WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Paul Richmond and Candace Curran! WHERE: Betsy’s Backyard Stage 185 Arvidson Road Woodstock, CT. WHEN: Sunday September 17th, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm WHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 20 minutes. Then we will take a quick break for book sales, snacks […]

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). On September 21st we will be featuring musician Cross Tracks, and […]

Join us in ONE WEEK on September 21st 2023 7:30-9:00 for our annual GREGORY STOCKMAL reading featuring the fantastic J.D. Scrimgeour.   J.D. Scrimgeour is the author of four poetry collections The Last Miles, Territories, Lifting the Turtle, and, most recently, Festival. He won the AWP Award for Nonfiction for his second nonfiction book, Themes […]

Join the winners of the WCPA’s 2023 Annual Poetry Contest: The Frank O’Hara Prize for a reading of their work and the work of contest judge Karen Skolfield. There will be an opportunity to mingle over refreshments as well.   First Place: Rebecca Cross with "They Do This And Call It Mercy" Second Place: John […]

Join us for the book launch by Geoff Wilkinson and Bill Tremblay and reading from their new books: "Confluence" and "The Luminous Racetrack: A Memoir in Poems."  It will take place in the Multipurpose Room of Sheehan Hall @ Worcester State University. The event is free and open to the public.     Bill TREMBLAY […]

  Come one, come all to the weekly meetings of the WWC over at the JMAC (20 Franklin St.)   6-7 Free Writing Time 7-9 Reading and Workshop   Building a small community of local writers of all genres is our priority and we are so thrilled to invite anyone interested to drop in and […]

Yetta Dine, mother to poet Stanley Kunitz, finds her voice thanks to years of fastidious research and record keeping by the author Judith Ferrara. Come enjoy a special reading of the book by the author herself. Click Here for more information on the book.     Portrayed in Stanley Kunitz’s poems and interviews as an unforgiving […]