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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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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
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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
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T160000
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SUMMARY:FINAL FREE POETS AT LARGE SPOKEN WORD EVENT FOR 2022
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis year’s final poetry/spoken word event by Poets at Large and hosted by Valley Cast/Open Skies will be on Sunday\, October 23rd from 2-4 p.m. in the theater at the Singh Performance Center\, 60 Douglas Road\, Whitinsville\, MA. This is the last in this year’s series of free readings and is recommended for ages 14 and up. There will be an open mic segment after intermission and light refreshments will be served. \n  \nPerforming will be poets Brad Davis\, Elizabeth Thomas and Rebecca Olander. Featured open mic reader will be Susan Powers. Davis\, a resident of Putnam\, CT.\, and his book Trespassing on the Mount of Olives was released in 2021. He runs a reading series at the new Putnam Public Library with four events each year. Davis has published pieces in a variety of journals\, including Poetry\, Paris Review\, Image\, LETTERS\, and Michigan Quarterly\, and some of his works have won awards including the AWP Intro Journal Award and the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize . He is the author of several collections of poems including Though War Break Out\, Song of the Drunkards\, and Still Working It Out.    \n  \n  \n \nElizabeth Thomas is an arts educator from Columbia\, CT who has taught all ages from pre-K to senior citizens. She has taught in most of the Hartford schools\, and is a master teaching artist for the Connecticut Commission of the Arts and the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. She is the author of two poetry books: Full Circle and From the Front of the Classroom. She has shared poetry all over the United States and in other parts of the world. Her work centers on teaching\, family\, politics and environmental concerns. She currently is the recreation coordinator for a local senior center where\, she says\, she “gets to play for work.” \nRebecca Olander is a poet\, teacher and editor based in Western Mass. She is the editor/director of Perugia Press. Olander has been winning poetry awards since 2009 and her most recent accomplishments include the Straw Dogs Writers Guild Writing Residency in 2019\, a Pushcart Prize nomination also in 2019\, being named a finalist in the Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize contest\, and her poem “Distanced” won the Mass Poetry Ekphrastic Gallery Contest. Previously\, she won first place in the Woman’s National Book Association Poetry Award in 2013 for her poem “Late October Light.” \nSusan Powers lives in Woodstock\, CT and is a retired English teacher. She is a published poet with works that include a chapbook\, Break the Spell\, and her poems have appeared in a few online venues\, primarily in The Sixfold Magazine. \nThis year’s free word/poetry series was held in conjunction with readings at Roseland Park in Woodstock\, CT.   Sponsors of the Roseland Park readings include Charter Oak Federal Credit Union\, Linemaster Switch\, Atty Mark Brouillard\, Ashford Xtra Mart\, CR Premier Properties\, WHZ Strategic Wealth Advisors\, Bank Hometown & EA Custom Millwork of Northbridge\, MA. Sponsors of the Singh Center events include Webster First Bank\, EA Custom Millwork and ValleyCast/Open Sky Community Services. Email karen.warinsky@gmail.com with questions.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/final-free-poets-at-large-spoken-word-event-for-202/
LOCATION:Singh Center (Dennis H. Rice Community Plaza)\, 60 Douglas Road\, Whitinsville\, 01588
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:WEEKLY WRITING WORKSHOPS
DESCRIPTION:  \nAshburnham’s New Dawn Arts Center is proud to present a weekly writing workshop\, taught by three local published writers as instructors\, in-person and continuing on Tuesday evenings\, 7:00-9:00 pm\, beginning October 18th . The workshop instructors will be Melissa Dorval\, Fred Gerhard\, and Kevin Scott Hall. \nOctober 18 th and 25 th will feature all three instructors introducing themselves and offering prompts and helpful writing tips. Beginning in November\, the first Tuesday will focus on fiction (Dorval)\, the second Tuesday\, non-fiction/memoir (Hall)\, and the third Tuesday\, poetry (Gerhard). The fourth Tuesday will be an “open mic” where all writers can come together and share what they’ve written. \nThe workshops will be offered for free\, but donations will be accepted. Melissa 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. \nAll three have deep local roots: Dorval grew up in Gardner and currently lives in Leominster; Gerhard lives in Ashburnham with his wife and son and his work was recently featured at Creative Connections in town; Hall attended Oakmont Regional High School and relocated to Ashburnham in late 2020 after spending over three decades in New York City. \nInterested writers can follow @NewDawnWriters on Twitter or go to newdawnarts.org for more information. A Facebook page for NDAC writers will be created once the need is established.\nFor media inquiries\, please contact Kevin at kevsco76@gmail.com or call 646-708-1647.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/new-dawn-arts-center-in-ashburnham-to-offer-weekly-writing-workshops-taught-by-local-instructors/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Free Poetry Workshop: Writing about Worcester’s Changing Neighborhoods
