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SUMMARY:Poetorium @ Starlite
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Open Mic & Reading Series Featuring  Sara Letourneau\n \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. It will be a full evening of poetry and spoken word starting with a brief interview on stage with our featured poet Sara Letourneau (Co-Founder and Host of the Pour Me a Poem Open Mic & Reading Series)\, 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).\n\nAdmission 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-4/
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:20230124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T200000
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Yasmine Ameli
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, January 24\, 2022\, Yasmine Ameli will be the featured reader. \n\n \n  \n\n  \n  \nYasmine Ameli is a poet and essayist from Worcester\, MA\, at work on her first collection of poetry. Her poems and essays have been published in POETRY Magazine\, The Sun\, Ploughshares\, Narrative\, Black Warrior Review\, and elsewhere. Her writing has received support from Poets and Writers\, Reese’s Book Club\, MASS MoCA\, the Edith Wharton House\, the Straw Dog Writer’s Guild\, the Oak Spring Garden Foundation\, Monson Arts\, and Franconia Sculpture Park. Yasmine works independently as a holistic creative writing coach for artists seeking guidance on cultivating sustainable writing practices\, developing literary projects\, and the business side of writing. You can find her at yasmineameli.com and on Instagram @yasmineameli. \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-yasmine-ameli-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230123T210000
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SUMMARY:Free People's Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Meeting of artists\, poets\, musicians to present and discuss their work. \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/free-peoples-workshop-16/
LOCATION:WCPA Office @ Salisbury House\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester MA\, MA\, 01605\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230121T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230121T160000
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SUMMARY:BOOKLOVERS' GOURMET OPEN MIC
DESCRIPTION:First BookLovers’ Gourmet Open Mic of 2023 \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-open-mic/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T210000
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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  \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.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/new-dawn-writers-group-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230111T203000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230105T012109Z
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SUMMARY:January's Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:New Year New Goals. \n  \nCome help us set them!  Join to discuss this year’s calendar and more. We will be at The Salisbury House 61 Harvard St. in the Ballroom 7-8:30pm \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/januarys-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:20230103T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230103T200000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Extravaganza Featuring Jenith Charpentier
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, January 3rd from 6-8:15pm for an evening of poetry\, humor\, and revelry.\nTwo open-mic sessions sandwich our Feature poet Jenith Charpentier.\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 January 3rd!\n\n\n\nJenith Charpentier writes to dissect the human condition with less formaldehyde than middle school biology applied to the frog. She is quite certain that at some point\, there must be a fulcrum between crisis and breakthrough and she is ever so curious to learn if she will make a grand discovery or fall on her face trying — she promises to be laughing either way. Jenith is the author of three chapbooks and many poems\, short stories\, and essays\, some of which appear in a variety of publications. She has slammed her poetry through competitions and her fingers in doors. She has judged\, read\, curated\, edited\, taught\, filmed\, cried over\, and laughed about many\, many poems. She loves her community and her family and her cats. More information about her work can be found at https://www.facebook.com/jenithcharpentierpoet
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-extravaganza-featuring-jenith-charpentier/
LOCATION:Redemption Rock Brewery\, 333 Shrewsbury St\,\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221227T190000
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Maura MacNeil
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, December 27\, 2022\, Maura MacNeil will be the featured reader. \n\n  \n \n\nMaura MacNeil is a writer\, editor\, and teacher. She is the author of the poetry collections: A History of Water\, Lost Houses\, and This Last Place. She is the founder and editor of off the margins\, a website that features writing and reflection on the life of an artist from women who “fearlessly tell the truth and risk vulnerability to give voice to their experience.” For over two decades she has taught writing at New England College in Henniker\, New Hampshire. \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-maura-macneil/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221220T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221220T183000
