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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221016T170000
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T200000
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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
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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:20260615T011709
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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
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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
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221002T160000
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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
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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:20260615T011709
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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:20260615T011709
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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:20260615T011709
CREATED: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:20260615T011709
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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:20260615T011709
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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:20260615T011709
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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:20260615T011709
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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:20260615T011709
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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:20260615T011709
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:20260615T011709
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220901T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220901T193000
DTSTAMP:20260615T011709
CREATED:20220716T025126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220830T152409Z
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SUMMARY:Arts in The Garden
DESCRIPTION:Indian Lake Community Association presents Arts in The Garden “an outdoor event that features music and poetry at the Community Teaching Garden on West Boylston Drive in Worcester. Performances will be every other Thursday starting July 7th from 6:30-8:00pm. Rain dates are the following day (Friday). \nOn September 1st we will be featuring musicians Fox and The Dragon\, and poet Susan Roney O’Brien 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 \n  \nFox and The Dragon: Dave and Danielle Magario have been performing for years on their own at localbars and coffee shops. They both have a passion for music and spend the majority of their free time writing or working to perfect their instruments. Friends for a long\ntime\, they decided to collaborate on music and songwriting together and get married. Performing as Fox and the Dragon\, the result is an emotional mix of raw lyrics and duet guitars with a storytelling-folk sound.. \n  \n \nSusan Roney O’Brien curates a monthly poetry venue\, participates in 4×4 a group of visual artists and poets\, coordinates the Summer Writing Series for the Kunitz Boyhood Home\, and is Vice-President of Programming for the Worcester County Poetry Association. Susan won the 2020 Stanley Kunitz Medal in Poetry.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/arts-in-the-garden-4/
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:20220830T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220830T200000
DTSTAMP:20260615T011709
CREATED:20220727T014450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220729T150432Z
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SUMMARY:A virtual Thirsty Lab with  Kyle Potvin
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \nThe Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, August 30\, 2022\, Kyle Potvin will be the featured reader. \n  \n \n  \nKyle Potvin’s debut full-length poetry collection is Loosen (Hobblebush Books\, 2021). Her chapbook\, Sound Travels on Water\, won the Jean Pedrick Chapbook Award. She’s a two-time finalist for the Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award. Her poems have appeared in Bellevue Literary Review\, Tar River Poetry\, Ecotone\, The New York Times\, and others. She is a peer reviewer for Whale Road Review. Kyle lives on the Seacoast of New Hampshire. \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-kyle-potvin/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220825T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220825T220000
DTSTAMP:20260615T011709
CREATED:20220718T180136Z
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SUMMARY:Poetorium at Starlite Poetry Open Mic & Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium at Starlite 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 Tom Laughlin (Professor at Middlesex Community College and Author of The Rest of the Way)\, 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).  For more information\, please contact us at poetorium@mail.com or visit our website.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-at-starlite-poetry-open-mic-reading-series-2/
LOCATION:Starlite Bar and Gallery\, 39 Hamilton St\, Southbridge\, MA\, 01550
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220823T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220823T200000
DTSTAMP:20260615T011709
CREATED:20220727T013938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220730T194742Z
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SUMMARY:A virtual Thirsty Lab with Michael Milligan
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, August 23\, 2022\, Michael Milligan will be the featured reader. \n  \nMichael Milligan has worked as a construction laborer\, migrant fruit and grape picker\,\nhomestead farmer and graphic arts production manager. He took his MFA in Creative\nWriting at Bennington College\, co-founded Poetry Oasis Worcester and was privileged to\nbe an editor with Diner. His poetry book reviews\, fiction and poems have appeared in\nAgni\, Diner\, The New Orleans Review\, The Valparaiso Review\, Chaffin Journal\, Blue\nEarth Review\, Illuminations and others. He is the author of Unless I Came Back to Tell\nYou published by Kelsay Books. \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-michael-milligan/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220820T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220821T080000
DTSTAMP:20260615T011709
CREATED:20220809T153747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220809T153747Z
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SUMMARY:Sunset/Sunrise Summer 2022 Zoom reading
DESCRIPTION:Poetry by (U.S.) Rodger Martin\, Susan Roney-O’Brien\, & Maura MacNeil\, (China) Chen Yihai\, Yue Qi\, Zhang Ziqing\, & Zi Chuan (each poem spoken in both English and Mandarin) \n(part of Poetry Bridging Continents Series) \nAugust 20\, 8 p.m. U.S. EST time\, August 21\, 08:00 a.m. China time\, 2022 \nPlease email rmartin1@keene.edu for zoom link and passcode. \n  \nCourtesy The Mason Library’s Modern Poetry Collection\, Keene State College Archivist Rodney Obien and Rodger Martin\, organizers. We also thank co-sponsors Worcester County Poetry Association and the Monadnock Writers Group for their co-sponsors of the Poetry Bridging Continents project.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/sunset-sunrise-summer-2022-zoom-reading/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220820T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220820T160000
DTSTAMP:20260615T011709
CREATED:20220804T020628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T020850Z
