SUN::JUN 7 - Rushelle Frazier @ Poet's Asylum, Jumpin Juice & Java, 335 Chandler St, Worcester - 6:00pm
MON::JUN 8 - Nick Davis @ The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show, Ralph's Chadwich Diner, 148 Grove Street, Worcester - 8:00pm
MON::JUN 8 - N.O.W. Book Group will discuss Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach, who, in 1922, famously published James Joyce’s Ulysses. Join our discussion of women of Literary Paris in 1920’s and 1930’s. Other titles to consider: Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation by Noel Riley Fitch, Nora: The Real Life Molly Bloom by Brenda Maddox, Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake by Carol Loeb Shloss, Women of the Left Bank by Shari Benstock, and many others. All are welcome to join us for lively discussion. Learn more about N.O.W. Book Group, at LibraryThing.com, search member NOWBOOK. Barnes & Noble Bookstore,
Lincoln Street, 7:00pm
THU::JUN 11 - Bloomsday Event: Group reading from the Circe Episode of James Joyce's Ulysses - Themed Open Reading – Work by or inspired by James Joyce and all things Irish, followed by a Participatory Reading of the Episode 15: Circe - the rollicking cast-of-thousands Nighttown episode. Lend your voice to this Worcester Bloomsday Ramble tradition – All are Welcome! Refreshments. @ Street Beat, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 7:00pm
FRI::JUN 12 - School's Out themed extended open @ Worcester Storytellers, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 8:00pm
SAT::JUN 13 - Bloomsday Reading at 12 Crane Arts Complex - Stop for lunch at the Dark Horse (12 noon) then join us upstairs at the Joyce-inspired River Run (2:00pm) to mark the passing of poor Paddy Dignam with a participatory reading of Ulysses Episode 6: Hades. So, raise a glass of Honest Town Brewery's own Padraig Irish Red. And feel free to dress for the occasion - remember: it's 1906 Dublin! Southbridge.
SUN::JUN 14 - Team Feature/Fundraiser @ Poet's Asylum, Jumpin Juice & Java, 335 Chandler St, Worcester - 6:00pm
MON::JUN 15 - April Granger @ The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show, Ralph's Chadwich Diner, 148 Grove Street, Worcester - 8:00pm
THU::JUN 18 - Jim Beschta will be the Guest Poet at Pepperell's Lawrence Library, 15 Main Street, Pepperell, MA.. Reading will be followed by an Open Mic. Refreshments. 7:00pm
SUN::JUN 21 - Melinda Lee @ Poet's Asylum, Jumpin Juice & Java, 335 Chandler St, Worcester - 6:00pm
MON::JUN 21 - Corrina Bain @ The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show, Ralph's Chadwich Diner, 148 Grove Street, Worcester - 8:00pm
SAT::JUNE 27 - Michael Fisher @ Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Plaza, Worcester, 7:00pm
SUN::JUN 28 - Chad Anderson @ Poet's Asylum, Jumpin Juice & Java, 335 Chandler St, Worcester - 6:00pm
SUN::JULY 5 - Ballard Street Poetry Journal Workshop Series facilitated by Dave Keali'i @ 3:00pm to 5:00pm, WCPA, 1 Ekman Street (first floor), Worcester. Registration required & limited to 10 participants.
To register, contact Heather Macpherson at editor@balladstreetpoetryjournal.com Series information at http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com
THU::JUL 9 - 9th Anniversary Celebration featuring First Place WoMag Poetry Contest winner Ann Sweetman
@ Street Beat, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 7:00pm
FRI::JUL 10 - Feature TBA @ Worcester Storytellers, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 8:00pm
SUN::JULY 19 - Ballard Street Poetry Journal Workshop Series facilitated by Dave Keali'i @ 3:00pm to 5:00pm, WCPA, 1 Ekman Street (first floor), Worcester. Registration required & limited to 10 participants.
To register, contact Heather Macpherson at editor@balladstreetpoetryjournal.com Series information at http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com
SAT::JUL 25 - Keith Vezeau @ Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Plaza, Worcester, 7:00pm
SUN::JUL 26 - Ballard Street Poetry Journal Workshop Series facilitated by Dave Keali'i @ 3:00pm to 5:00pm, WCPA, 1 Ekman Street (first floor), Worcester. Registration required & limited to 10 participants.
