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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading at the MAC (Mar 12\, 2026)
DESCRIPTION:2nd Thursday Poetry Readings Winter 2026 \nThursday\, March 12\, 2026\, 7 – 9 pm Featuring Oliver de la Paz\, Iain Haley Pollock\, Casey Salerno \nLinks: Event page
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/poetry-reading-at-the-mac-mar-12-2026/
LOCATION:Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Avenue\, Boston\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:2nd Thursday Poetry Readings - February 2026
DESCRIPTION:In person at the MAC. All readings are free and open to the public with an Open Mic before the featured speakers.\nSpace is limited at the Open Mic\, signup starts at 645 pm the night of the reading.\nSeries Coordinated by Linda Carney-Goodrich:\npoetry@hpaa-mac.org – https://lindacarneygoodrich.com\nSeries Hosted by Toni Bee: https://tonibee.org \nThursday\, February 12\, 2026\, 7 – 9 pm\nFeaturing Wallace Coar\, Heather Nelson\, and Alan Smith Soto. \nWallace Coar is a poet and storyteller whose work delves into the quiet fractures and hidden truths of everyday life. His spoken word pieces explore love\, longing\, societal disconnection\, and the human capacity for resilience\, blending sharp observation with a raw emotional honesty. Wallace’s voice has been shaped by lived experience and deep reflection\, capturing moments of intimacy\, struggle\, and revelation with precision and care. Whether performed on stage or shared through writing\, his work invites audiences to pause\, reflect\, and confront the truths we often leave unspoken. \nHeather Nelson first studied poetry in college\, where she developed her thesis project under the guidance of C. D. Wright and Peter Gizzi at Brown University in 1994. She returned to writing in 2011 and has since been published in Ekphrastic Review\, Lily Poetry Review\, Spoon River Review and others. Her first book\, Motherland\, was published by Kelsay Books in 2025. She currently leads a local free-write\, runs writing workshops for high school students and hosts a book group in Cambridge\, Mass. She has been active in the Boston area literary scene\, and has taught classes at Grub Street\, planned events for Litcrawl\, as well as organized author talks and other activities. \nAlan Smith Soto\, born in San José\, Costa Rica grew up there and in the U.S. in a bilingual family. The author of four books of poems\, Fragmentos de alcancía (1998)\, Libro del lago (2014)\, Hasta que no haya luna (2021) and Templo (2024)\, his poetry in English has appeared in Blue Unicorn (2021)\, Essential Voices -A Covid-19 Anthology (2023)\, The Winter Anthology (2024) and The Arts Fuse (2025). His translation of Robert Creeley’s Life and Death (Vida y muerte) was published in 2000 (Madrid: Árdora). His play\, César y Federico was premiered in Madrid in October\, 2025. His plays Pilatos and El regalo will be premiered in May\, 2025 in Madrid.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/2nd-thursday-poetry-readings-february-2026/
LOCATION:The Menino Art Center\, 26 Central Ave\, Hyde Park\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Nixes Mate at the Mac
DESCRIPTION:NIXES MATE at the MAC\nSunday\, November 23\, 2-5 pm \nThe authors will be reading from their work. Annie Pluto will read prose poems by Jennifer Martelli\, co-author of Revere Beach Stories.  \nSnacks and refreshments. Free to the public and accessible. \nEILEEN CLEARY\nAUTHOR OF\nWILD PACK OF THE LIVING \nLINDA CARNEY-GOODRICH\nAUTHOR OF DOT GIRL \nEVE F. W. LINN\nAUTHOR OF\nALBUM OF NOT \nLINDA LAMENZA\nAUTHOR OF\nFEAST OF THE SEVEN FISHES \nJ. D. SCRIMGEOUR\nAUTHOR OF\nSMALL\, RECTANGULAR\, REFLECTED WORLD \nKEVIN CAREY\nCO-AUTHOR OF\nREVERE BEACH STORIES
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/nixes-mate-at-the-mac/
LOCATION:The Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Ave\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251116T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251116T153000
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SUMMARY:NEPC 2025 Contest Reading @ The MAC
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our annual reading\, featuring Winners and Finalists from our contests: \n\nSamuel Washington Allen Prize for a long poem or poem sequence\nE.E. Cummings Prize\, for a compelling\, lyrical\, or experimental short poem\nAmy Lowell Prize\, for an outstanding poem of any length or style by a poet with strong ties to New England\nDiana Der-Hovanessian Prize\, for a translation from any language.\nJean Pedrick Chapbook Prize.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/5206/
