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SUMMARY:Slightly Off-Beat Poets presents: Sarah St. George & Tianna Mercier
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets presents: Sarah St. George & Tianna Mercier! \n  \nWHERE: Betsy’s Backyard Stage 185 Arvidson Road Woodstock\, CT. \n  \nWHEN: July 9\, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n  \nWHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 20 minutes. Then we will take a quick break for book sales\, snacks and the raffle before starting the open mic. Open mic will be round robin\, one poem at a time until 4 PM. \n  \nCOST: There will be a 50/50 raffle\, split between the feature and the winner. 5$ to enter. \n  \nSIGN-UPS: There is room for 20 poets/ 40 guests total. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com \n  \n  \nIMPORTANT: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR FOR THIS OUTDOOR EVENT (You can also bring a beach umbrella for shade if you like!!)
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/slightly-off-beat-poets-presents-sarah-st-george-tianna-mercier-2/
LOCATION:Betsy’s Backyard Stage\, 185 Arvidson Road\, Woodstock\, MA\, 06281\, United States
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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 July 13th we will be featuring musician Gabe Sakacs-Navarre\, and poet Eve Rifkah. 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  \nGabriel Sackas-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. \n\nHis 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  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nEve Rifkah was co-founder of Poetry Oasis\, Inc. (1998-2012)\, a non-profit poetry association dedicated to education and promoting local poets. \n\nFounder\, and editor of DINER\, a literary magazine with a 7-year run. She is the 2021 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz award. She has run an ongoing writing workshop for 15 years and teaches workshops and classes at WISE (Worcester Institute for Senior Education). She lives in Worcester\, MA with her husband\, musician\, artist\, writer Michael Milligan and their cat\, Bela. \n\n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/arts-in-the-garden-9/
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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SUMMARY:Pour Me a Poem featuring Joel Moskowitz
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Pour Me a Poem\, a monthly open mic series for poets \nWHERE: 51 Park Street\, Mansfield\, MA (Wayne-Daniel Berard’s home). The PMAP sign will be on the front porch. Please park on the opposite side of the street. \nWHEN: Thursday\, July 13\, 2023\, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. \nWHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poet of the month\, Joel Moskowitz will read for 20 to 25 minutes. Then we’ll take a quick break before starting the 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 event.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/pour-me-a-poem-featuring-joel-moskowitz/
LOCATION:Wayne Daniel Berard’s Home\, 51 Park Street\, Mansfield\, MA\, 02048\, United States
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SUMMARY:Booklover's Gourmet: Open Mic Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly round robin style\, open poetry reading.\nBring original pieces to share. \nSign up to reserve your spot by calling 508-949-6232 or emailing deb@bookloversgourmet.com \nSpace is limited to 14 participants and usually fills quickly!
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/booklovers-gourmet-open-mic-poetry/
LOCATION:Booklovers’ Gourmet\, 72 E. Main St.\, Webster\, MA\, 01570
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Tom Ewart
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, July 18th\, 2023 Tom Ewart will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n \n  \nTom Ewart is seventy-something years old enough to know better\, and generally doesn’t\, which is why he writes; how will he know what he thinks until he sees what he says? \n\nHe has had stories and poems published in obscure little magazines\, ones that paid mostly in contributor copies\, so he always kept his day job. Now he is retired and writes what he pleases. His website\, tommywart.com\, will remind you that it’s all of him you’d ever want. \n  \n  \nRegister
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-tom-ewart/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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SUMMARY:BOOK FAIR & SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE  AT GATEWAY CITY ARTS
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nThe public is invited to drop in on an all-day book fair that will feature poets and spoken word artists at Gateway City Arts on July 22. The event will begin at noon and go until 6 p.m. Donations are requested at the door on a $0 to $25 sliding scale. \n  \nThe schedule is: \n12:00 p.m. Open Mic \n1:00 Featured Writers \n2:00 – 2:15 Exhibit Hall \n2:15 Featured Writers \n3:15 – 3:45 Open Mic \n4:00 – 5:30 Featured Writers \n  \n  \nIf you would like to help sponsor the event and have your logo on all media about the festival\, sponsorship starts at $75. Tables (provided) will be rented for $10-$20 each on a sliding scale. Authors/vendors who rent tables for $25-$50.00 (sliding scale) will \nhave their name on the event website and in all the media. Food will be available from 11 a.m. \n  \nContact Paul Richmond at paul@humanerrorpublishing.com. \n  \nBooks will be for sale. Cash is encouraged.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/book-fair-spoken-word-performance-at-gateway-city-arts/
LOCATION:Gateway City Arts\, 92 Race Street\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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SUMMARY:Barbara Morrison Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:The New Dawn Writers’ Group is proud to announce we will have Barbara Morris in house on July 25th at 6:00 p.m. for a reading. This is a free event. She will read from her poetry books and her award-winning memoir. Following the reading there will be time for questions and discussion. Then at 7:00 we will transition into an open mic. Bring something you’d like to read. We look forward to seeing you there! \nWe are located at 84 Main Street\, Ashburnham\, MA. It’s the big white church and home to New Dawn Arts and the Spice and Grain. \n  \n  \n \nBarbara Morrison\, who writes under the name B. Morrison\, is a poet and writer.  In Terrarium\, she uses poetry to explore the influence of place: where you live\, where you travel\, where you go in dreams. Her previous poetry collection\, Here at Least\, chronicles a journey undertaken in response to Rilke’s directive: “You must change your life.” She is also the author of a memoir\, Innocent: Confessions of a Welfare Mother\, a powerful coming-of-age story that dispels some of the myths and misunderstandings about those living in poverty. It was recently named Best Nonfiction Audiobook by Independent Press Awards. Her writing has appeared in anthologies and literary journals such as Little Patuxent Review\, Toronto Journal\, The Sun Magazine\, Tiny Lights\, and elsewhere. She conducts writing classes and workshops and provides editing services. You can learn more about her work here.
