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SUMMARY:Charlton Public Library's Poetry Open Mic Night
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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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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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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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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
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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
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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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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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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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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
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SUMMARY:Come see what's Brewin' @ The Poet's Cauldron
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230318T140000
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SUMMARY:Book Lover'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! \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/book-lovers-gourmet-open-mic-poetry/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230312T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230312T160000
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SUMMARY:Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: FUSCO-PALOOZA
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n\nSIGN-UPS: There is room for 19 poets. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/slightly-off-beat-poets-presents-fusco-palooza/
LOCATION:Joe’s House\, 4 Alvarado Ave\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pour Me A Poem
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\, March 9\, 2023\, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. \nWHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poet of the month\, John Holgerson\, 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-2/
LOCATION:Daniel Berard’s Home\, 51 Park St.\, Mansfield\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
CREATED:20230213T034153Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Extravaganza featuring Cheryl Bonin
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, March 7th from 6:15-8:30 pm for an evening of poetry\, humor\, and revelry.\nTwo open-mic sessions sandwich our Feature poet Cheryl Bonin.\n\nSign up for the open-mic at jfjr6969@gmail\,com . Five-minute maximum\, please.\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.\nJoin the fun on March 7th!\n\n\nCheryl Bonin is a cancerous wench (of the breast variety)\, whose finer moments have included: fearlessly driving a team of Canadian sled dogs\, taking a drunken ten foot nose dive into a creek\, firing a Revolutionary War cannon\, sneaking bourbon into a nunnery and kissing Tony Orlando\, Burt Reynolds\, and Johnny Depp without their permission.\n\nShe is presently doing her damndest to outrun the devil while wrapping up her debut manuscript of creative nonfiction\, Impressive\, but Not in a Good Way. She is also a newly minted poet\, who was awarded third place in the 2022 Frank O’Hara Poetry Contest for her poem “Burnt”\, which was published in the Fall 2023 issue of the Worcester Review literary journal.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-extravaganza-featuring-cheryl-bonin/
LOCATION:Redemption Rock Brewery\, 333 Shrewsbury St\,\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
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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 Jennifer Freed and David Thoreen. \nMusic by Jerry Wilfong and Rich Falco. \n \n  \nWriter and teacher Jennifer Freed lives in Massachusetts.  Her first full-length collection\, When\nLight Shifts (Kelsay\, 2022)\, a memoir-in-poems exploring the aftermath of her mother's stroke\,\nwas a finalist for the 2022 Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize (New England Poetry Club).  Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize\, Best of the Net\, and the Orison Anthology. \n \n  \nDavid Thoreen’s poetry\, fiction\, and creative nonfiction have appeared in American Literary Review\, Natural Bridge\, New Letters\, Presence\, Slate\, South Dakota Review\, and other magazines. He teaches writing and literature at Assumption University\, in Worcester\, Massachusetts. \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 recordings and can be heard live anchoring two working trios – “Bring Back Pluto” and “The Conversation.” More can be learned about Jerry at jazzfong.com. \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-6/
LOCATION:Merriam Gilbert Library\, 3 West Main St.\, West Brookfield\, MA\, 01585\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T210000
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SUMMARY:New Dawn Writers' Group: Poetry Workshop
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\n\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 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. \n  \nHere is the WEBSITE. \n  \n \n\n\n \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/6470/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T200000
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab With Martha Collins