LOCATION:The Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Ave\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Poetry
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SUMMARY:2nd Thursday Poetry Readings: Featuring M.P. Carver\, Jennifer Jean
DESCRIPTION:Featuring M.P. Carver and Jennifer Jean \nM.P. Carver is a poet and visual artist from Salem\, MA. She is Director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival\, miCrO-Founder of Molecule: a tiny lit mag\, a member of the Thursday Poets\, and teaches writing at Salem State University. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in SWIMM\, Rattle\, and Mantis\, among others. She has received funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Essex Community Foundation. In 2023 her poem “In Vitro” was named a finalist in the Connecticut River Review’s Experimental Poetry Contest\, and in 2022\, her poem “You & God & I” was awarded the New England Poetry Club’s E.E. Cummings Prize.  Her chapbook\, Selachipmorpha\, was published by Incessant Pipe in 2015\, and a chapbook with Lily Poetry Review Books\, Hard Up\, is available now from Lily Poetry Review Books. \nJennifer Jean’s poetry collections include VOZ\, Object Lesson\, and The Fool. Her resource book is Object Lesson: a Guide to Writing Poetry. Along with Iraqi poet Hanaa Ahmad Jabr\, she’s co-written and co-translated a correspondence in Arabic and English poems\, titled Where do you live? أين‭ ‬تعيشين؟. (Arrowsmith\, 2025). As well\, she’s the editor of Other Paths for Shahrazad: a Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by Arab Women (Tupelo\, 2026). Her work appears in POETRY\, Rattle\, On the Seawall\, The Common\, and the Los Angeles Review; as well as on The Slowdown Podcast and in the Academy of American Poets “Poem-a-Day” series. She’s received honors from the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop\, the Mass Cultural Council\, and the Women’s Federation for World Peace. Jennifer is an organizer for the Her Story Is collective\, a faculty member at the Solstice MFA\, and a senior program manager at the Fine Arts Work Center. \nIn person at the MAC.\nAll readings are free and open to the public with an Open Mic before the featured speakers.\nSpace is limited at the Open Mic\, signup starts at 645 pm the night of the reading.\nSeries Coordinated by Linda Carney-Goodrich:\npoetry@hpaa-mac.org – https://lindacarneygoodrich.com\nSeries Hosted by Toni Bee: https://tonibee.org
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/2nd-thursday-poetry-readings-featuring-m-p-carver-jennifer-jean/
LOCATION:The Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Ave\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T190000
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SUMMARY:2nd Thursday Poetry Reading @ The MAC
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 9\, 2025\, 7 – 9 pm\nFeaturing Navah The Buddaphliii\, Eddy Toussaint Tontongi\nNavah The Buddaphliii is a distinguished poet\,‬ performer\, and author with over 20 years of‬ experience in the literary arts. Known for her‬ mastery of metaphor\, she redefined herself as‬ Navah the Buddaphliii‬‭ —pronounced‬ “butterfly”—a name that reflects her deep belief‬ in transformation and her role as a catalyst for‬ change in the world.‬ Affectionately called‬‭ The Duchess of Double‬ Entendres‬‭ \, Navah is celebrated as a‬ poet-prophet\, a warrior of words\, and an‬ nwavering source of inspiration. Her social‬ media series\,‬‭ Navahism‬‭ \, has garnered a‬ devoted following through its blend of clever‬ affirmations and empowering reflections.‬ Her body of work includes‬‭ Black Cocaine and‬ Colorless Butterflies‬‭ \, a collection that solidified‬ her place in the poetry community and brought‬ her recognition from the City of Boston as well‬ as the Atlanta poetry scene. Over the years\, she‬ has performed at both intimate venues and‬ prestigious theaters\, captivating audiences with‬ her raw honesty\, lyrical brilliance\, and‬ unapologetic storytelling. A mother of five and a devoted partner\, Navah‬ continues to balance her artistic pursuits with‬ her commitment to family. Through her abstract‬ writing workshops in colleges and‬ collaborations with poets worldwide\, she fosters‬ the next generation of literary voices while‬ promoting the power of art and activism.