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Tuesday, September 11
 

3:30pm EDT

Benefit for the Boston National Poetry Month Festival, 2018 Sonia 10 Brookline Ave, Cambridge MA
 
Thursday, September 13
 

5:00pm EDT

Mass Poetry Unplugged at Prudential Center Boylston Plaza

6:00pm EDT

Jennie Chu, Eleanor Goodman, Maria Jose Gimenez, Sekyo Haines, Antonio Ochoa, and Donald Wellman Cambridge Public Library Poetry Reading Cambridge Public Library

7:00pm EDT

Chuck Carlise Poetry Reading and Book Signing Trident Booksellers & Cafe
 
Saturday, September 15
 

7:00pm EDT

Caroline Smith Poetry Reading Grolier Book Shop Caroline Smith Grolier Book Shop
 
Monday, September 17
 

4:00pm EDT

Boston AIR 2.0 Celebration Emerson Urban Arts Media Gallery
 
Tuesday, September 18
 

2:00pm EDT

Brookline Poetry Series Plein Air Poetry Walk Old Frog Pond Farm & StudioHeather Corbally Bryant
 
Thursday, September 20
 

9:00am EDT

Kerri French, Jennifer Militello, and Sarah Sweeney Trident Booksellers & CafeKerri French • Sarah Sweeney
 
Tuesday, September 25
 

6:30pm EDT

A Celebration of Leonard Cohen In Song, Dance, & Poetry Arts and the Armory main stageDavid Gullette
 
Wednesday, September 26
 

12:00pm EDT

Joanna Klink and Monica Youn Stratis Haviaras Poetry Reading Thompson RoomJoanna Klink
 
Thursday, September 27
 

5:00pm EDT

Mass Poetry Unplugged at Prudential Center Boylston Plaza
 
Friday, September 28
 

6:30pm EDT

Richard Hoffman, Fred Marchant, and Jill McDonough Poetry Reading Main Lecture Hall Cambridge Public Library Why Thoreau Still Matters: Lessons on Environmentalism & Civil Disobedience Old South Meeting House

7:00pm EDT

Michelle Hoover, Patricia Horvath, and Sam Witt Poetry ReadingMichelle Hoover • Patricia Horvath • Sam Witt
 
Saturday, September 29
 

6:00pm EDT

Black Orators: By Word and By Pen African American Meeting House at the Museum of African American History

7:30pm EDT

Wendy Drexler and Susan Donnelly Cervena Barva Press Studio Arts at the Armory, Basement B8
 
Monday, December 14
 

7:30pm EST

Solidarity Salon: poems & stories with music & dance! The LilypadJoey Gould • Lauren Leja • Anne Pluto • Renuka Raghavan
 
Tuesday, December 15
 

2:00pm EST

Brookline Poetry Series: Alan Shapiro and Dorian Kotsiopoulos Hunneman Hall, Brookline Village Library
 
Thursday, December 17
 

7:00pm EST

Nina McLaughlin Reading Grolier Poetry Bookshop
 
Saturday, December 19
 

7:00pm EST

Translating Korean: Jake Levine and Sekyo Nam Haines in conversation with Janaka Stucky Brookline BooksmithJake Levine A Window on the World through the Eyes of the Zimbabwean Poet Togara Muzanenhamo Cambridge Public LibraryTogara Muzanenhamo
 
Sunday, January 3
 

7:00pm EST

Unearthed Song & Poetry Open Mic: Oliver de la Paz Home.stead Bakery and Cafe
 
Monday, January 4
 

6:00pm EST

Lesley January Reading Series Presents: Carl Phillips Marran Theater
 
Wednesday, January 6
 

6:00pm EST

Lesley January Reading Series Presents: Sharon Bryan and Rachel Kadish Marran Theater
 
Sunday, January 10
 

7:00pm EST

Brookline Booksmith: Five Brookline Poets Reading Brookline BooksmithDeborah Leipziger • Judith Steinbergh
 
Saturday, January 16
 

7:00pm EST

Transnational Series: E.J. Koh in conversation with Jennifer Tseng Brookline BooksmithE.J. Koh
 
Sunday, January 17
 

6:30pm EST

The Visible Planets by Aly Pierce Release Show Make Shift BostonLip Manegio • Aly Pierce • Game Over Books
 