To register, contact Heather Macpherson at editor@balladstreetpoetryjournal.com Series information at http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com
WED::JUL 29 - A Birthday Reading Celebrating Stanley Kunitz @ WCPA, 1 Ekman Street, Worcester - 7:00pm
THU::AUG 13 - Feature TBA @ Street Beat, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 7:00pm
FRI::AUG 14 - Feature TBA @Worcester Storytellers, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 8:00pm
SAT::AUG 22 - Rushelle Frazier @ Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Plaza, Worcester, 7:00pm
SUN::SEPT 6 - Ballard Street Poetry Journal Workshop Series facilitated by Lea Deschenes @ 3:00pm to 5:00pm, WCPA, 1 Ekman Street (first floor), Worcester. Registration required & limited to 10 participants.
To register, contact Heather Macpherson at editor@balladstreetpoetryjournal.com Series information at http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com
THU::SEPT 10 - Feature TBA @ Street Beat, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 7:00pm
FRI::SEPT 11 - Feature TBA @Worcester Storytellers, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 8:00pm
SUN::SEPT 13 - WCPA Poetry Library Open House @ WCPA, 1 Ekman Street, Worcester - Raffle,
Refreshments, Music, Open Mic
SUN::SEPT 13 - Ballard Street Poetry Journal Workshop Series facilitated by Lea Deschenes @ 3:00pm to 5:00pm, Worcester. Registration required & limited to 10 participants. To register, contact Heather Macpherson at editor@balladstreetpoetryjournal.com Series information at http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com
SUN::SEPT 20 - Ballard Street Poetry Journal Workshop Series facilitated by Lea Deschenes @ 3:00pm to 5:00pm, WCPA, 1 Ekman Street (first floor), Worcester. Registration required & limited to 10 participants.
To register, contact Heather Macpherson at editor@balladstreetpoetryjournal.com Series information at http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com
SUN::SEPT 20 - WCPA & Concord Writers Group @ Concord.
SAT::SEPT 26 - Featured Poet TBA @ Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Plaza, Worcester, 7:00pm
SUN::SEPT 27 - WCPA 2009 Poetry Contest Winners' Reading @ Worcester Public Library, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
SUN::SEPT 27 - Ballard Street Poetry Journal Workshop Series facilitated by Lea Deschenes @ 3:00pm to 5:00pm, WCPA, 1 Ekman Street (first floor), Worcester. Registration required & limited to 10 participants.
To register, contact Heather Macpherson at editor@balladstreetpoetryjournal.com Series information at http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com
THU::OCT 8 - Cleopatra Mathis will be the featured poet of the First Annual Gregory Stockmal Reading
@ College of the Holy Cross Rehm Library - 7:00pm
THU::OCT 8 - Feature TBA @ Street Beat, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 7:00pm
FRI::OCT 9 - Feature TBA @Worcester Storytellers, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 8:00pm
SUN::OCT 11 - Footsteps in History: Stanley Kunitz Childhood Home @ 4 Woodford Street, Worcester
Tours - Readings - Art Exhibit - Film - 10:00am to 5:00pm
MON::OCT 12 - Footsteps in History: Stanley Kunitz Childhood Home @ 4 Woodford Street, Worcester
Tours - Readings - Art Exhibit - Film - 10:00am to 5:00pm
THU::OCT 15 - Massachusetts Poetry Festival Worcester Kick-off featuring Charles Coe and Dara Wier
and Open Mic @ Worcester State College Blue Lounge - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
SAT::OCT 16 & 17 - Mass Poetry Festival, Lowell, Massachusetts
SAT::OCT 24 - Featured Poet TBA @ Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Plaza, Worcester, 7:00pm
WED::OCT 28 - QCC Local Harvest Poetry @ Quinsigamond Community College Harrington Learning Center,
670 West Boylston Street, Worcester - 7:00pm
THU::NOV 12 - Feature TBA @ Street Beat, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 7:00pm
FRI::NOV 13 - Feature TBA @Worcester Storytellers, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 8:00pm
THU::NOV 19 - In Celebration of Frank O'Hara @ Worcester Art Museum
SAT::NOV 28 - Featured Poet TBA @ Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Plaza, Worcester, 7:00pm
THU::DEC 10 - Feature TBA @ Street Beat, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 7:00pm
FRI::DEC 11 - Feature TBA @Worcester Storytellers, 1 Ekman Street (1st floor), Worcester - 8:00pm