‬ \n‭ \nEddy Toussaint Tontongi is a poet\, critic and essayist who writes in Haitian\, French and English. His latest books include Tyaka Poetica (2021); La Parole indomptée / Memwa Baboukèt (“The Untamed Speech / Memory of The Muzzle\,” 2015)\, published by L’Harmattan in Paris\, France; and In the Beast’s Alley (2013)\, a collection in English of his “poems of conscience.” Tontongi’s book Critique de la francophonie haïtienne (L’Harmattan\, 2007) is considered by as a seminal critique of linguistic power relations in Haiti. Tontongi has just completed his French collection of essays\, Le Regard de l’Autre\, using the critical investigative perspective which he calls reverse anthropology\, the reverse gaze of the Other\, the oppressed\, upon the oppressors. A look from the South to the North. Tontongi’s latest collection of poems is Gaze of Thunder\, scheduled to be released in the Summer of 2025. Tontongi is Editor in Chief of the publishing house Trilingual Press and the trilingual politico-literary journal Tanbou (www.tanbou.com). Eddy will read from his newly released collection of poems “Gaze of Thunder” (Trilingual Press\, October 2025).
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/2nd-thursday-poetry-reading-the-mac/
LOCATION:The Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Ave\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Open MIC @ The Switch
DESCRIPTION:Poets\, Musicians\, Storytellers\, and More\nHosted by Linda Carney-Goodrich \nFEATURING\nPoet Maureen McElroy\nPoet Brian Mosher \nWEDNESDAY\nSeptember 24th\n7PM to 9PM\n21 Fairmount Ave\nHyde Park\nFREE and Open to ALL
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/open-mic-the-switch-2/
LOCATION:The Switch\, 21 Fairmount Ave.\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136
CATEGORIES:Community,Music,Performance,Poetry,Stories
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T190000
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SUMMARY:2nd Thursday Poetry Reading
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URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/2nd-thursday-poetry-reading-2/
LOCATION:The Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Ave\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T210000
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SUMMARY:Open Mic at The Switch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Open Mic at The Switch\, hosted by Linda Carney-Goodrich\, on Wednesday\, July 23rd from 7–9PM at 21 Fairmount Ave\, Hyde Park. This free event welcomes poets\, musicians\, storytellers\, and more! Featuring special guests Poet and Artist Vivienne Shalom and Poet and Novelist Timothy Gager. All are welcome — come share your voice or just enjoy the show! 🎤🎶 Sponsored by The Switch Co-op and Hyde Park Main Streets.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/open-mic-at-the-switch-5/
LOCATION:The Switch\, 21 Fairmount Ave.\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136
CATEGORIES:Community,Music,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250703T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250703T213000
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SUMMARY:Welcome to Boston Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Boston Open Mic is a fundraising event sponsored by Saafyr (Gems & Jewels)\, Boston Black Pride\, & City of Boston Arts & Culture.\n\n\nReseve your spot for free! Purchase tickets before the event starts!Early Bird: $15 \nDoor Ticket: $25This is not an official entry ticket. Your ticket must be purchased on Boston Black Pride Website. Proceeds go to our paying our volunteers for Gem & Jewels and Boston Black Pride’s Free Music & Arts Festival happening July 6th. \nPURCHASE YOUR TICKET HERE \n— \nTo learn more about us head to over to our pages:Website: Boston Black PrideInstagram: BLU Foundation aka Boston Black Pride \n— \nWebsite: Saafyr (Gems & Jewels) \nInstagrams: \nPersonal Page \nCommunity Page \n— \nFEAUTURE: Instagram: DJ LYSSE Become a Racer!The Pit Stop (Racer Form) \nInstagram: thepitstop.adventures
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/welcome-to-boston-open-mic/
LOCATION:Boston Restaurant Bar & Grill\, LLC\, 1267-1269 River Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music,Performance,Poetry,Stories
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T210000
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SUMMARY:Open Mic at The Switch