Tuesday, January 19
 

3:00pm EST

Brookline Poetry Series: Rodney Jones Hunneman Hall, Brookline Village LibraryRodney Jones
 
Friday, January 22
 

8:00pm EST

Devin Kelly Features at the Boston Poetry Slam Cantab LoungeDevin Kelly • Boston Poetry Slam
 
Saturday, January 23
 

7:00pm EST

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic Roslindale House

8:00pm EST

Countertop Chants: January Poetry Session Canopy Room
 
Monday, January 25
 

TBA

IAWA in Boston Presents I Am BooksMarianne Leone
 
Friday, January 29
 

TBA

Stone Soup series Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery

8:00pm EST

Porsha Olayiwola Features at the Boston Poetry Slam Cantab LoungeBoston Poetry Slam
 
Saturday, January 30
 

TBA

Deep Curation: an experimentally curated poetry reading Boston Playwrights' TheatreLee Ann Brown • Sawako Nakayasu • Klara Du Plessis
 
Tuesday, February 2
 

2:00pm EST

Temple Sinai’s 11th Annual Poetry Festival Temple SinaiRachel Kann

7:00pm EST

Moonlighting Featuring Keely Fae & Justice Ameer THE DEMOCRACY CENTER , 45 MOUNT AUBURN STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA (HARVARD SQUARE)Justice Ameer • Keely Fae
 
Thursday, February 4
 

7:00pm EST

Black History Month Open Mic & Karaoke Night! Make Shift BostonFEMS Tournament
 
Friday, February 5
 

8:00pm EST

Tatiana M.R. Johnson Features at the Boston Poetry Slam Cantab LoungeTatiana M.R. Johnson • Boston Poetry Slam
 
Saturday, February 6
 

TBA

Barbara Thomas Andala Cafe
 
Sunday, February 7
 

TBA

Patricia Cleary MillerPatricia Cleary Miller Unearthed Song & Poetry Home.stead Bakery and CafeTamiko Beyer

7:00pm EST

Bradley Trumpfheller: Reconstructions Book Release Brookline BooksmithBradley Trumpfheller First Fridays Youth Open Mic ft. Ariana Brown First Baptist ChurchAriana Brown Unearthed Song & Poetry Open Mic home.stead caféTamiko Beyer
 
Monday, February 8
 

TBA

The Liminal Reading Series MIT Press BookstoreJosé Angel Araguz • Ariana Reines
 
Tuesday, February 9
 

3:00pm EST

New Poetry and Open Mic Center for the Arts at the ArmoryEdison Dupree
 
Thursday, February 11
 

TBA

Raquel Salas Rivera UMASS-Boston, Creative Writing MFARaquel Salas Rivera

6:00pm EST

NOVELIST STEVEN DUNN & POET LORA STRAUB MassArt, Kennedy, 406Steven Dunn
 
Friday, February 12
 

7:30pm EST

Poetry/Photo slideshow at Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center

8:00pm EST

The Poetry Brothel: Circus of Love Sonia
 
Sunday, February 14
 

TBA

Chapter and Verse Literary Reading SeriesBill Banfield • Jim LaFond-Lewis • Clara Eugenia Ronderos
 
Monday, February 15
 

1:00pm EST

The Brockton Library Poetry Series: Everyone Has a Voice Driscoll Gallery, Brockton Public LibraryLola Bennett • Ally Brioso

4:00pm EST

Raquel Balboni Book Launch Outpost 186Raquel Balboni
 
Tuesday, February 16
 

2:00pm EST

Brookline Poetry Series Hunneman Hall, Brookline Village LibraryTanya (Tingyu) Liu
 
Wednesday, February 17
 

TBA

Patricia Cleary Miller Grolier Book Shop

7:00pm EST

Small Press Book Club Discusses: Homie by Danez Smith Brookline Booksmith
 
Thursday, February 18
 

7:00pm EST

First and Last Word Poetry Series Arts at the Armory CaféChris O’Carroll
 
Friday, February 19
 

6:00pm EST

Boston Originals Series Woodberry Poetry RoomAriana Reines • James Stotts
 
Saturday, February 20
 

TBA

Cervena Barva Press reading Arts at the Armory/Basement B8

4:15pm EST

History Reconsidered: Poetry Reading with Clint Smith Knafel Auditorium, Radcliffe Institute