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, February 28th\, 2023 Martha Collins will be the featured reader. \n \n  \nMartha Collins’s eleventh volume of poetry is Casualty Reports (Pittsburgh\, 2022). Her tenth\, Because What Else Could I Do (Pittsburgh\, 2019)\, won the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Award\, and her fifth collection of co-translated Vietnamese poetry is due in May. Collins founded the\nU.Mass. Boston creative writing program and later served as Pauline Delaney Professor of creative Writing at Oberlin College. She lives in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. Her website is marthacollinspoet.com \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-martha-collins/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
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SUMMARY:Free People Artist Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Creative Artists meet to discuss and share their work – painters\, poets\, musicians. \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/free-people-artist-workshop/
LOCATION:WCPA Office @ Salisbury House\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester MA\, MA\, 01605\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230226T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230226T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
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SUMMARY:POETS AT LARGE BEGINS 2023 SERIES
DESCRIPTION:Poets at Large will begin its 2023 series of spoken word/poetry readings on Sunday\, February 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 Steve Veilleux\, Michael McAfee and Karen Warinsky.  There will be an intermission and an open mic after the featured poets.  Anyone wishing to participate in the open mic should email Ms. Warinsky at karen.warinsky@gmail.com.  Open mic readers will get 5 minutes each. \n\nSteve Veilleux’s poetry has been described as “often irreverent\, sometimes playful\, always insightful\,” and he is the author of Event Horizon (2022)\, from Human Error Publishing.  Veilleux\, a resident of North Grosvenordale\, Connecticut\, is an active photographer and both his poetry and photography are often inspired by the beauty of this area. \n\nMichael McAfee is a software engineer from Millis\, MA.  He is involved with the Post Meridian Radio Players\, most recently directing part of the group’s 2022 Halloween show and co-writing the upcoming adaptation of the classic movie Metropolis for a future production.  His book\, Tarot Poems (2016)\, is based on the images and symbolism of the Tarot. \n\nWoodstock Connecticut resident and poet Karen Warinsky is coordinator of Poets at Large\, now moving into its fourth year. Warinsky is a former finalist of the Montreal International Poetry Contest.  Her work has appeared in several anthologies\, books and lit mags/blogs\, and she has two collections:  Gold in Autumn (2020)\, and Sunrise Ruby\, (2022)\, both from Human Error Publishing.  Her work centers on mid-life\, relationships\, politics\, and the search for spiritual connection through nature. Besides the readings at The Rose Room\, poets will also perform again this summer at Roseland Park in Woodstock.  Find the Poets at Large 2023 schedule on Facebook. \n\nThis year’s series at The Rose Room is sponsored in part by Bank Hometown and the Putnam Area Foundation.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-at-large-begins-2023-series/
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:20230219T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230219T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
CREATED:20230213T190013Z
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SUMMARY:Poet's Cauldron Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poets-cauldron-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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230218T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230218T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
CREATED:20230203T023255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230203T023255Z
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SUMMARY:BookLover's Gourmet Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:  \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-open-mic-2/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
CREATED:20230117T003251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T003251Z
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SUMMARY:The Library Poetry Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Shawna E. Shea Memorial Foundation has announced a new poetry program organized by 2022 Kunitz Medal recipient Tony Brown. The first two readings will feature Uxbridge poet Robin Ballou Boucher. \nThe program is partially funded by the Milford Cultural Council and the Mass Cultural Council. \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-library-poetry-tour-2/
LOCATION:Uxbridge Free Public Library\, 15 North Main Street\, Uxbridge\, MA\, 01569\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
CREATED:20230206T184056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T184148Z
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SUMMARY:Clemente Speaker Series 2nd Event