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SUMMARY:ARTISTS WHO ARE POETS/POETS WHO ARE ARTISTS
DESCRIPTION:Artists Who Are Poets/Poets Who Are Artists Presents: Living Poets from the Noh Place Poetry Anthology \n \nCome and listen to the living history of Worcester’s storied past\, in poems. \nS. Bennet\, J. Blake\, S. Compiglio\, E. Haggie\, AJ Juarez\, J. Lozoraitis\, MD Merle\, B. O’Connell\, E. Rifkah\, C. Semon\, J. Wadsworth\, D. Williams \n  \nOpen Mic 2 poems or 5 minutes \nIf interested in participating in open mic contact Sam (508) 753-4319 or Huck (508) 753-2500 \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/artists-who-are-poets-poets-who-are-artists-7/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221218T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221218T160000
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CREATED:20221118T214148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221118T214148Z
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SUMMARY:Waters Tavern Winter Solstice Reading
DESCRIPTION:Slightly Off-beat Poets (a monthly feature & open mic series for poets) will be hosting a Winter Solstice reading at Waters Tavern. Our feature poet of the month is Robert Eugene Perry. He will read for 20 to 25 minutes. Then we’ll take a short break for book sales\, snacks and the raffle before starting the open mic. \nDecember 18 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n \n  \nCOST: There will be a 50/50 raffle\, split between the feature and the winner. 5$ to enter. \nThere is room for 16 poets. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/waters-tavern-winter-solstice-reading-2/
LOCATION:Waters Tavern\, 650 Central Turnpike\, Sutton\, MA\, 01590\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T203000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T185834Z
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SUMMARY:WCPA December 2022 Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join the board of the Worcester County Poetry Association for our monthly meeting.  We’ll meet in the board room at Salisbury House\, 61 Harvard. St. in Worcester. \nThis is a working meeting\, not a poetry reading. We welcome the respectful input of the central Massachusetts poetry community. \nThis is a great opportunity to learn more about how the board supports the rich literary history and creative energy of Central Massachusetts.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-december-2022-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:20221210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20221130T022819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221130T022819Z
UID:6002-1670698800-1670704200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:DO IT NOW: Human Rights Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/do-it-now-human-rights-day-celebration/
LOCATION:Grand Hall\, 13 Church St.\, Ware\, MA\, 01082\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221209T193000
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CREATED:20221118T185852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221118T185852Z
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SUMMARY:Gifts Of Joy Reading
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/gifts-of-joy-reading/
LOCATION:Princeton Public Library\, 2 Town Hall Drive\, Princeton\, MA\, 01602\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221208T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221208T200000
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CREATED:20221113T021425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221113T021832Z
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Freed\, Therese Gleason\, and Carolyn Oliver Reading
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URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/local-authors-present/
LOCATION:Gale Free Library\, 23 Highland St\, Holden\, MA\, 01520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20221107T025823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221107T030014Z
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Extravaganza featuring Dave Macpherson
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of poetry\, humor\, and revelry. Two open-mic sessions sandwich our Feature performer Dave Macpherson.\n\n\nSign up for the open mic at jfjr6969@gmail.com. Free admission. Separate area for our event.\n\nRedemption Rock Brewery serves craft beers\, coffees\, teas\, and delicious bites. You can bring your own food but please no outside beverages.\n\nOn the street parking or check redemptionrock.beer for other parking options. Sponsored by Lewandowski Painting.\n\n\n\n\nDave Macpherson is a writer\, humorist\, and performer. He has hosted several long-running poetry readings. Dave has performed at Storytelling Festivals and competed in two National Poetry Slams. His plethora of E-books includes “Gin and Tonics across Worcester.” Dave writes a regular column for Worcester Magazine called “The Library of Disposable Art.”