DESCRIPTION:Free Poetry Workshop:  Writing about Worcester’s Changing Neighborhoods \nwith Tony Brown \nSunday\, Oct. 16\, from 2 to 5 pm \nThe White Room\, 138 Green Street \n  \nJoin us on October 16 for the second of three workshops sponsored by Mapping Poetry in Worcester\, which will be led by Tony Brown\, 2022 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz Medal for poetry. This workshop focuses on writing poems inspired by the dramatic changes happening in Worcester and will include resources\, practical tips\, a performance of Rain Poems\, field research in the lively Canal District\, and a chance to get feedback on your new poem. Perhaps you’ll decide to enter the finished product in the Poems in and out of Places contest! \n  \nWe’ll meet at The White Room\, a new arts and event space in the Crompton Building\, located at 138 Green Street\, from 2 to 5pm. The workshop is free\, but spaces are limited. Please reserve your spot by submitting a request to poemsinandoutofplaces@worcestercountypoetry.org by October 12\, 2022.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/free-poetry-workshop-writing-about-worcesters-changing-neighborhoods/
LOCATION:Crompton Collective: The White Room\, 138 Green St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01604\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T183000
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SUMMARY:John Henry's Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:John Henry’s Hammer Open Mic\n2nd and 4th Fridays\nDoors open and performer sign-up 6:30 p.m.\nPerformances begin @7 p.m.\n$3 admission\n10 minutes in the limelight —- spoken word or music (two songs)\nRefreshments (nominal donation)\nEnter upper parking lot door (State Street) unless need handicap assistance.\nHandicap accessibility at the Court Street entrance.\n\nExcellent venue for people from their teens and upward to perform in a friendly\, welcoming atmosphere.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/john-henrys-open-mic/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church\, 90 Main Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233533
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SUMMARY:Pour Me a Poem
DESCRIPTION:Announcing a New Venue for Pour Me a Poem! \nWHAT: Pour Me a Poem\, a monthly open mic series for poets \nWHERE: The Pushkart Café at 219 North Main Street in Mansfield\, MA \nWHEN: Thursday\, October 13\, 2022\, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. \nWHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poet of the month (Robert Eugene Perry) will read for 20 to 25 minutes. Then we’ll take a quick break before starting the main 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 open mic.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/pour-me-a-poem/
LOCATION:Pushkart Cafe\, 219 N.Main St.\, Mansfield\, MA\, 01602\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221012T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233533
CREATED:20221002T165617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221011T012710Z
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SUMMARY:WCPA Monthly Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Virtual Board meeting to learn more about what we are up to. Join using our Zoom Link HERE
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/wcpa-monthly-board-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233533
CREATED:20221003T165935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221003T165935Z
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SUMMARY:Kevin King Reads Ursprache at the Princeton Library
DESCRIPTION:Join Us for a reading from Kevin King’s Urpsrache on Tuesday October 11th at 6:30.  \n  \nKevin King is the author of the novel All The Stars Came Out That Night\, Dutton.  His first poetry book\, Ursprache\, has just been published in April of 2022.  He is the recipient of a poetry fellowship from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and has published in numerous journals\, including Ploughshares\, Stand\, Threepenny Review\, etc.  His CNF pieces\, Back from Abroad and Alquezar were published in the Potomac Review and Word Riot\, respectively.  Ireland\, a CNF piece in the February 2022 issue\, was a finalist in Nowhere Magazine’s travel writing contest. \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/kevin-king-reads-ursprache-at-the-princeton-library/
LOCATION:Princeton Public Library\, 2 Town Hall Drive\, Princeton\, MA\, 01602\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T113000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233533
