Events

Join us at a marvelous new poetry venue with featured poets Susan Elizabeth Sweeney and Michael Milligan, vendors, delicious treats available at the cafe, an open mic before and after the features, and host Ariel Lim!

Worcester Writers’ Collective September 9th @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Come one, come all to the weekly meetings of the WWC: 6-7 Free Writing Time 7-9 Reading and Workshop Building a small community of local writers of all genres is our priority and we are so thrilled to invite anyone interested to drop in and participate. It’s FREE […]

Pianist, composer, and poet David Leach enjoys a multifaceted career as a performing artist, writer, and educator. As a founder of both the genre-bending violin and piano duo Room to Spare and the jazz ensemble the David Leach Collective, David’s music explores the spaces between jazz, classical, rock, and folk. Their music embodies a poet’s […]

Monthly Board Meeting Join us for our monthly discussion and planning. Come see what what we have been up to and will be up to. ;) Not a Board Member? Not a problem! Our meetings are always open to the public and everyone is welcome!

Our September Feature will be the Inimitable Renee Slovick.

MPORTANT: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR FOR THIS OUTDOOR EVENT WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Joshua Michael Stewart & Brian Mosher WHERE: Steve Veilleux’s house 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road N Grosvenordale, CT WHEN: Sunday September 14 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm WHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 20 minutes. Then […]

The Jacob Edwards Library is pleased to present THE BEAT GOES ON, a reading by two contemporary American poets with roots in the Beat tradition--Southbridge poet laureate Bill Tremblay and Massachusetts Beat Poet Linda Wlodyka, appointed by the National Beat Poetry Foundation. The reading will be held at Jacob Edwards Library on September 15 from […]

The Prior Performing Arts Center is presenting a free public lecture by Hanif Abdurraqib on Tuesday, September 16 at 6 pm. MacArthur Fellow Hanif Abdurraqib is an award-winning poet, music writer, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His newest release, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Random House, 2024), was a New York Times Bestseller and longlisted for […]

Join us at The Mill in West Boylston on September 17th! The Mill is right off Rt 190, has a spacious parking lot, serves delectable apps, entrees, and desserts with a full bar. We have a separate room for our monthly shenanigans. Admission is still free. All of the Tip Jar proceeds go to the […]

In addition to our regular open mic (1.5 hours), this month Eric Petersen will be the featured reader (20 minutes) to celebrate his new book Memoirs from the Melieu published by Metaphysical Fox Press. Join us for our monthly round robin open poetry share, moderated by Robert Eugene Perry. Bring original pieces to share in a friendly, […]