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-poetry-extravaganza-featuring-dave-macpherson/
LOCATION:Redemption Rock Brewery\, 333 Shrewsbury St\,\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20221114T232605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T232632Z
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SUMMARY:Clemente Worcester Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:  \ncarolynoliver.net \nclementeworcester.com \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/clemente-worcester-speaker-series/
LOCATION:Trinity Lutheran Fellowship Hall\, 73 Lancaster St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221129T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20220928T160447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221015T022451Z
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Pam Bernard
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, November 29\, 2022\, Pam Bernard will be the featured reader. \n \nPam Bernard\, a poet\, painter\, and editor received her MFA in Creative Writing from the Graduate Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College\, and BA from Harvard University. Her awards include a NEA in Poetry\, two Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowships\, and the Grolier and the Neruda Prizes in Poetry. Ms Bernard has published three full-length collections of poetry\, one of which a finalist in the National Poetry Series. Most recently she published a verse novel\, through CavanKerry Press\, entitled Esther. Ms. Bernard lives in Walpole\, New Hampshire\, where she teaches private memoir and poetry workshops\, mentors aspiring poets and memoirists\, and edits manuscripts of both genres. For more information\, visit her website at \nwww.pambernard.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-pam-bernard/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221129T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221129T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20221123T033346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221123T033346Z
UID:5987-1669726800-1669730400@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Humor 101 Teaching Series with Joe Fusco Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Worcester’s Humorist/poet Joe Fusco Jr. hosts ‘Humor 101\,” a four-class deep-dive into the history of comedy featuring such iconic characters as Buster Keaton\, Charlie Chaplin\, Lucille Ball\, The Three Stooges\, Rodney Dangerfield\, Phillis Diller\, Richard Pryor\, David Sedaris\, Nora Ephron\, Mel Brooks\, etc.\n \n \nWe’ll explore slapstick\, stand-up\, topical\, observational\, and improvisational humor. Classes are four Tuesdays in November ( 11/8\, 11/15\, 11/22\, 11/29) from 1-2pm. Come to one class or all four. \n\nAdmission is Free! You don’t have to be a Senior to attend but it might help! \n\nRegister for ‘Humor 101 ‘ by telling me you plan to attend or calling Suki Lapin at Worcester Senior Center at 508-799-1232 (ext 48016). Sign up and Join the fun!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/humor-101-teaching-series-with-joe-fusco-jr-4/
LOCATION:Worcester Senior Center\, 128 Providence St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221122T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20220928T161609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221015T020825Z
UID:5730-1669143600-1669147200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Polly Brown
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, November 22\, 2022\, Polly Brown will be the featured reader. \n \nPolly Brown’s Pebble Leaf Feather Knife\, released in 2019 by Cherry Grove Collections\, followed two chapbooks\, Blue Heron Stone\, from Every Other Thursday Press\, and Each Thing Torn from Any of Us\, from Finishing Line. She has taught and read widely in eastern and central Massachusetts\, where her favorite poetry teaching gig was at Stanley Kunitz’s boyhood home in Worcester\, sitting near the pear tree that appears in several important Kunitz poems. She is also a long-term member of the Boston-area group known as Every Other Thursday Poets. In her day job\, she taught young adolescents at Touchstone Community School in Grafton\, and after retiring spent two years blogging at ayeartothinkitover.com\, exploring the school’s innovative approaches to writing\, reading\, math\, and place-based history and science. Now\, Polly and her husband Alex have absconded to Maine\, to resettle a family place Polly has known all her life\, and poems sprouted out of their transplantation are finding their way into journals such as Appalachia\, Naugatuck River Review\, Quartet Journal\, and Canary: A Literary Journal of the Environmental Crisis.  \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/5730/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221122T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221122T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20221117T032525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T032525Z
UID:5950-1669122000-1669125600@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Humor 101 Teaching Series with Joe Fusco Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Worcester’s Humorist/poet Joe Fusco Jr. hosts ‘Humor 101\,” a four-class deep-dive into the history of comedy featuring such iconic characters as Buster Keaton\, Charlie Chaplin\, Lucille Ball\, The Three Stooges\, Rodney Dangerfield\, Phillis Diller\, Richard Pryor\, David Sedaris\, Nora Ephron\, Mel Brooks\, etc.\n \n \nWe’ll explore slapstick\, stand-up\, topical\, observational\, and improvisational humor. Classes are four Tuesdays in November ( 11/8\, 11/15\, 11/22\, 11/29) from 1-2pm. Come to one class or all four. \n\nAdmission is Free! You don’t have to be a Senior to attend but it might help! \n\nRegister for ‘Humor 101 ‘ by telling me you plan to attend or calling Suki Lapin at Worcester Senior Center at 508-799-1232 (ext 48016). Sign up and Join the fun!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/humor-101-teaching-series-with-joe-fusco-jr-3/