6:00pm EST

Salamander Issue #49 Release Party Suffolk University Poetry CenterSonya Larson • David Moloney
 
Sunday, February 21
 

7:00pm EST

Breakwater Reading Series February Reading 56 Brattle Street Cambridge

7:30pm EST

The Juke: a Blues Bacchae Arts at the Armory Café
 
Monday, February 22
 

3:00pm EST

Gloria Mindock Arts at the Armory/Basement B8

7:30pm EST

The Juke: A Blues Bacchae Arts at the Armory Café
 
Tuesday, February 23
 

TBA

The Liminal Reading Series MIT Press BookstoreDarcie Dennigan • Elaine Kahn
 
Wednesday, February 24
 

TBA

Blacksmith House Poetry Blacksmith HouseJudith Baumel • Jason Tandon

7:00pm EST

Black Box Reading Series (Poetry, Fiction, etc) Boston Playwrights' Theatre
 
Thursday, February 25
 

TBA

Joan Naviyuk Kane MIT Stata Center

6:00pm EST

A Vocarium Reading: Natalie Diaz and Ocean Vuong Menschell Hall Harvard Art MuseumsNatalie Diaz • Ocean Vuong
 
Friday, February 26
 

7:15pm EST

The Boston Poetry Slam features RLynn Cantab LoungeRLynn
 
Saturday, February 27
 

6:00pm EST

Getting to the Point with Richard Blanco Edward M. Kennedy Institute For the U.S. SenateRichard Blanco

7:00pm EST

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic Roslindale HouseQueen Hodge • Maureen McElroy • Vivienne Shalom
 
Sunday, February 28
 

7:00pm EST

An Evening With Richard Blanco Pierce Hall, First Parish in BrooklineRichard Blanco
 
Wednesday, March 3
 

6:00pm EST

Marie Howe Tufts University

7:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Out Loud Semi-Finals Huntington Theatre Company
 
Friday, March 5
 

7:15pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam featuring Susanna Kitrredge Cantab LoungeBoston Poetry Slam
 
Sunday, March 7
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry at the Y Series ft. Timothy Gager and Sarah Snyder West Suburban YMCASarah Snyder
 
Monday, March 8
 

4:30pm EST

Bilingual Poetry Reading: Hispanic Voices of the South Grolier Poetry BookshopFlorentino Diaz Ahumada • Dr. Enrique Bernales Albites • Jose Antonio Mazzotti • Juana Rosa Pita
 
Thursday, March 11
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Reading and Open Mike Newton Free LibraryWyn Cooper • Nausheen Eusuf
 
Friday, March 12
 

7:15pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam featuring Adam Falkner Cantab LoungeAdam Falkner • Boston Poetry Slam
 
Sunday, March 14
 

7:00pm EDT

Matthew Lippman and Jacob Strautmann Brookline Booksmith Adam Falkner reading, "The Willies"Adam Falkner

7:30pm EDT

CANCELED - Chapter and Verse Literary Reading Series
 
Thursday, March 18
 

7:00pm EDT

CANCELLED - David Ferry Suffolk University Poetry Center Poets & Plants Pemberton Farms
 
Friday, March 19
 

7:15pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam featuring Lip Manegio Cantab LoungeLip Manegio • Boston Poetry Slam
 
Monday, March 22
 

7:00pm EDT

Solidarity Salon The Community Church of BostonJudah Leblang • Lauren Leja • Lee Okan • Renuka Raghavan
 
Tuesday, March 23
 

3:00pm EDT

John Mulrooney and Danielle Legros Georges @ Xit the Bear Reading Series The Press RoomJohn Mulrooney
 
Wednesday, March 24
 

6:00pm EDT

Poetry Reading by Mary Szybist Katzenberg Center, 3rd floor, CGSMary Syzbist

7:00pm EDT

Nixes Mate Poetry Reading/Book Launch Trident BookstoreBrad Rose
 
Saturday, March 27
 

7:00pm EDT

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic Roslindale HouseKathleen McCann
 
Monday, March 29
 

4:00pm EDT

Alec Solomita and Philip Nikolayev Outpost 186Philip Nikolayev • Alec Solomita The Liminal Reading Series MIT Press BookstoreAlysia Abbott • Jim Cory