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Open Mic at The Switch\, Wed. June\, 25\, 7-9pm. Poets\, singers\, comedians\, storytellers\, musicians\, all are welcome to share something on the mic or just listen.  \nWe will also be featuring the wonderful Queen Hodge whose poems and parodies are guaranteed to make you smile.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/open-mic-at-the-switch-4/
LOCATION:The Switch\, 21 Fairmount Ave.\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136
CATEGORIES:Community,Live Music,Music,Performance,Poetry,Stories
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T210000
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SUMMARY:2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with Melinda Coppola\, Jean Dany Joachim\, Charlot Lucien
DESCRIPTION:This free poetry reading at the MAC will have an Open Mic before the featured speakers. Refreshments will be served. \nMelinda Coppola penned her first poem—about the color pink—at the tender age of 8. Her relationship with writing was mercurial for decades\, but once she learned that her blood type is\, in fact\, poet\, she settled into a kind of quiet cohabitation with her muses. Melinda’s poetry was nominated for Best of the Net and received the Songs of Eretz Reader’s Choice Award. Her work has appeared in Thimble Literary Magazine\, One Art: A Journal of Poetry\, Willows Wept Review\, Press 53\, Mutha Magazine\, Last Stanza Poetry Journal\, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising Kids on the Autism Spectrum\, and Amethyst Review\, among others. Her first full length collection\, Little Pockets of Glow\, is due out Fall 2025 from Kelsay Books. In addition to writing poetry\, she paints\, communes with stones on Cape Cod beaches\, and teaches Yogabilities™\, her own approach to Yoga for individuals with special needs. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband\, her daughter\, and a small herd of cats. www.melindacoppola.com \nJean Dany Joachim\, is a poet\, fiction-writer\, actor and playwright. He has five published collections of poetry and a play\, Chen Plenn (2007)\, Crossroads / Chimenkwaze (2013)\, Avec des Mots (2014)\, Quartier (2016)\, Your Voice Poet / Ta Voix Poète (2017)\, and La camisa blanca (2024). He created the Many Voices Project\, inspiring conversations about race and equality\, and he’s director of City Night Readings\, a series featuring diverse poetic and artistic talents. He serves on the Boards of the New England Poetry Club\, & Jean Appolon Expressions Dance Company. http://jeandanyjoachim.com \nCharlot Lucien is a poet\, storyteller\, and visual artist. His writings have been published in various anthologies and publications\, including the trilingual anthology of Haitian poetry “This Land\, My Beloved”\, Regard magazine\, Liberation Poetry\, Compost Magazine\, Revolution\, Anthologie des poètes français 2022\, Poètes à la Une\, and Tanbou Magazine. His poetry book La Tentation de l’Autre Rive (The Temptation of Other Shores) was released in 2013 by Trilingual Press. Several of his poems express his grappling with expressions of multiple identities as a Haitian who experienced migration and negotiates multiple literary and linguistic influences from Haiti\, France and Africa as a whole. He is also the founder of the Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts; he has affiliation with the New England Poetry Club\, La société de poètes français\, et Poètes à la Une; and in his regular line of work he is a public health manager and a history instructor at the OLLI Institute of the University of Massachusetts\, Boston. \nMore info on MAC poetry readings at http://www.hpaa-mac.org/poetry-readings/.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/2nd-thursday-poetry-reading-with-melinda-coppola-jean-dany-joachim-charlot-lucien/
LOCATION:The Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Ave\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T180000
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SUMMARY:Trilingual Press & AaL in association with HAAM present: Jean-Dany Joachim