LOCATION:Worcester Senior Center\, 128 Providence St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T203000
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SUMMARY:Black Women Poets Respond to the Brown Family Archive
DESCRIPTION:Wonderful Worcester Black History Project & Antiquarian Society  Event:\n \n  \nJoin us as Worcester poets share their responses inspired by material from the Brown Family Collections\, one of the earliest and largest intact nineteenth-century Black family’s libraries in America. The collections center around William and Martha Ann Brown\, who were married in Worcester in 1850\, and their son\, Charles F. Brown. William Brown’s ancestors\, the Moore family\, and their descendants\, the Goldsberry family\, created and maintained an archive over several generations and have entrusted it to the American Antiquarian Society to be made available to aid the work of researchers\, community members\, artists\, and poets for generations to come. \nDuring this hybrid event\, poets Ashley Wonder\, Catherine Reed\, and Xaulanda Thorpe will discuss their experience working with AAS archive material and items in the Brown Family Collections from which they drew inspiration. Both in-person and virtual attendees of this program will have the opportunity to view items used by the poets in addition to other material included in the collections such as books\, family papers and correspondence\, portraits\, and photographs. \nThis hybrid program will be held in person at Antiquarian Hall and livestreamed to a virtual audience on Zoom. Closed captioning will be available for virtual attendees. Doors open at 6:30pm. \nRegister for in person. \nRegister for remote viewing. \n  \n  \nDeborah Hall is CEO of YWCA Central MA. She is also the founder of Worcester Black History Project and a member of the Advisory Committee for the Worcester Cultural Plan. Hall has over 30 years of experience working with survivors of domestic violence and addressing the intersection of race\, gender\, and community violence. She is a social justice advocate\, an art lover\, and has served in leadership positions for several programs throughout MA\, RI\, and MO addressing issues of homelessness\, violence\, and substance abuse.\nKimberly Toney is the Coordinating Curator for Native American and Indigenous Collections at Brown University Library. During her tenure at AAS as Head of Readers’ Services and Director of Indigenous Initiatives\, Kimberly worked with the Brown Family Collection. She created a video for the Worcester Black History Project on William Brown and authored an article for Past Is Present on Martha Ann Brown.\n Ashely Wonder has been writing and performing Spoken Word for over a decade with dynamic passion all over Massachusetts. She teaches workshops to various age groups hoping to inspire audiences around her to know that healing and liberation is possible.\nRev. Dr. Catherine H. Reed is the author of four books of poetry. Crossing Boundaries\, Between Midnight and Dawn\, Sankofa\, and Fire Goes Out Without Wood. She was the former Associate Pastor of John Street Baptist Church and a retired Chaplain of The College of The Holy Cross.\nXaulanda Thorpe is a spoken word poet from Worcester\, Massachusetts. She graduated from Boston University with a degree in biological anthropology in January 2020. During her time at BU\, when she was not examining primate samples\, she wrote short stories for Charcoal Magazine\, a student-led publication. In 2021\, Xaulanda’s poem was chosen for the African Burial Ground National Monument’s Still I Rise tribute to Maya Angelou.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/black-women-poets-respond-to-the-brown-family-archive/
LOCATION:American Antiquarian Society\, 185 Salisbury Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01609\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20221111T190338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221111T190338Z
UID:5923-1668517200-1668520800@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Humor 101 Teaching Series with Joe Fusco Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Worcester’s Humorist/poet Joe Fusco Jr. hosts ‘Humor 101\,” a four-class deep-dive into the history of comedy featuring such iconic characters as Buster Keaton\, Charlie Chaplin\, Lucille Ball\, The Three Stooges\, Rodney Dangerfield\, Phillis Diller\, Richard Pryor\, David Sedaris\, Nora Ephron\, Mel Brooks\, etc.\n \n \nWe’ll explore slapstick\, stand-up\, topical\, observational\, and improvisational humor. Classes are four Tuesdays in November ( 11/8\, 11/15\, 11/22\, 11/29) from 1-2pm. Come to one class or all four. \n\nAdmission is Free! You don’t have to be a Senior to attend but it might help! \n\nRegister for ‘Humor 101 ‘ by telling me you plan to attend or calling Suki Lapin at Worcester Senior Center at 508-799-1232 (ext 48016). Sign up and Join the fun!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/humor-101-teaching-series-with-joe-fusco-jr-2/
LOCATION:Worcester Senior Center\, 128 Providence St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221109T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20221102T021241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221107T025115Z
UID:5882-1668020400-1668025800@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:WCPA Monthly Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:November 9th @ 7:00 am – 8:30 pm\n\n\n\nJoin us for our Virtual Board meeting to learn more about what we are up to. Join using our Zoom Link
