books\, and “Thira\,” published by Kelsay in 2020. \nShe curates monthly poetry readings at The Thirsty Lab in Princeton\, is part of 4 X 4\, a group of visual artists and poets\, and had been nominated for many Pushcart Prizes. \n \nBill O’Connell lives in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts between the Connecticut River and Quabbin Reservoir. Bill is a recent winner in the Atlantic Currents II writing contest for his poem “When We Were All Still Alive\,” the title poem from his new book from Open Field Press. His other books are Sakonnet Point and On the Map to Your Life. \n \nJerry Wilfong is an active freelance bassist in the Boston area. He has performed with such distinguished jazz artists as Leni Stern\, John Stowell\, and Richie Cole\, appears on several\nrecordings and can be heard live anchoring two working trios – “Bring Back Pluto” and “The Conversation.” More can be learned about Jerry at his Website. \n  \n  \n \nGuitarist Rich Falco is professor emeritus and former director of jazz studies at WPI. Professor Falco remains a popular festival adjudicator\, clinician and music lecturer.\nHe has presented at the annual MMEA (Massachusetts Music Educators Association) All State Conference on jazz guitar\, big band directing techniques and jazz improvisation.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/solo-duet-music-poetry-unite-3/
LOCATION:Merriam Gilbert Library\, 3 West Main St.\, West Brookfield\, MA\, 01585\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230411T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230411T190000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading at Tidepool Bookshop
DESCRIPTION:C. I. MARSHALL is. reading from her new book “The Locksmith Journeys Into The Afterlife” winner of the Frosted Fire First Pamphlet Award 2022.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-reading-at-tidepool-bookshop/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230410T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230410T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T125710
CREATED:20230314T195835Z
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SUMMARY:'Humor 101' at the Worcester Senior Center with Joe Fusco Jr. Worcester Senior Center
DESCRIPTION:We’re back! Worcester Humorist/Senior Center member Joe Fusco Jr. hosts ‘Humor 101.’ for another four sessions.\n \n  \nThis year\, we’ll deep-dive into Sitcoms\, Funny Movies\, British Humor\, Satire and Political Humor\, and\, of course\, Ventriloquism.\n \nClasses are the 2nd Monday of the month (March 13th\, April 10th\, May 8th\, and June 12th). Admission is Free! All ages are welcome.\n \n  \n \nRegister for ‘Humor 101’ by telling me you plan to attend or calling Suki Lapin at the Worcester Senior Center at 508-799-1232\, extension 48016
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/humor-101-at-the-worcester-senior-center-with-joe-fusco-jr-worcester-senior-center/
LOCATION:Worcester Senior Center\, 128 Providence St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230406T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230406T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T125710
CREATED:20230314T194014Z
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SUMMARY:Charlton Public Library's Poetry Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/charlton-public-librarys-poetry-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Dexter Hall\, Charlton Public Library\, 40 Main Street\, Charlton\, MA\, 01507\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T125710
CREATED:20230314T193509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T162249Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Extravaganza featuring Robert Eugene Perry
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, April 4th from 6:00-8:30 pm for an evening of poetry\, humor\, and revelry.\nTwo open-mic sessions sandwich our Feature poet Robert Eugene Perry\n\nSign up for the open-mic at jfjr6969@gmail\,com . Five-minute maximum\, please.\n\nFree admission. Separate area for our event. On-the-street parking or check redemptionrock.beer for other parking options.\n\nRedemption Rock Brewery (RRB) serves craft beers\, coffees\, teas\, and delicious snacks. You can bring your own food but outside beverages are not allowed.\n\nThe Poetry Extravaganza is sponsored by Lewandowski Painting.\n\nJoin the fun on April 4th!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-extravaganza-featuring-paul-szlosek/
LOCATION:Redemption Rock Brewery\, 333 Shrewsbury St\,\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230402T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230402T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T125710
CREATED:20230306T011802Z
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SUMMARY:WCPA 2023 Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The annual meeting of the Worcester County Poetry Association will be held in the ball room of The Salisbury House\, followed by a reading of Worcester’s newest poet laureate Oliver de la Paz. \n\n  \n \n[Photo credit: Meredith Pugh] \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.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-2023-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Salisbury House Ball Room\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230330T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230330T220000
DTSTAMP:20260614T125710
CREATED:20230120T014859Z
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SUMMARY:Poetorium @ Starlite
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Open Mic & Reading Series Featuring  Rebecca Hart Olander.\n \nPlease join us for our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium at Starlite hosted by Paul Szlosek and Ron Whittle.\n\n\n\n\n\nIt will be a full evening of poetry and spoken word starting with a brief interview on stage with our featured poet Rebecca Hart Olander (Editor/Director of Perugia Press and Author of  Dressing the Wounds and Uncertain Acrobats)\, followed by a poetry reading by our feature\, 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 feature and compensate the 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/.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-starlite-2/