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SUMMARY:Booklovers' Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the return of the Booklovers’ Open Mic \n\nBring original or favorite poetry to share in a round robin style moderated by Robert Eugene Perry.\n\n\n\nSpace is limited to 12 so please reserve your space in order to participate by responding “Going”\, emailing deb@bookloversgourmet.com or calling 508-949-6232.\n\n\n\n\n**Please register to attend. Face masks are highly recommended for in-store group events. Please do not attend if you are feeling ill\, have tested positive for COVID or been exposed to someone who tested positive in the last 5 days.**
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-open-mic/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220818T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220818T200000
DTSTAMP:20260615T011709
CREATED:20220708T025547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220708T042152Z
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SUMMARY:Arts In The Garden
DESCRIPTION:Indian Lake Community Association presents Arts in The Garden featuring poet Tony Brown\, and musicians Playing Hooky. 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 \nTony Brown has been writing for well over 50 years\, and publishing and performing his work for over 40. A seven-time Pushcart Prize and two-time Best Of The Net nominee\, he has traveled the country\, slammed for the Worcester Poets’ Asylum\, and organized and hosted many readings and reading series. He is the recently announced winner of the 2022 Stanley Kunitz Medal\, endowed by the late US Poet Laureate and Worcester native and awarded annually to a poet for life achievement and service to the Central Massachusetts poetry community. His most recent eBooks and publications can be found through his Patreon site. His daily poetry blog is also available for viewing. He resides in Worcester\, MA. Tony most commonly performs his poetry with jazz/rock/funk/poetry band “The Duende Project” in collaboration with Steven Lanning-Cafaro on electric bass and classical guitar\, Christopher Lawton on guitar\, and Chris O’Donnell on drums; They have released seven collections of their work\, available on all the usual online streaming and download outlets. An eighth album is currently in progress. More information can be found at their Website. \n \nPlaying Hooky Duo: Linda Jones McCarthy and Deb Barron Northway: Linda Jones McCarthy is the author of several books\, Including Spider in\nthe Shower (as Lillie Jones)\, Old Bear and Friends and The Heart Remembers\, and has recorded a CD of original songs and stories\, Here We Go to the Sky. She performs with musical friend and fellow songwriter and arranger Rick Quimby as Owengale. Longtime host of The Folk Spot and In the Tradition on community radio station WCUW in Worcester\, Deb Barron Northway’s background is in communications\, instructional design and chimney sweeping. She sings purely for the joy of it. Now retired from jobs and obligations\, Linda and Deb are Playin’ Hookey\, harmonizing just for fun. They hope their music will be fun for you\, too!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/arts-in-the-garden-3/
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:20220813T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220813T200000
DTSTAMP:20260615T011709
CREATED:20220619T021317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220811T143844Z
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SUMMARY:Arts in The Garden
DESCRIPTION:Indian Lake Community Association presents Arts in The Garden featuring musician Gabe Navarre\, and poet Ashley Wonder 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 \n  \n  \nGabe Navarre was born in Paradise\, California to a family with a long musical heritage. He wrote his first song at age 11. It wasn’t very good. But as Gabe matured\, so did his songwriting and instrumental finesse. At 17\, Gabe strapped on his wandering shoes and hopped a train west\, settling in the artistic\, bohemian houseboat community of Sausalito\, California. It was there and in nearby San Francisco\, that he honed his musical chops\, playing clubs like John Lee Hooker’s Boom Boom Room and The Saloon\, the longest continuously-running blues club in the country. His musical explorations drew him to Nashville\, where he worked as a professional musician for two years\, and followed that up with a stint on the Las Vegas strip. More recently\, Gabe has brought his music home to New England. His songs are well-crafted\, edgy and timeless. \n  \n  \n  \nAshley Wonder has been writing for over ten years. She performs with dynamic passion to give hope to her audiences. She started out performing in black churches in Worcester.\nThen she became a part of the Slam Community in 2014. Repping Worcester her hometown\, in Oakland 2015\, Decatur\, GA 2016. She has had the opportunity to perform at the National Education Support Professional Conference (a part of the Massachusetts Teacher Association) in 2021 that had an audience of 2\,000 people! She also had the honor to be a part of the “Still I Rise” Toni Morrison tribute Festival. She has participated in the discussion Black Creative Voices in Worcester 2021. Performed 2019 Women Of Consequence City Hall in Worcester.\nShe has featured in Troy\, New York at Poetic Vibe\, all around MA\, Boston (Hard Rock Cafe)\, RI including many colleges and universities such as Holy Cross\, Wheelock among others.\nShe enjoys teaching poetry workshops to youth of all ages to show how fun and interactive spoken word can be. She believes in the power of tea and naps.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/arts-in-the-garden/
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:20220802T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220802T183000
DTSTAMP:20260615T011709
CREATED:20220623T025337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T141721Z
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SUMMARY:Artists Who Are Poets/Poets Who Are Artists Reading
DESCRIPTION:ARTISTS WHO ARE POETS / POETS WHO ARE ARTISTS READING \nJoin us for this month’s reading featuring THERESE GLEASON CARR.\n \n  \n \n  \nAfter the reading\, there will be an open mic\, structured for  2 Poems per person or 5-minute maximum reading time. \n  \nContact Sam 508 753 4319 or Huck 508 753 2500 to get on the reading list. \n  \nMASKS RECOMMENDED*
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/5280/
LOCATION:TidePool Bookshop\, 372 Chandler St. Unit 101\, Worcester\, MA\, 01602
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220730T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220730T200000
DTSTAMP:20260615T011709
CREATED:20220623T023717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220725T214914Z
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SUMMARY:Arts in The Garden
DESCRIPTION:Indian Lake Community Association presents Arts in The Garden featuring musicians Lydia Fortune and Phil Nigro\, and poet Lex Thomas 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 \nSongwriting team Lydia Fortune and Phil Nigro have been a part of the Worcester music scene for over 45 years. Writing\, interpreting and performing various styles of acoustic music\, from folk and early blues to contemporary tunes and light jazz\, both have honed an eclectic approach to musical presentation. \n  \n \n  \nEx-pat Canadian Lex Thomas currently lives\, writes\, and amuses herself in Sterling\, Massachusetts. Similar to NAFTA\, she splits her heart between Canada\, the U.S.\, and Mexico. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/arts-in-the-garden-2/
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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