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-monthly-board-meeting-3/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T183000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20221016T181837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221017T152119Z
UID:5839-1667926800-1667932200@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Artists Who Are Poets/Poets Who Are Artists
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly reading at TidePool Books\, featuring Karen Warinksy. \n \nKaren Warinsky began publishing poetry in 2011 and was named as a finalist for her poem “Legacy” in the Montreal International Poetry Contest in 2013. Her work appears in several anthologies including Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands\, the 2019 Mizmor Anthology\, and lit mags including Blue Heron\, Circumference\, and Consilience. \n  \nHer books are Gold in Autumn (2020) and Sunrise Ruby (2022) (both published by Human Error Publishing)\, with work centering on mid-life\, relationships\, politics and the search for spiritual connection through nature. She is retired from careers in media and teaching and now coordinates poetry readings under the name “Poets At Large”  in CT and MA. \nOpen mic 2 poems or 5 minutes. Masks are suggested*. \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/artists-who-are-poets-poets-who-are-artists-6/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20221013T161018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T161556Z
UID:5828-1667912400-1667916000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Humor 101 Teaching Series with Joe Fusco Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Worcester’s Humorist/poet Joe Fusco Jr. hosts ‘Humor 101\,” a four-class deep-dive into the history of comedy featuring such iconic characters as Buster Keaton\, Charlie Chaplin\, Lucille Ball\, The Three Stooges\, Rodney Dangerfield\, Phillis Diller\, Richard Pryor\, David Sedaris\, Nora Ephron\, Mel Brooks\, etc.\n \n \nWe’ll explore slapstick\, stand-up\, topical\, observational\, and improvisational humor. Classes are four Tuesdays in November ( 11/8\, 11/15\, 11/22\, 11/29) from 1-2pm. Come to one class or all four. \n\nAdmission is Free! You don’t have to be a Senior to attend but it might help! \n\nRegister for ‘Humor 101 ‘ by telling me you plan to attend or calling Suki Lapin at Worcester Senior Center at 508-799-1232 (ext 48016). Sign up and Join the fun!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/humor-101-teaching-series-with-joe-fusco-jr/
LOCATION:Worcester Senior Center\, 128 Providence St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221105T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221105T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20221028T004627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221029T011007Z
UID:5865-1667656800-1667664000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday November 5th for an afternoon of poetry. \nCurt Curtin and his wife\, Dee O’Connor\, will read from the collection at Booklover’s Gourmet\, located at 72 East Main Street in Webster\, MA on Saturday\, November 5\, 2022. A brief open mic will start at 2 p.m. followed by the featured reading. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. A bilingual selection of the poems (Spanish and English) is currently in development for distribution within schools and other settings. Teen and pre-teen readers are highly encouraged to attend. \nFor more information or to reserve a seat\, call 508-949-6232 or email deb@bookloversgourmet.com. \n \nWith four poetry collections released in four years\, Curt Curtin is finally getting his work out into the world\, making his later years a time of creative transference. His latest collection\, So Much Depends On Where You Live\, is both playful and deeply serious. Targeted to young readers in their teens and tweens\, the collection includes the “wit\, inventive rhyme schemes\, and fun wordplay” that characterized his previous collection for younger children\, but this new work includes challenging subject matter more appropriate for older children. The opening section entices the reader with images of home\, presenting warm memories in a diversity of settings ranging from a nine-story apartment to a mud hut in the Sahel. The second section moves the reader inward through metaphors of closets and themes of loss\, bullying\, domestic violence and foster care. The final section zooms out to take in the universe\, lightening the mood again with images from earth and beyond. \n“Curt Curtin crafts poems that weave sound\, rhythm and meaning into a familiar\, yet unrecognized world where children are both seen and heard.” –Susan Roney-O’Brien\, poet/educator.” \nCurtin has won several awards for poetry including the Worcester County Poetry Association’s Frank O’Hara Award (2010) and the Connecticut Poetry Society’s annual contest (2019). He has twice been named a Pushcart Prize nominee. His poetry has been published in a variety of journals and anthologies\, three chapbooks and three other full-length poetry collections.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-reading/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221101T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221101T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20221007T160017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221007T161852Z
UID:5785-1667325600-1667332800@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poetry Extravaganza
