Massachusetts Statewide Poetry Calendar: Full Schedule

Welcome to the schedule of poetry events happening in Massachusetts! This schedule contains events happening all over the state, as entered by our Poetry Partners and others. It is not limited to Mass Poetry events. To submit an event, click here. For more questions regarding our calendar, you can email marketing@masspoetry.org.

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Memoir Incubator Open House & Info Session

Interested in taking your memoir to the next level? Join us for an informal Q&A session on our Memoir Incubator program. Instructor Alysia Abbott and alumni of the program will be there to answer any questions you have about the Memoir Incubator program. We'll give you all the information you need to know about the application process, what the program entails, the schedule, the philosophy behind our approach, and anything else on your mind.

Wednesday February 9, 2022 6:30pm - 7:30pm EST
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111 Harbor Way
120 Poplar Street Roslindale
124 Main Street, Spencer, MA 01562
13 Church Street, Ware, MA 01082
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206 Worcester Road
51 Park Street, Unit 6, Mansfield, MA 02048
56 Brattle Street Cambridge
56 Island Street, Lawrence, MA
65 Washington St Weymouth, MA 02188
77 Main Street Hopkinton, Ma
90 Park Street, Florence, Massachusetts
Abbot Public Library
Abigail Ogilvy Gallery
African American Meeting House at the Museum of African American History
Amazing Things Art Center
Amesbury Public Library
Amesbury Senior Center
Amherst Books
Andala Cafe
Annie's Book Stop (Worcester)
Arms Library
Arnold Arboretum
Art Building, Hinchcliff Reception Hall (Mt. Holyoke)
Arts and the Armory main stage
Arts at the Armory Café
Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue
Arts at the Armory/Basement B8
Arts at the Stone Church, First Congregational Church of Wareham, UCC
Assumption College, Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall in the Tsotsis Family Acad
BARN AT COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Barnes & Noble Bookstore (Worcester)
Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
Beals Memorial Library
Beals Preserve
Becket Arts Center
Bedlam Book Cafe
Berkshire Museum
Bernie Dallas Room, UMass Amherst
Bethlehem Chapel, Brandeis University
Black Sheep Bah-Bah-Q & Kitchen
Blacksmith House
Blue Umbrella Books
Booklovers' Gourmet
Boston Athenæum
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston City Hall Square, Civic Pavilion
Boston Liberation Center
Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
Boston Playwrights' Theatre
Boston Public Library
Boston Public Library - Mattapan Branch
Boston Public Library's Main Branch
Boylston Plaza
Brandeis University
Brockton Arts
Brockton Public Library
Brookline Booksmith
Brookline Public Library
Cambridge Public Library
Canopy Room
Cantab Lounge
Cary Memorial Library
Center for the Arts at the Armory
Cervena Barva Press Studio Arts at the Armory, Basement B8
Cleat and Anchor
Co-Creative Center
Codman Square Branch of the Boston Public Library
Coffee and Cotton
Cofounder/cohost Wayne-Daniel Berard's home
Concord Free Public Library
Connexion
Copley Square
Cotuit Center for the Arts
Curtis Memorial Library
Diehl Marcus & Company
Driscoll Gallery, Brockton Public Library
Duxbury Library
ECAT STUDIOS
Edward M. Kennedy Institute For the U.S. Senate
Emerson Urban Arts Media Gallery
EveryBody in Mind Wellness Center
Federal Street Books
First Baptist Church
First Parish Church
First Unitarian Church
First Unitarian Church, Worcester
Follen Church Society
Follow Your Art Community Studios
Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery
Forum Room, Lamont Library
Framingham State University, Heineman Ecumenical Center
Fruitlands Museum
Gallery Z Visual And Performing Arts Center
Gates of the City | Heritage State Park | Visitors Center
Gateway City Arts
Grolier Book Shop
Grolier Poetry Bookshop
GrubStreet
GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing
GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing
Hale Education, Inc.
Hamilton-Wenham Public Library
Historic Strand Theatre
Home.stead Bakery and Cafe
home.stead café
Hunneman Hall, Brookline Village Library
Huntington Theatre Company
I Am Books
Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum
John Greenleaf Whittier Home & Museum
Jones Library
Katzenberg Center, 3rd floor, CGS
Knafel Auditorium, Radcliffe Institute
Lee Library
Leventhal Center Auditorium
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois Room: 2601 UMass Amherst Campus
Linda K. Paresky Conference Center at Simmons University
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Main Lecture Hall Cambridge Public Library
Make Shift Boston
Make-It Springfield
Marran Theater
Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), Design and Media Center (DMC)
MassArt, Kennedy, 406
Massasoit Community College
McCormack Family Theater
Medford Historical Society
Medford Senior Center
Menino Arts Center
Menschell Hall Harvard Art Museums
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
Mickey's Gaming Lounge
Middlesex Community College (Bedford Campus)
Milford Town Library
MIT Press Bookstore
MIT Stata Center
Mount Auburn Cemetery
New Bedford Art Museum
Newburyport Public Library
Newton Free Library
Newtonville Books
Nick's Bar & Restaurant
North Andover Town Common
Northampton Center for the Arts
Norton Public Library
Norton's Woods Conference Center
Old Chapel, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio
Old South Meeting House
Old Town Hall
Oliver Colvin Recital Hall (1W)
Olver Transit Pavillion
Online
Open Doors Yoga Studio, 65 Washington Street
Outpost 186
Park View Room
Pemberton Farms
Pierce Hall, First Parish in Brookline
Plymouth Center for the Arts
Plymouth Public Library Otto Fehlow Meeting Room
Ralph's Rock Diner
Redemption Rock Brewing Company
Revere Public Library, 179 Beach Street Revere, MA 02151
River Styx Brewery
Robbins Library, 3rd Floor, 700 Mass., Ave., Arlington, MA
Root and Press LLC
Roslindale House
Roxbury Heritage State Park
Sanctuary
Shattuck Hall, Cassani Room (102) (Mt. Holyoke)
Shelburne-Buckland Community Hall
Smith College Campus Center, Carroll Room
Smith College Poetry Center
Smith College, Alumnae House Conference Hall
Smith College, Seelye Hall
Smokestack Roasters
Sonia
South County Recovery Center
SOWA
Spire Center for the Performing Arts, 25 1/2 Court Street Plymouth, MA 02360
St. Denis Catholic Church
Stacy Adams Cultural Arts Building
Starlight Square
Starlite Bar & Art Gallery
Starlite Bar & Gallery
starlite lounge
Storrs Library
Suffolk University Poetry Center
Tatnuck Bookseller and Cafe
Temple Isaiah
Temple Sinai
The Barker Center, Room 133
The Bill Bordy Theatre of Emerson College
The Community Church of Boston
THE DEMOCRACY CENTER , 45 MOUNT AUBURN STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA (HARVARD SQUARE)
The District Center for the Arts
The Divine Theater at Gateway City Arts
The Emily Dickinson Museum
The Footlight Club
The Historic Cabot Theatre
The Huntington Theater
The Lilypad
The Lizard Lounge
The Model Cafe
The Odyssey Bookshop
The Old Chapel, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Old Manse
The Press Room
The Rockwell
The Translation Center at UMass Amherst, Herter Annex
The White Room
Thompson Room
Tidepool Bookshop, Llc
Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary
Trident Booksellers & Cafe
Trident Bookstore
Trustman Gallery Simmons College
Tufts University
UMass Amherst, Great Hall
UMASS-Boston, Creative Writing MFA
Urban Media Arts
Waltham Historical Society
Wayland Public Library
WCPA Office @ the Sprinkler Factory
WeBreathe Wellness
Weinstein Auditorium, Smith College
Wellesley Books
Wellfleet Library
West Suburban YMCA
Westwood Public Library
Westwood Public Library, Islington Branch
Woodberry Poetry Room
Woods Hole Public Library
Worcester Art Museum
Worcester Public Library Saxe Room
Worcester State University
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