DESCRIPTION:Clemente Worcester Launches Speaker Series in collaboration with our partners: \nThe Worcester County Poetry Association\, Trinity Lutheran Church \nand Worcester Art Museum \n  \n \nJoin us for in-depth discussions with writers\, artists\, and influencers of all dimensions four times a year. \nOn Tuesday\, February 14th from 6-7pm in Trinity Lutheran Church’s Fellowship Hall: we welcome our second guest\, Charlie Morse\, Dean of Student Wellness at WPI for a program called Valuing Differences. \n“It’s an interactive program where I present and discuss material (based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) that helps people understand that differences are often a source of tension between people\, but when these differences are recognized and valued\, we achieve far better outcomes in our relationships.” \nCharlie Morse is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who worked in the Counseling Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for 30 years\, formerly Director for 16 years. His current position at WPI is Dean of Student Wellness\, overseeing offices of Health\, Counseling\, Accessibility and Well-Being. Charlie’s areas of interest include campus community mental health education and suicide prevention\, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy based clinical and community development approaches\, and team cohesiveness and development strategies. Charlie has served in leadership positions in national and regional organizations focusing on mental health and has published several peer reviewed articles and book chapters pertaining to various aspects of college student mental health. \nThis Program is open to the public. No Reservations are required. \nClemente Worcester is funded by: Mass Humanities\, Greater Worcester Community Foundation\, George I. Alden Trust\, Anna Maria College\, Clark University\, Quinsigamond Community College\, The Clearbrook Fund of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and many individual donors. We are grateful to you all. \nTo learn more about The Clemente Course in the Humanities\, Worcester go to their website.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/clemente-speaker-series-2nd-event/
LOCATION:Trinity Lutheran Fellowship Hall\, 73 Lancaster St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T183000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
CREATED:20230114T012626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230114T012626Z
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SUMMARY:ARTISTS WHO ARE POETS / POETS WHO ARE ARTISTS
DESCRIPTION:FEATURING \nSHARON HARMON \nSharon A. Harmon has chapbook Wishbone in a Lighting Jar (Flutter Press). She has been published in Compass Roads\, The Aurorean Silkworm\, Green Living\, The Patterson Literary Review and many other publications. She is also a freelance writer and is the author of two new children’s books. She lives in the woods of Royalston.\n \n  \n \nPOETRY LITERATURE AND PROSE \nOpen Mic\, Two Poems or five minutes \nContact Sam 508 753 4319  or Huck 508 753 2500 \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/artists-who-are-poets-poets-who-are-artists-8/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
CREATED:20230116T200323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230116T200323Z
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SUMMARY:The Library Poetry Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Shawna E. Shea Memorial Foundation has announced a new poetry program organized by 2022 Kunitz Medal recipient Tony Brown. The first two readings will feature Uxbridge poet Robin Ballou Boucher. \nThe program is partially funded by the Milford Cultural Council and the Mass Cultural Council.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-library-poetry-tour/
LOCATION:Milford Town Library\, 80 Spruce St.\, Milford\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
CREATED:20230117T003604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T003604Z
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SUMMARY:WCPA February 2023 Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the monthly business meeting of the Worcester County Poetry Association. \nVisitors are welcome. \nOnly board members can vote on official matters.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-february-2023-board-meeting/
LOCATION:WCPA Office @ Salisbury House\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester MA\, MA\, 01605\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T113000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
CREATED:20230203T025814Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrate Elizabeth Bishop's Birthday
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, Feb. 8\, 2023\, 10 am Bishop’s grave (see directions below) Hope Cemetery\, 119 Webster Street\, Worcester \n  \n \n  \n  \nThey have arranged\nto meet the rings around the moon\, although\nwithin our memories they have not changed.\nElizabeth Bishop\, “The Shampoo” \n \n  \n  \nJoin us to share Bishop’s poems and enjoy some birthday cake! If you’d like to read\, contact Beth at ssweeney@holycross.edu. This event is sponsored by Mapping Worcester in Poetry\, a project with Worcester County Poetry Association as community partner\, which offers a 20-minute self-guided driving tour of sites related to Bishop. To download it\, please visit Our Website. \n  \n  \n \nDirections:\n➔ From Main Street\, head south to Webster Square (at Southbridge Street)\, turn left on Mill Street\, and\nthen right immediately on Webster Street. After three blocks the cemetery’s main gate will be on your left.\n➔ From Route 290 West\, take exit 14 (Hope Avenue\, Route 12 North) and bear right. After you turn sharply\nright at a rotary to exit onto Webster Street\, the cemetery’s main gate will be on your right.\n➔ Enter the main gate and drive along Curtis Avenue. Take your fourth left onto Beech Avenue (after Elm\,\nLarch\, and Bush). Proceed for one short block until you see two trees together on the left side of the road;\nBishop’s grave lies behind the first tree. There is ample space to park close to the gravestone.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/celebrate-elizabeth-bishops-birthday/