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/barbara-morrison-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:New Dawn Center\, 84 Main St.\, Ashburnham\, MA\, 01607\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Virtual Thirsty Lab with Ginnie Gavrin
DESCRIPTION:The Thirsty Lab poetry reading\, normally based out of Princeton\, Mass.\, continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday\, July 25th\, 2023 Ginnie Gavrin will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. \n\n\n \n  \nGinnie Goulet Gavrin is a retired massage therapist. Currently she teaches meditation and writing workshops at the Monadnock Mindfulness Practice Center in Keene\, New Hampshire. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing. Her poetry has appeared in The Literary Review\, The Worcester Review\, THEMA\, Primavera\, Slipstream\, The Greensboro Review\, Cold Mountain Review\, Tar River Poetry\, Silk Road Review\, Feral\, Pensive\, A Journal of Spirituality and the Arts. as well as an anthology on Rewilding put out by Split Rock Review. \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nRegister
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/a-virtual-thirsty-lab-with-ginnie-gavrin/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetorium @ Starlite
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special triple feature 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 poetry\, spoken word\, and music starting with a brief interview on stage with our three featured poets Carolyn Oliver (Author of The Alcestis Machine\, and Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble)\, Matthew E. Henry (Author of The Colored Page\, and The Third Renunciation)\, & Irena Kaçi (2023 O’Hara Prize Third Place Winner) followed by readings by our 3 features\, 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). Admission is free\, but a hat will be passed for donations to pay our features and compensate Starlite for the use of their space. For more information\, please contact us at poetorium@mail.com or visit our website at https://poetorium.home.blog/2019/04/29/the-poetorium-at-starlite-2/\n  \n \nCarolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine (Acre Books\, forthcoming 2024)\, Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble (University of Utah Press\, 2022; selected for the Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry)\, and three chapbooks. Her poems appear in Poetry Daily\, Copper Nickel\, Shenandoah\, Southern Indiana Review\, At Length\, Plume\, and elsewhere. She lives in Massachusetts\, where she is the current editor of The Worcester Review\, and a 2023-2024 Artist in Residence at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Her website is https://carolynoliver.net/ \n  \n  \n  \n \nMatthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of The Colored Page (Sundress Publications\, 2022)\, Teaching While Black (Main Street Rag\, 2020)\, and Dust & Ashes (Californios Press\, 2020). He has three collections forthcoming in 2023 from NYQ Books (The Third Renunciation)\, Ghost City Press (Have You Heard the One About…?)\, and Harbor Editions (Said the Frog to the Scorpion). He is editor-in-chief of The Weight Journal and an associate poetry editor at Pidgeonholes. MEH’s poetry and prose appears or is forthcoming in Barren Magazine\, Bending Genres\, Cola Literary Review\, The Florida Review\, Massachusetts Review\, Ninth Letter\, Pangyrus\, Ploughshares\, Poetry East\, Redivider\, Relief Journal\, Shenandoah\, Solstice\, Spiritus\, The Windhover\, The Worcester Review\, and Zone 3 among others. His awards include being a Diode Editions 2022 chapbook contest finalist\, the winner of the 2021 Fare Forward Poetry competition\, the 2020 Massachusetts Book Award finalist\, the 2020 MassPoetry.org’s “Poem of the Moment\,” the 2019 Orison Chapbook Prize finalist\, and the 2007 Relief Journal Editor’s Choice Award. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize by Pangyrus Literary Magazine\, Porcupine Literary\, Relief Journal\, and 3 Elements Literary Review\, and the Best of the Net by the Museum of Americana and 3 Elements Literary Review. MEH’s an educator who received his MFA from Seattle Pacific University yet continued to spend money he didn’t have completing an MA in theology and a PhD in education. He writes about education\, race\, religion\, and burning oppressive systems to the ground at http://www.MEHPoeting.com\n  \n \nIrena Kaçi is a poet currently residing in Worcester\, with her spouse and two children. She grew up in Durrës\, Albania & Hartford\, CT.  Irena moved to Worcester to study at Clark University. Her work often touches on the immigrant experience and the divide that comes with raising a family outside the frame of her own childhood.\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/poetorium-starlite-6/
LOCATION:Starlite Bar and Gallery\, 39 Hamilton St\, Southbridge\, MA\, 01550
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Szlosek":MAILTO:poetsparlor@hotmail.com
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SUMMARY:2023 Stanley Kunitz Medal Presentation Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Paul Szlosek will receive his medal at a ceremony presented by the Worcester County Poetry\nAssociation at the Worcester Historical Museum on Thursday\, July 27th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The\nevent is free and open to the public. There is limited parking at the museum\, with additional\nparking on the street and in the Pearl/Elm Street Garage. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://worcestercountypoetry.org/event/kunitz-medal-presentation-ceremony/
LOCATION:Worcester Historical Museum\, 30 Elm St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01609
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