CREATED:20220829T143921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T155501Z
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SUMMARY:MEMORIAL POETRY READING FOR  ELIZABETH BISHOP AND LAURA MENIDES
DESCRIPTION:MEMORIAL POETRY READING FOR ELIZABETH BISHOP AND LAURA MENIDES \nTuesday\, Oct. 4\, 2022\, 10 am \nHope Cemetery\n119 Webster Street\, Worcester\n\n\n\nJoin us at Elizabeth Bishop’s grave to mark the anniversary of her death (Oct. 6\, 1979) and honor the late Laura Menides\, a poet\, Bishop scholar\, and advocate for Worcester poetry who started the tradition of such readings!\n\n\nReaders of poems by Bishop or Menides include Therese Carr\, Judith Ferrara\, John Gaumond\, Claire Golding\, Rev. Daniel Gregoire\, Kate Gregoire\, John Hodgeon\, Eve Rifkah\, Susan Roney-O’Brien\, Susan Elizabeth Sweeney\, and Heather Treseler. If you’d like to read\, contact Beth at ssweeney@holycross.edu.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is sponsored by Mapping Worcester in Poetry\, a project with the Worcester County Poetry Association as community partner\, which offers a 20- minute self-guided driving tour of local sites related to Bishop. To download the tour\, visit https://worcestercountypoetry.org/mapping-worcester-in-poetry/.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDirections:\n➔ From Main Street\, head south to Webster Square (at Southbridge Street)\, turn left on Mill Street\, and then 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 right at a rotary to exit onto Webster Street\, the cemetery’s main gate will be on your right.\n\n➔ Enter the main gate and drive along Curtis Avenue. Take your fourth left onto Beech Avenue (after Elm\, Larch\, 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/memorial-poetry-reading-for-elizabeth-bishop-and-laura-menides/
LOCATION:E.Bishop Grave at Hope Cemetary\, 119 Webster St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01603\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221002T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221002T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233533
CREATED:20220901T135303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T135707Z
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SUMMARY:The NOH Place Poetry Anthology Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Noh Place Poetry Anthology will have its official launch in the Multi-Purpose room in SRH 109 of Sheehan Hall on the campus of Worcester State University on Sunday 10/2\, from 2-4 pm. \n \n  \nThe event will include readings by some of the poets included in the anthology with music\, refreshments and is open to one and all in the community for FREE. Please come and join us. The anthology will be available for sale.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/the-noh-place-poetry-anthology-launch/
LOCATION:Worcester State University\, 486 Chandler Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T220000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233533
CREATED:20220912T140312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T165749Z
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SUMMARY:Poetorium at Starlite Poetry Open Mic & Reading Series Featuring Jennifer Freed
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium at Starlite (39 Hamilton St.\, Southbridge\, MA) hosted by Paul Szlosek and Ron Whittle. \n  \nIt will be a full evening of poetry and spoken word starting with a brief interview on stage with our featured poet Jennifer L. Freed (2022 Frank O’Hara Prize winner)\, 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).  Open Mic signups start at 6: 30. \n  \nFor more information\, please contact us at poetorium@mail.com or visit our website. \nADMISSION: FREE (BUT A HAT WILL BE PASSED TO PAY OUR FEATURE\nAND COMPENSATE THE STARLITE FOR THE USE OF THEIR SPACE)\n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-at-starlite-poetry-open-mic-reading-series-featuring-jennifer-freed/
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:20220927T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233533
CREATED:20220829T140307Z
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with B.G. Thurston
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, September 27\, 2022\, bg Thurston will be the featured reader. bg Thurston received her MFA in Poetry from Vermont College. She teaches writing courses at Lasell University/Village and conducts workshops for the Writing the Land Project. Her third book of poetry\, about the history of her 1770’s farmhouse\, is titled: The Many Lives of Cathouse Farm/Tales of a Rural Brothel. Visit 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-b-g-thurston/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T183000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233533
CREATED:20220805T151554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220815T154247Z
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SUMMARY:Artists Who Are Poets/Poets Who Are Artists Reading
