As part of Homecoming Weekend, Worcester State University welcomes Megan Marshall, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and past president of the Society of American Historians, for a talk on the power of biography and the stories of women who have shaped American history and culture. To take place in the Blue Lounge of the Worcester State […]
Poets at Large will continue its seventh season on Saturday night, September 26th with two disparate types of poetry. The show begins at 7 p.m. at The Vanilla Bean Café, 450 Deerfield Road, in Pomfret, CT and featured that night will be Frederick-Douglass Knowles II and performance artist duo Aeroelastic Flutter. Suggested donation is $10.00. […]
We hope you'll join us in just under two weeks for the 2026 Frank O'Hara Prize Winner's Reading! Sunday, September 27th, from 4-6pm in the Salisbury House Ballroom, 61 Harvard St. in Worcester. Event begins with readings from the 2026 Frank O'Hara Prize Winners and concludes with a reading from 2026 Judge, January Gill O'Neil. […]
Poetorium Too Poetry Reading & Open Mic Featuring Stephen Campiglio, Claire Schaeffer-Duffy, & Simon Hunt Please join us for a special Tuesday triple feature edition of our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series Poetorium Too at TidePool Bookshop (located at 372 Chandler Street in Worcester, MA) on September 29th, 2026 from 5 pm to 7 pm hosted by Paul Szlosek and (hopefully) Ron Whittle. It will […]
It’s Worcester Pride and the Museum of Worcester is partnering with Love Your Labels as we read City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O’Hara. The definitive biography of Frank O’Hara, one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century, the magnetic literary figure at the center of New York’s cultural life during […]
The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, MA, continues to meet virtually. Join us on Tuesday September 29th VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM with our featured reader, Beth Sweeney. Susan Elizabeth (Beth) Sweeney’s poems have appeared in Diner, Worcester Review, Journal of Irish Literature, and elsewhere, and have won an Academy of American Poets Prize, a Frank O’Hara […]
Root and Press are hosting "Shut up and Write" every first and third Monday from 5:30-8:00pm at their location in Shrewsbury St.
The Dirty Gerund meets Monday nights at Ralph's Diner in Worcester: "Sign-up" is out at 8:00pm, show starts at 9pm. $2-7 suggested donation.
Join us on October 6th as we feature the irrepressible Tom Ewart. Our special host will be Cheryl Bonin as I will be in Maine at an undisclosed location We're keeping the 5pm start for October. November 3rd and December 1st will start at 6pm because I'm teaching a Humor class for WISE at Assumption […]
The Worcester Writer's Collective meets Tuesday nights from 6-9pm at the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC) in Worcester. Writers of all genres are welcome to write and workshop in community. info@worcesterwriterscollective.org