6:00pm EDT

IAWA Open Mic and Featured Reading I Am BooksJuliet Grames • Neil Zagarella
 
Wednesday, March 31
 

6:00pm EDT

Irish Voices: Poetry Reading by Alan Gillis and David Wheatley Katzenberg Center, 3rd floor, CGSAlan Gillis • David Wheatley
 
Friday, April 2
 

5:15pm EDT

POSTPONED - Harvard Divinity School Ingersoll Lecture with Anne Carson Norton's Woods Conference CenterAnne Carson

7:00pm EDT

Brandon Melendez & Courtney LeBlanc @ Porter Square BooksCourtney LeBlanc • Brandon Melendez
 
Friday, April 9
 

6:00pm EDT

Cathy Park Hong Forum Room, Lamont LibraryCathy Park Hong
 
Saturday, April 10
 

6:00pm EDT

CANCELLED - Joy Harjo Menschell Hall Harvard Art MuseumsJoy Harjo

6:30pm EDT

Nick Flynn--Stay Boston Public Library's Main BranchAlondra Bobadilla • Daniel Heyman
 
Thursday, April 15
 

7:30pm EDT

Natasha Trethewey and Megan Fernandes : Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture Series Leventhal Center AuditoriumMegan Fernandes • Natasha Trethewey
 
Monday, April 19
 

4:00pm EDT

The Liminal Reading Series MIT Press BookstoreMaggie Dubris • Michael Heller
 
Friday, April 23
 

7:00pm EDT

Omar Sakr, George Abraham, Chen Chen, and moira j Brookline BooksmithGeorge Abraham • moira j • Omar Sakr
 
Saturday, April 24
 

7:00pm EDT

Memorial Reading for Jane Kenyon Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Microphone Roslindale HouseNancy Naomi Carlson
 
Monday, April 26
 

6:00pm EDT

Christine Casson and Rita Ciresi I Am BooksRita Ciresi
 
Friday, April 30
 

6:00pm EDT

The T.S. Eliot Memorial Reading: Claudia Rankine Knafel Auditorium, Radcliffe InstituteClaudia Rankine
 
Saturday, May 1
 

6:00pm EDT

HERE ALL NIGHT: POETRY & COCKTAILS Boston Athenæum
 
Tuesday, May 18
 

3:00pm EDT

Arrowsmith Press: Spring 2020 Book Launch First Parish ChurchScott Harney • Oksana Zabuzhko
 
Thursday, June 10
 

6:00pm EDT

Lit Crawl: Mass Poetry Presents Poems To Go featuring the Traveling Poetry Emporium Starlight SquareCassandra de Alba • Julia Story

7:00pm EDT

Daniel Johnson & Anthony Febo Menino Arts CenterFebo • Daniel Johnson
 
Sunday, September 19
 

4:00pm EDT

teXtmoVes Starlight SquareNina Alonso • Judson Evans • Doug Holder • Liz Keen • Karen Klein • LoGalluccio • Elizabeth Gordon McKim • Marlena Merrin • Michael Winward • Doug Holder
 
Thursday, November 18
 

7:00pm EST

Evening of Inspired Leaders GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing
 
Wednesday, February 16
 

12:30pm EST

February Seaport Free Writes GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing
 
Tuesday, March 1
 

7:00pm EST

Grubbie Debut: Neema Avashia with E. B. Bartels GrubStreet Center for Creative WritingNeema Avashia • E. B. Bartels
 
Sunday, March 13
 

4:00pm EDT

Thresh & Hold Boston Center for the ArtsMarlanda Dekine
 
Tuesday, March 15
 

7:00pm EDT

Emerson College Department of Writing, Literature & Publishing Reading Series: Special Guest Martín Espada The Bill Bordy Theatre of Emerson CollegeMartín Espada
 
Thursday, April 7
 

7:00pm EDT

Haleh Liza Gafori, author of Gold, with Kythe Letitia Heller at Porter Square Books: Cambridge EditionHaleh Liza Gafori • Kythe Heller
 
Tuesday, April 12
 

7:00pm EDT

Erika Meitner, author of Useful Junk, and Sarah Matthes, author of Town Crier, at Porter Square Books: Cambridge EditionSarah Matthes • Erika Meitner
 
Wednesday, April 20
 

7:00pm EDT

Hybrid Reading Series: Rebecca Kaiser Gibson and Fred Marchant Grolier Poetry BookshopRebecca Kaiser Gibson • Fred Marchant
 