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Susan Elizabeth “Beth” Sweeney! \n \nSusan Elizabeth (Beth) Sweeney’s poems have appeared in Diner\, Worcester Review\, Journal of Irish Literature\, and elsewhere\, and won an Academy of Poets Prize\, a Frank O’Hara Poetry Prize\, and other awards. Her chapbook\, Hand Me Down (Finishing Line\, 2013)\, was a semifinalist in the New Women’s Voices Competition. She is now collaborating with composer Matthew Jaskot on Close and Apart\, a song cycle about tragedy\, transplantation\, and hope\, and directing Mapping Worcester in Poetry\, an initiative supported by the Mellon Foundation with the Worcester County Poetry Association as community partner.\n\n\n\n\n\nOpen mic: 2 Poems or 5-minute max \nContact Sam 508 753 4319 or Huck 508 753 2500 \nGO TO WCPA WEBSITE FOR DETAILS \nMASKS RECOMMENDED* \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/artists-who-are-poets-poets-who-are-artists-reading/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233533
CREATED:20220919T000924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T000924Z
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SUMMARY:Free People's Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Artists\, poets. musicians\, dramatists\, etc. meet to discuss and share their work. Constructive critique is encouraged. \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/free-peoples-workshop-15/
LOCATION:WCPA Office @ Salisbury House\, 61 Harvard St.\, Worcester MA\, MA\, 01605\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220925T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220925T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233533
CREATED:20220516T164210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T001832Z
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SUMMARY:Winners’ Reading for the 2022 Frank O’Hara Prize
DESCRIPTION:Join the winners of the WCPA’s 2022 Annual Poetry Contest: The Frank O’Hara Prize for a reading of their work and the work of contest judge Usman Hameedi. There will be an opportunity to mingle over refreshments as well. \nFirst place – Jennifer Freed\nSecond place – Lis Beasley\nThird place – Cheryl Bonin\nHonorable mentions – Glenn D’Alessio and Dennis Rhodes \nFree and open to the public. \nView the flyer for the event by clicking [this link]. \nContest judge Usman Hameedi is a Pakistani-American scientist\, poet\, and educator. He also serves on Mass Poetry’s Board of Directors. He earned his MS in Biomedical Sciences from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. During his graduate studies\, he did additional work in medical humanities and volunteered in geriatric care at Mount Sinai Hospital. Neuroscience and oncology are his primary areas of scientific interest and expertise. Since 2008\, he has competed in and coached for collegiate\, national\, and international level poetry slams. He was featured on The Huffington Post\, Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine\, and The Story Collider: Storytelling for Scientists podcast. His first full-length collection is forthcoming in 2023 and will be published by Button Poetry. Usman was a Mass Poetry Artist in Residence and worked with students in Hyde Park and Salem. He has also worked with other educators on how they can incorporate poetry into their classroom communities. Usman is shaping his career around his missions and ideals. His proudest moments are helping others see the genius within themselves. So much of his journey is still to come! \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/winners-reading-for-the-2022-frank-ohara-prize/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church\, 90 Main Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220922T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220922T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233533
CREATED:20220421T031649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T005304Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Gregory Stockmal Reading
DESCRIPTION:The 2022 Annual Gregory Stockmal  in Assumption University’s Curtiss Hall \nAfter a two-year hiatus\, we are excited to once again host the annual Gregory Stockmal Reading on Thursday\, September 22\, 2022.  The event will occur in the Curtis Performance Hall at Assumption University at 7:30 pm.  This year the featured reader will be Martha Collins. \nClick [here] to view the broadside created by artist Anita Cook. \n \nAbout the Reading \nThe Gregory Stockmal Reading was established in 2009 by the Worcester County Poetry Association in cooperation with Carol Stockmal. The purpose of the reading is to continue the efforts of Greg Stockmal to honor American poet Stanley Kunitz and his legacy in Worcester. The reading is an important part of this legacy\, recognizing Stanley Kunitz as teacher and leader of his self-described “tribe” of poets\, friends\, and family by sponsoring Worcester-area readings by poets for whom Stanley Kunitz has been an inspiration. Each year the Worcester County Poetry Association partners with a local college or university to present a poet who had a connection to poet Stanley Kunitz. Kunitz (1905-2006) was born in Worcester and went on to receive many honors\, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Medal of Arts\, and was to become Poet Laureate of the United States (1974\, 2000). \nAbout Martha Collins \nMartha Collins’s eleventh volume of poetry\, Casualty Reports\, will be published in fall 2022; her tenth\, Because What Else Could I Do (Pittsburgh\, 2019)\, won the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Award. Her fifth translation of cotranslated Vietnamese poetry\, Dreaming the Mountain: Poems by Tue Sy\, will appear in 2023. Collins founded the UMass Boston creative writing program and later served as Pauline Delaney Professor of Creative Writing at Oberlin College. She lives in Cambridge\, Mass. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/annual-gregory-stockmal-reading/