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:20230328T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T125710
CREATED:20230222T013104Z
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab With  Jennifer Militello
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, March 28th\, 2023  Jennifer Militello will be the featured reader. \n  \n \n \n  \n  \n\n\nJennifer Militello is the author of the poetry collection The Pact (Tupelo Press/Shearsman Books\, 2021)\, and the memoir Knock Wood (Dzanc Books\, 2019)\, winner of the Dzanc Nonfiction Award\, as well as four previous collections of poetry. Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry\, Best New Poets\, American Poetry Review\, The Nation\, The New Republic\, The Paris Review\, POETRY\, and Tin House. She teaches in the MFA program at New England College. \n\nThe Pact \nKnock Wood \nA Camouflage of Specimens and Garments \nBody Thesaurus \nFlinch of Song \nhttps://jennifermilitello.com/books/ \nhttps://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0028OM3Y2\n \nhttps://bookshop.org/search?keywords=jennifer+militello \n\n  \n  \nVisit the Zoom registration link [HERE] to receive information on how to join the reading. Zoom will send you an e-mail with the meeting details and a link to join.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-jennifer-mititello/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230327T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T125710
CREATED:20230323T013437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230323T013437Z
UID:6691-1679943600-1679949000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Free People's Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Poets\, Writers\, Visual Artists meet to share and discuss their work. \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/free-peoples-workshop-17/
LOCATION:Preservation Worcester Board Room\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T125710
CREATED:20230309T235410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T162907Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry at Large Spoken Word/Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:POETS AT LARGE Spoken Word/Poetry Event \nMarch 26TH in Webster\, MA \n  \n  \nPoets at Large continues its 2023 series of spoken word/poetry readings on Sunday\, March 26th at The Rose Room Café\, 4 East Main St.\, Webster\, MA.  The reading is free to the public (ages 14 and up) and will be held from 2-4 p.m.  Featured readers will be B. Fulton Jennes\, poet laureate of Ridgefield\, CT\, and author G. John Brand.  There will be an intermission and an open mic after the featured poets.  Anyone wishing to participate in the open mic should email karen.warinsky@gmail.com.  Open mic readers will get 5 minutes each. \n  \n\nFulton Jennes is the Poet Laureate of Ridgefield\, CT\, where she leads intergenerational poetry workshops and serves as poet-in-residence at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Her poems have appeared in The Comstock Review\, Tupelo Quarterly\, The Night Heron Barks\, SWIMM\, Tar River Poetry\, the Connecticut Literary Anthology (2020 and 2021 editions)\, Connecticut River Review\, Naugatuck River Review\, Vassar Review\, One Hand Pointing\, Limp Wrist\, Ekphrastic Review\, Extreme Sonnets II\, and many other journals and anthologies. In 2021\, her poem\, “From the Room of an Unknown Girl\,” was awarded the Leslie McGrath Prize by Helix Magazine.In 2021\, her collection Mammoth Springwas a finalist for the Two Sylvias Wilder Prize and the Small Harbor Press Laureate Prize. Her chapbook Blinded Birds (Finishing Line Press) was released in April of 2022.\n\n  \n\nJohn Brand is Professor Emeritus of English at Quinsigamond Community College\, where he enjoyed a career spanning over two decades. Brand began writing poetry regularly in the mid 1980’s in a creative writing class. During his career Brand enjoyed making poetry\, literature and theatre accessible to students\, fostering a lifelong enthusiasm for the literary arts. His book\, Things I Might Have Said\, is a collection of amusing and entertaining poems.\n\nThis year’s series at The Rose Room is sponsored in part by Hometown bank\, the Putnam Area Foundation\, and Global Parners (Ashford Xtra Mart and Webster Honey Farms). \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-at-large-spoken-word-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:The Rose Room Cafe\, 4 East Main Street\, Webster\, MA\, 01570\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230324T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230324T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T125710
CREATED:20230203T160105Z
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SUMMARY:Princeton Library Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Princeton Library for a reading with Moira Linehan and Jeffrey Thomson. \n  \nJeffrey Thomson is a poet\, memoirist\, and translator\, and is the author of multiple books including Half/Life: New and Selected Poems\, The Belfast Notebooks\, fragile\, Birdwatching in Wartime\, The Complete Poems of Catullus\, and From the Fishouse. He has been an NEA Fellow and a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar. \nThomson is the Director of the BFA Program and the author of four books of poems\, including Birdwatching in Wartime\, winner of both the 2010 Maine Book Award and the 2011 ASLE Award in Environmental Creative Writing\, and Renovation.  Birdwatching in Wartimeis currently being translated into Spanish and Russian.  His translations of the Roman poet\, Catullus\, are forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.  In 2012 he was the Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Poetry Centre at Queen’s University Belfast.  