Thursday, April 21
 

7:00pm EDT

Kemi Alabi, author of Against Heaven, with Porsha OlayiwolaKemi Alabi • Porsha Olayiwola Changeable Gods - Richard Wollman - Book Launch Trustman Gallery Simmons CollegeRichard Wollman
 
Tuesday, April 26
 

7:00pm EDT

April U35-U18 GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing
 
Thursday, April 28
 

5:00pm EDT

Robert M. Gay Memorial Lecture — Poetry Reading with Martín Espada Linda K. Paresky Conference Center at Simmons UniversityMartín Espada • Richard Wollman
 
Friday, April 29
 

5:30pm EDT

Read and Write PoeTREE with Fay Ferency, Jess Rizkallah, and Letta Neely 111 Harbor WayFay Ferency • Letta Neely • Jess Rizkallah
 
Saturday, April 30
 

1:00pm EDT

Soul: An Ancestor Workshop w/ Marlanda Dekine Arnold ArboretumMarlanda Dekine
 
Tuesday, May 3
 

7:00pm EDT

Joint Reading with Jeffrey Yang with Fanny Howe GrubStreet Center for Creative WritingFanny Howe • Jeffrey Yang
 
Sunday, June 12
 

3:00pm EDT

Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site & New England Poetry Club Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic SiteMagdalena Gomez • Enzo Silon Surin
 
Saturday, June 18
 

7:30pm EDT

Her Voice Among the Aisles: A Celebration of Emily Dickinson through Poetry & Song Follen Church SocietyLeona Cheung • Tom Daley • Annina Hsieh • Cammy Thomas • Tom Daley • Cammy Thomas
 
Saturday, June 25
 

6:00pm EDT

The Hard Work of Hope Reading GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing
 
Sunday, July 10
 

3:00pm EDT

Longfellow Summer Poetry Festival: Martha Collins and Philip Nikolayev Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic SiteMartha Collins • Philip Nikolayev
 
Thursday, September 8
 

6:30pm EDT

Podcasting for Everyone: Getting Started Is Easier Than You Think! (In-person Event) GrubStreetGrubStreet
 
Friday, September 16
 

7:00pm EDT

The Civic Role of Poetry: For, By & Of the People with Richard Blanco Follen Church SocietyRichard Blanco
 
Thursday, September 22
 

5:30pm EDT

Fall 2022 Open House & Info Session GrubStreetGrubStreet
 
Saturday, August 5
 

10:00am EDT

Roxbury Poetry Festival
 
Friday, September 1
 

7:00pm EDT

SOWA First Friday Poetry Open Mic SOWA
 
Saturday, September 9
 

2:00pm EDT

Outspoken Saturdays @ GBH Studios Boston Public Library
 
Wednesday, September 20
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Wednesday, September 27
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Wednesday, October 4
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Wednesday, October 11
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Saturday, October 14
 

10:00am EDT

Boston Book Festival Copley SquareBoston Book Festival
 
Wednesday, October 18
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Wednesday, October 25
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Sunday, October 29
 

7:00pm EDT

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Wednesday, November 1
 

7:00pm EDT

Poets for Palestine Boston Liberation Center

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Sunday, November 5
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Monday, November 6
 

6:00pm EST

Mass Poetry Community Open House + U35 Reading! GrubStreet
 
Wednesday, November 8
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Monday, November 13
 

6:30pm EST

MassArt Reading Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), Design and Media Center (DMC), Lecture Hall, 1st...
 
Wednesday, November 15
 

6:00pm EST

Launch of Volume 15.2 and Celebration of 15 Years of Consequence Boston City Hall Square, Civic Pavilion

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Thursday, November 16
 

7:00pm EST

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic Roslindale House
 
Saturday, November 18
 

6:00pm EST

Reservoir: Poetry Reading and Closing Party Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
 
Sunday, November 19
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Wednesday, November 22
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Sunday, November 26
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Wednesday, November 29
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Thursday, November 30
 

7:00pm EST

An Evening of Poetry: Rachel DeWoskin, Robert Pinsky, & Kirun Kapur Brookline Booksmith
 
Saturday, December 2
 

1:00pm EST

Recycled Poems: Found Poetry Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
 
Sunday, December 3
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Monday, December 4
 