LOCATION:Assumption College\, 500 Salisbury Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602-1233\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T213000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233534
CREATED:20220912T131620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T131620Z
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SUMMARY:Through the Rear View
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of poetry and music\, Through The Rear View. The concert features musical adaptations of poems about time\, memory\, and the past\, performed by Jennifer Ashe (soprano)\, Brian Church (baritone)\, Jonathan Hess (percussion)\, and Matthew Jaskot (piano). Works include poems by Emily Dickinson\, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen\, and authors of haiku such as Basho and Issa\, along with excerpts from Close and Apart\, a song cycle developed by poet Susan Elizabeth Sweeney and composer Matthew Jaskot.\n\nWalking directions on campus here.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/through-the-rear-view/
LOCATION:Brooks Concert Hall\, College of the Holy Cross\, Worcester\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220917T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220917T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233534
CREATED:20220809T152034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220809T152946Z
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SUMMARY:FOX FEST 2022
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nFeaturing Richard Fox! Richard Fox seeks three-decker rainbows\, fluent scout dogs\, and illuminating espresso. When not writing about rock ’n roll or youthful transgressions\, his poems focus on cancer from the patient’s point of view drawing on hope\, humor\, and unforeseen gifts. He is the author of seven poetry collections\, the latest: Once I was born to live (2022). Winner of the 2017 Frank O’Hara Prize\, Richard seconds Stanley Kunitz’ motion that people in Worcester are “provoked to poetry.”  smallpoetatlarge.com
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/fox-fest-2022/
LOCATION:Betsy’s Backyard Stage\, 185 Arvidson Road\, Woodstock\, MA\, 06281\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233534
CREATED:20220811T012048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T210401Z
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SUMMARY:Arts In The Garden
DESCRIPTION:Indian Lake Community Association presents Arts in The Garden featuring musician Ron Carlson\, and poet Paul Szlosek Admission is FREE and patrons are encouraged to bring non-alcoholic beverages and snacks to this family friendly event. Join us for an awesome time at Arts in The Garden! \n \nRon Carlson has been performing in Central Massachusetts and beyond for much of the last four decades\, singing traditional and contemporary folk music\, as well as many original songs. He’s been told that his original songs sound like traditional material\, something in which he takes great pride. Many of his compositions are centered in and around Worcester and the surrounding area\, where he was born\, raised and continues to live to this very day. They are songs of love\, sorrow\, pain and joy\, filtered through his eyes; sometimes whimsical\, sometimes philosophical\, hopefully with compassion and empathy. in 2004 Ron’s song When Fortune Rosins the Bow was a runner up in the WUMB songwriter’s competition. In 2011\, Ron was the winner of the Rose Garden Coffeehouses’ competition for performing songwriters. The songs performed that evening Ford Taurus and A Task Undone can be found on YouTube along with many others at Ron Carlson’s musical channel. \n  \n \nPaul Szlosek was 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 reading in Southbridge and Sturbridge\, as well as a past recipient of the Jacob Knight Award for Poetry. In May 2019\, Paul started a brand new open mic and featured poetry reading series with poet Ron Whittle called The Poetorium at Starlite (also in Southbridge) which closed in March 2020 due to COVID\, but reopened recently in June 2022 (in the two year interim\, he ran an online print version entitled The Virtual Poetorium). His poetry has appeared in various local & national print & online publications including The Worcester Review\, Worcester Magazine\, Radius\, Sahara\, Concrete Wolf\, Soul-Lit\, and Diner. He’s probably best known in the Central Massachusetts poetry community for his fanatical obsession with obscure poetry forms\, and has invented his own including the ziggurat\, the streetbeatina\, the hodgenelle\, the lux\, and the singsangsong.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/arts-in-the-garden-5/