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Extravaganza Returns to Worcester November 1st featuring Joe Fusco Jr.!\nJoin us on Tuesday November 1st from 6-8pm for an evening of poetry\, humor\, and revelry.\nTwo open-mic sessions sandwich our feature performer\, humorist/poet Joe Fusco Jr. (me).\nSign up for the open mic at jfjr6969@gmail.com.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nJoe Fusco Jr. is a well-seasoned poet/humorist from Worcester\, Massachusetts. He 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 on Amazon. Joe’s musings have appeared in Damfino Press\, Ballard Street Poetry\, Worcester Review\, Asinine Poetry\, 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 still a frequent contributor to Worcester Magazine and the last Worcester Mega-Slam winner in 2017. He features at bookstores\, libraries\, clubs\, and coffeehouses throughout Central Massachusetts. He is the host of the Poetry Extravaganza in Worcester. Joe taught “Humor 101” for high-school students at Gateways Academy in Shrewsbury (2021-2022). He is on the Board of Directors for the Worcester County Poetry Association. He is scheduled to teach a course on comedy at the Worcester Senior Center in November\, 2022. Joe has lived in lovely Worcester with his better-half Cyndi and their large family for thirty-seven years. He is a registered Independent and sleeps with one eye always open. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Free admission. Separate area for our event. Redemption Rock Brewery (RRB) serves craft beers\, coffees\, teas\, and delicious snacks. You can bring your own food but outside beverages are not allowed. On-the-street-parking or check redemptionrock.beer for other parking options.\nSponsored by Lewandowski Painting.**2nd Poetry Extravaganza at RRB will be on Tuesday December 6th.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetry-extravaganza/
LOCATION:Redemption Rock Brewery\, 333 Shrewsbury St\,\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221030T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221030T150000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20220831T212001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221028T010254Z
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SUMMARY:Tale of Two Cites II Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Do you remember the ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ project from 2018\n\nThe WCPA partnered with Nina Lewis\, the Poet Laureate from Worcestershire\, UK to arrange a call & response poetry collaboration.  We’re thrilled to see it repeated – poets from Worcester\, UK\, and Worcester\, USA\, paired up to write call-and-response poems. And this time\, they’ll be reading their poems to each other and us online!\n\n\nBlack Pear Press is virtually hosting the event.  They will share the link to view the reading on their Facebook event on Sunday\, October 30\, 2022.  Visit their Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/480121267395651.\n\n\nThe start time will be 2:00 pm EDT (USA) which is 18:00 GMT (UK – clocks change).  Hope you can join us.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/tale-of-two-cites-ii-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T220000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20220912T140729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221024T012357Z
UID:5643-1666897200-1666908000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poetorium at Starlite Poetry Open Mic & Reading Series Featuring Alan Ira Gordon (The Halloween Edition)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the Halloween 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 spooky and fun poetry and spoken word starting with a brief interview on stage with our featured poet Alan Ira Gordon* (Author of Planet Hunter and The Doggo Book)\, 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). The wearing of Halloween costumes is encouraged. For more information\, please contact us at poetorium@mail.com or visit our website.\n\n\n\n\n\n*Note: Our previously announced featured poet Meg Smith had to cancel due to transportation issues
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-at-starlite-poetry-open-mic-reading-series-featuring-meg-smith-the-halloween-edition/
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:20221025T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221025T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202716
CREATED:20220927T173739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221014T022542Z
UID:5690-1666724400-1666728000@worcestercountypoetry.org
SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Jenith Charpentier
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, October 25\, 2022\, Jenith Charpentier will be the featured reader. \n \n  \nJenith Charpentier writes to dissect the human condition with less formaldehyde than middle school biology applied to the frog.  She is quite certain that at some point\, there must be a fulcrum between crisis and breakthrough and she is ever so curious to learn if she will make a grand discovery or fall on her face trying — she promises to be laughing either way.   Jenith is the author of three chapbooks and many poems\, short stories and essays\, some of which appear in a variety of publications. She has slammed her poetry through competitions and her fingers in doors. She has judged\, read\, curated\, edited\, taught\, filmed\, cried over and laughed about many\, many poems.  She loves her community and her family and her cats.  More information about her work can be found at https://www.facebook.com/jenithcharpentierpoet. \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-jenith-charpentier-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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