6:00pm EST

Nature & Poetry in the City: A Generative Writing Workshop Codman Square Branch of the Boston Public Library Faces of Phillis Boston Public Library
 
Wednesday, December 6
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Friday, December 8
 

7:00pm EST

Liberation Open Mic: Feat Adobo Fish Sauce Boston Liberation Center
 
Saturday, December 9
 

1:00pm EST

Nature-Inspired Micropoems and Button-Making Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
 
Sunday, December 10
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Wednesday, December 13
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Thursday, December 14
 

7:00pm EST

CANON, CANYON, CANNON: WELL DRESSED Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum
 
Sunday, December 17
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Monday, December 18
 

6:00pm EST

Generative Writing Workshop: Wintry Nature Poems Codman Square Branch of the Boston Public Library
 
Wednesday, December 20
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Sunday, December 31
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe
 
Wednesday, January 10
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Friday, January 12
 

7:30pm EST

Liberation Open Mic Boston Liberation Center
 
Sunday, January 14
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Wednesday, January 17
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Sunday, January 21
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Wednesday, January 24
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Thursday, January 25
 

6:30pm EST

Boston Voices: An Evening of Poetry and Connection Abigail Ogilvy Gallery
 
Sunday, January 28
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Wednesday, January 31
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Sunday, February 4
 

10:30am EST

Generative Writing Workshop: Bird Poems Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
 
Wednesday, February 7
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Saturday, February 10
 

6:00pm EST

Winter Warmup with Wine and Poetry Menino Arts Center
 
Sunday, February 11
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe
 
Wednesday, February 14
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Sunday, February 18
 

6:00pm EST

Poem-Your Conscious - A Spoken Word Soiree Historic Strand Theatre

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe
 
Wednesday, February 21
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Thursday, February 22
 

7:00pm EST

CANON, CANYON, CANNON: ALL BLACK EVERYTHING Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum
 
Saturday, February 24
 

1:00pm EST

Nature Zine-Making Workshop Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
 
Sunday, February 25
 

7:00pm EST

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe
 
Wednesday, February 28
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Thursday, February 29
 

6:00pm EST

A Poetry Reading with Sandra Lim The Barker Center, Room 133
 
Wednesday, March 6
 

8:00pm EST

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Thursday, March 7
 

7:00pm EST

March U35 Mass Poetry Reading Trident Booksellers & Cafe
 
Sunday, March 10
 

7:00pm EDT

Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Wednesday, March 13
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Thursday, March 14
 

5:00pm EDT

Poetry Salon at Beacon Hill Books Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
 
Sunday, March 17
 

7:00pm EDT

Ancient Poet Spotlight: Enheduanna Online Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Wednesday, March 20
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Sunday, March 24
 

7:00pm EDT

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam The Lizard Lounge
 
Wednesday, March 27
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Sunday, March 31
 

7:00pm EDT

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe
 
Wednesday, April 3
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Friday, April 5
 

5:30pm EDT

CITIMIC Boston City Hall Square, Civic Pavilion

8:00pm EDT

"Voyage of Edgar Allen Poe" Opera The Huntington Theater
 
Saturday, April 6
 

10:00am EDT

First Breath GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing
 
Sunday, April 7
 

7:00pm EDT

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe
 
Wednesday, April 10
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Thursday, April 11
 

7:00pm EDT

2024 Intercollegiate Poetry Showcase | Future In Verse: Spotlighting the Voices of Young Poets as Glimpses into the Future GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing
 
Saturday, April 13
 

2:00pm EDT

Dear Friend, Let's Meet: A Roaming Poetry Reading Mount Auburn Cemetery
 
Monday, April 29
 

6:30pm EDT

Berklee Slam Poetry! Oliver Colvin Recital Hall (1W)
 
Friday, May 3
 

6:00pm EDT

Write Here | Write Now | Speak Loud! Teen Spoken Word Festival GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing
 
Wednesday, May 8
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Sunday, May 12
 

7:00pm EDT

Poetry Open Mic Night at Trident Trident Booksellers & Cafe
 
Wednesday, May 15
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Thursday, May 16
 

7:00pm EDT

Third Thursday Poetry: Miriam Levine, Tom Driscoll, Matthew Sisson Brookline Booksmith
 
Wednesday, May 22
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Wednesday, May 29
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
Wednesday, June 5
 

8:00pm EDT

Boston Poetry Slam Cantab Lounge
 
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