LOCATION:Community Teaching Garden\, 3 West Boylston Dr.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Carl Gomes":MAILTO:carlcgomes56@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233534
CREATED:20220911T133327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220911T133327Z
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SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Business meeting of the Worcester County Poetry Association. \nWe will NOT be meeting at the Sprinkler Factory. Meeting on Zoom only. The link is: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82984700339?pwd=bldlZHc3VWxQL1hLK0JlV3JnNmlsZz09 \nMeeting ID: 829 8470 0339\nPasscode: 226862
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/board-meeting-8/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220911T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220911T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T233534
CREATED:20220819T145107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220819T145107Z
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SUMMARY:FREE SPOKEN WORD/POETRY EVENT SET FOR SEPT. 11TH AT ROSELAND PARK\, WOODSTOCK\, CT
DESCRIPTION:Massachusetts poet and former National Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2020) Paul Richmond\, will be among the readers at the next Poet’s at Large spoken word/poetry event at Roseland Park\, Woodstock\, CT. This will be held on September 11th from 2-4 p.m. at 205 Roseland Park Road\, Woodstock\, Ct. in the barn.\n\nRecommended for ages 14 and up. Richmond hosts monthly readings and organizes yearly Word Festivals\, including\, The Turner Falls Annual Word Festival\, and he has a stage at the Garlic & Arts Festival each fall. He has published several books including Living in the Breakdown Lane\, You Might Need a Bigger  Hammer\, and Quadrillions Down the Pentagon Drain. His newest work is Swimming on the Titanic. He is also a member of the Funkadelic band “Do It Now.” \n\n\nReading along with Richmond will be Connecticut’s most recent poet laureate\, Margaret Gibson\, (2019-2022)\, former finalist in the Montreal International Poetry Contest\, Karen Warinsky\, and Pomfret co-Poet Laureate Nancy Weiss. Open mic will be held after intermission and sign-ups are at the event. Poets will be held to a 5-minute limit.\nGibson has a wealth of awards and writing credits. She has authored 13 books of poems\, all from LSU Press\, most recently The Glass Globe\, 2021.? She has published her poems widely in journals such as Georgia Review\, Gettysburg Review\, Southern Review\, and Image Journal. Her most recent awards include being named a Finalist for the 2016 Poets’ Prize for her book Broken Cup\, and the title poem from that book won a Pushcart Prize. Her poem “Passage\,” was included in The Best American Poetry in 2017\, and previously she received the Melville Kane Award\, the Connecticut Book Award\, and she was a Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry in 1993 for her book The Vigil. Ms. Gibson is Professor Emerita at the University of Connecticut.\n\nWarinsky\, the coordinator of Poets at Large\, has published poetry since 2011. Her work appears in several anthologies including the 2017 release\, Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands\, the 2019 Mizmor Anthology\,  Honoring Nature\, released in 2020\, as well as pieces in lit magazines including Blue Heron\, Circumference\, and most recently\, Consilience\, published in the U.K.\, an effort that combines science and poetry. Her debut collection Gold in Autumn was released in 2020 and her new book is titled Sunrise Ruby\, both from Human Error Publishing.\n\n\nWeiss is serving as the first co-Poet Laureate for Pomfret. ?For more than 15 years she has \nwritten a weekly column for the Villager newspapers. ? She wrote for the Putnam Traveler\, Edible Nutmeg and Naturally at UConn for many years as well. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis year’s free word/poetry series is being held in conjunction with readings at the G.B. & Lexi Singh Performance Center\, 60 Douglas Road\, Whitinsville\, MA. There will be one remaining reading in the series from 2-4 p.m. on October 23 at the Singh Center. Sponsors of the Roseland Park readings include Charter Oak Federal Credit Union\, Linemaster Switch\, Atty Mark Brouillard\, Ashford Xtra Mart\, CR Premier Properties\, WHZ Strategic Wealth Advisors\, Bank Hometown & EA Custom Millwork of Northbridge\, MA. Sponsors of the Singh Center events include Webster First Bank\, EA Custom Millwork and ValleyCast/Open Sky Community\nServices. Email karen.warinsky@gmail.com with questions.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/free-spoken-word-poetry-event-set-for-sept-11th-at-roseland-park-woodstock-ct/
LOCATION:Roseland Park\, 205 Roseland Park Rd.\, Woodstock\, CT\, 06281\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Warinsky%2C Poets At Large":MAILTO:karen.warinsky@gmail.com
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