His website is www.jeffreythomson.com. \n  \nMoira Linehan is the author of four collections of poetry. Her first two books\, If No Moon (2007) and Incarnate Grace (2015)\, were published by Southern Illinois University Press. If No Moon had been selected by Dorianne Laux as winner of the 2006 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry open competition. Both those books were named Honor Books in Poetry in the Massachusetts Book Awards. In June 2020 Slant Books published her third collection\, Toward. The three collections take on the loss of her husband\, a diagnosis of breast cancer\, and offer meditations on her two signature landscapes: the pond behind her home of almost forty years in Winchester\, Massachusetts and the far reaches of Ireland. \nLinehan’s fourth collection\, & Company\, published in December 2020 by Dos Madres Press\, moves into a new setting\, subject\, and style. In a search to know her maternal grandmother\, Linehan turns to the documentation painters left of the fashion worlds in Paris and Boston in which her grandmother worked as a dress designer and seamstress. Those paintings let her imagine her grandmother in the heart of those worlds. At times as background\, at times as foreground\, they are the source of many of the narrative and ekphrastic poems in this collection. Among those poems are also elegies for her own mother. \nWidely published\, Linehan has had poems appear in such journals as AGNI\, The Georgia Review\, Image\, Nimrod\, Notre Dame Review\, Poet Lore\, Poetry\, Poetry East\, and Prairie Schooner\, among others. Her poem “Entering the Cill Rialaig Landscape” was chosen as the First Place Grand Prize winner in Atlanta Review’s 2016 International Poetry Competition. She has been the recipient of numerous writing residencies\, including ones at the Cill Rialaig Project in Co. Kerry\, Ireland; the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Co. Monaghan\, Ireland; the Helen Riaboff Whiteley Center in Friday Harbor\, WA; and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst\, VA. \nA Connecticut native\, Linehan has lived her adult life in the greater Boston area. After careers as a high school English teacher and administrator in high tech and academic settings\, she now writes full-time and occasionally leads writing workshops.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/princeton-library-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Princeton Public Library\, 2 Town Hall Drive\, Princeton\, MA\, 01602\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T125710
CREATED:20230210T173036Z
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SUMMARY:Solo/Duet: Music & Poetry Unite
DESCRIPTION:An evening of poetry and music. Each evening will feature solo readings by area poets that will bookend a musical duet performance in the Merriam Gilbert library in West Brookfield\, Ma.\nEach program will begin at 6:00 pm. The evenings are free and open to the public and sponsored in part by a grant from the Mass Council of the Arts as administered locally by the West \nBrookfield Cultural Council. \nPoets Margaret Lloyd and Paul Sloszek. \nMusic by Jerry Wilfong and Dick Hummel. \n \nMargaret Lloyd was born in Liverpool\, England\, of Welsh parents and grew up in a Welsh immigrant community in central New York State. A poet and painter\, she lives in Florence\,\nMassachusetts\, and is Professor Emeritus of English at Springfield College. She has published four collections of poems: This Particular Earthly Scene; A Moment in the Field: Voices from Arthurian Legend; Forged Light; and most recently\, Travelling on My Own Errands:  Voices of Women from The Mabinogi. Her poetry has appeared widely in journals and anthologies and she has received several awards\, fellowships\, and residencies. \n  \n \nPaul Szlosek is a poet born in Southbridge\, Massachusetts\, but currently resides in the nearby metropolis of Worcester. He was co-founder and host of the long-running Poet’s Parlor poetry\nreading in Southbridge and Sturbridge\, as well as a past recipient of the Jacob Knight Award for Poetry. His poetry has appeared in various local & national print & online publications\nincluding The Worcester Review\, Worcester Magazine\, Radius\, Sahara\, Concrete Wolf\, Soul-Lit\, and Diner. His poetry blog Paul’s Poetry Play Ground can be found @ https://playground.poetry.blog/. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nJerry Wilfong is an active freelance bassist in the Boston area. He has performed with such distinguished jazz artists as Leni Stern\, John Stowell\, and Richie Cole\, appears on several\nrecordings and can be heard live anchoring two working trios – “Bring Back Pluto” and “The Conversation.” More can be learned about Jerry at jazzfong.com. \nDick Hummel is a psychologist who works with children in Worcester. Drummer\, trumpeter\, and composer\, Dick has performed in an around the central Massachusetts area both as a solo\ntrumpet and with varied ensembles\, and occasionally with poets; he has led drumming groups with at risk children for over 25 years instilling techniques of ensemble work that insist on listening and complementary interaction. Long ago during his undergraduate years at Yale\, he was fortunate enough to play and learn from such musical luminaries as Wadada Leo Smith\,\nGerry Hemingway and Mark Helias.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/solo-duet-music-poetry-unite-2/
LOCATION:Merriam Gilbert Library\, 3 West Main St.\, West Brookfield\, MA\, 01585\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T125710
CREATED:20230310T000505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230310T000505Z
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SUMMARY:Come see what's Brewin' @ The Poet's Cauldron
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/come-see-whats-brewin-the-poets-cauldron/
LOCATION:Crompton Collective: The White Room\, 138 Green St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Bruja TheVillain":MAILTO:thepoetscauldron@gmail.com
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