LOCATION:E.Bishop Grave at Hope Cemetary\, 119 Webster St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01603\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
CREATED:20230108T202320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230108T202320Z
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Extravaganza featuring Gary Hoare
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, February 7th from 6-8:30 pm for an evening of poetry\, humor\, and revelry.\nTwo open-mic sessions sandwich our feature poet Gary Hoare. Sign 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 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.\nJoin the fun on February 7th!\n\n\nGary Hoare was born in Massachusetts in 1970 and has been performing poetry since 1998. He has competed in the National Poetry Slam for teams from Worcester\, Mass. and Providence\, R.I.\, and has performed with Dr. Brown’s Traveling Poetry Show. He received a 2005 Jacob Knight Award for Poetry\, and is the author of several chapbooks such as Fallback Crush and Awkward is Hot. His short films\, “Sagittarius\,” “Reminiscing about the Mars Landing” and “Harikikigaki\,” appeared as part the Encyclopedia Show: Somerville. “Reminiscing…” was awarded the Here Kitty Kitty Prize\, and his short film “Cat” (directed by Joe Cronin) was awarded Best Smartphone Production at the 2015 Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival.\n\nGary received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from University of Massachusetts Amherst and works as a graphic designer. Additionally\, he provides graphic design services to the Boston Poetry Slam\, including the design of the show’s current logo (created in 2006 and revised in 2008)\, the Head-to-Head Dirty Haiku Slam\, the Box of Doom\, and the Star Trek vs. Star Wars slam. Gary also produced the logos for the 2011 and 2013 National Poetry Slams hosted in Boston.\n\nGary currently lives in Worcester where he writes\, performs spoken-word poetry\, and paints. Some of his artwork can be viewed at garyhoare.com and redbubble.com.\n(Bio courtesy of Boston Poetry Slam)
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poetry-extravaganza-featuring-gary-hoare/
LOCATION:Redemption Rock Brewery\, 333 Shrewsbury St\,\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230131T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230131T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Robert Eugene Perry
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, January 31\, 2022\, Robert Eugene Perry will be the featured reader. \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. \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-robert-eugene-perry/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230129T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230129T150000
DTSTAMP:20260614T155904
CREATED:20230120T020202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T020202Z
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SUMMARY:New England Poetry Club Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join the New England Poetry Club at Fruitlands Museum for monthly poetry readings this winter. January Poets: Jennifer L. Freed\, Matthew E. Henry\, and Hannah Mahoney \nSponsoring poetry in New England since 1915\, the New England Poetry Club presents readings by poets with ties to the New England states and annual poetry contests. Members of the NEPC benefit from being part of a community of poets\, gathering for readings by members with new books\, and participating in monthly writing workshops. \nReadings are free with admission to the Museum: $5 for nonmember adults\, seniors\, students\, and children ages 5-13. There is no charge for Trustees Members or children under age 5. Please be sure to check in at the Museum Shop (white building) for your admission sticker before proceeding to the Art Gallery. \nAbout the Poets\nJennifer L. Freed- Jennifer 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 including Atlanta Review\, Connecticut River Review\, West Trestle Review\, The Worcester Review\, and Zone 3\, 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\, the 2020 Samuel Washington Allen Prize\, and honorable mention for the 2022 Connecticut Poetry Award. Please visit jfreed.weebly.com to learn more. \nMatthew E. Henry- Matthew 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 is EIC of The Weight Journal and an associate poetry editor at Pidgeonholes. MEH’s poetry appears in The Florida Review\, Massachusetts Review\, Ninth Letter\, Pangyrus\, Ploughshares\, Poetry East\, Shenandoah\, and Solstice. MEH’s an educator who received his MFA 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 www.MEHPoeting.com \nHannah Mahoney- Hannah Mahoney’s debut haiku chapbook\, Shifting Light\, was published in 2022 by Backbone Press. In 2021\, she was a featured poet in A New Resonance 12\, an annual collection showcasing emerging voices in haiku. Her haiku have appeared in several anthologies\, as well as numerous print and online journals. She is a recipient of the Kaji Aso International Haiku Award and the Kaji Aso International Senryu Award. She also writes “regular” poetry and has had her work published in several journals\, including the Ekphrastic Review\, Unlost\, and One Sentence Poems. She lives in Cambridge and works in children’s publishing.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/new-england-poetry-club-reading-2/
LOCATION:Fruitlands Museum\, 102 Prospect Hill Rd\, Harvard\, MA\, 01451\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NE Poetry Club":MAILTO:info@nepoetryclub.org
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