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Haitian Heritage Month with us!\nEvent features Jean-Dany Joachim and an open mic.\nThis a tribute to poet Danielle Legros Georges\nPresented by Trilingual Press & Artists-at-Large in\nassociation with HAAM \nAbout\nJean Dany Joachim\, Cambridge Poet Populist from 2009 to 2011\, and the current Poet in Residence at First Church in Cambridge\, is also an author of short stories and plays. He created the Many Voices Project\, a series of readings and follow-up poetry workshops\, inspiring conversations about race and equality. He has three published collections of poetry\, Crossroads / Chimenkwaze (2013)\, Avec des Mots (2014)\, and Quartier (2016). He is the director of City Night Readings\, a series featuring diverse poetic talents\, writers\, and artists. Jean Dany is a 2017 Massachusetts Cultural Council grant recipient for his play:Your Voice Poet.\nhttp://jeandanyjoachim.com \nAbout Trilingual Press\nTrilingual Press: collaborative & non-commercial\, advocates the concept of koumbit to publish works of interest in Haitian\, French & English. Promoting literary and cultural production across cultures.\ntandou.com \nAbout Danielle\ndanielle legros georges was a writer\, translator\, editor\, scholar\, and author of several collections of poetry\, including three leaves\, three roots: poems on the haiti–congo story (beacon press\, 2025); the dear remote nearness of you (barrow street press\, 2016)\, winner of the new england poetry club’s 2016 sheila margaret motton book prize; and maroon (curbstone books\, 2001). she was the translator of the anthology blue flare: three haitian poets: évelyne trouillot\, marie-célie agnant\, maggy de coster (zephyr press\, 2024) and of island heart: the poems of ida faubert (subpress collective\, 2021). she was the coeditor\, with artress bethany white\, of wheatley at 250: black women poets re-imagine the verse of phillis wheatley peters (Pangyrus\, 2023) and editor of city of notions: an anthology of contemporary Boston poems (Boston mayor’s office of arts and culture\, 2017). her poetry appeared in many literary journals and has been widely anthologized\, including in new daughters of africa (edited by margaret busby\, 2019).\nhttp://daniellelegrosgeorges.com \n  \nAbout HAAM (Haitain Artists Assembly of Massachuestts)\nComprised of artists\,art lovers\,volunteers interested in promoting Haitian art and culture through artworks\,publication and so on. Founded in 1995\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/478557082506759
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/trilingual-press-aal-in-association-with-haam-present-jean-dany-joachim/
LOCATION:Hyde Park Branch of the Boston Public Library\, 35 Harvard Avenue\, Boston\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250528T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250528T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
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SUMMARY:Open Mic at The Switch
DESCRIPTION:Thrilled to feature poet\, storyteller\, and historian Dean Lampros at the next open mic night at The Switch\, Wed\, May 28\, 7pm. All you singers\, comedians\, poets\, musicians and story tellers\, come on down and get on the mic.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/open-mic-at-the-switch-3/
LOCATION:The Switch\, 21 Fairmount Ave.\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music,Performance,Poetry,Stories
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250523T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250523T220000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
CREATED:20250512T223327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T223632Z
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SUMMARY:Zaz Social - Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Calling all artists\, entrepreneurs\, poets\, and dreamers — this one’s for YOU! \nJoin us Friday\, May 23rd for a night that blends connection\, creativity\, and community like never before here at ZaZ Social in Hyde Park! \n📍6–8PM – Artistic & Entrepreneurial Bingo\nGet to know your community\, complete your bingo card\, and win a raffle ticket for some dope prizes. Come early — the first 30 minutes might even come with food perks! \n📍8–10PM – Open Mic & Presentation Party\nWe’re not just passing the mic to poets and musicians — we’re opening the floor to entrepreneurs and creatives ready to showcase their brand\, service\, or vision. \nGot a pitch\, a product\, or a passion project? You’ve got 3–5 mins and a screen.\nWant to present? Email us at Showandtellboston@gmail.com \n🎙️Special performances by\n@ant_thomas2f\n@capauriga\n@original_eastsideschild \nThis night is FREE ENTRY thanks to our partner @zazfoundation\, interactive\, and about building something real. \nCome on time. Come open. Come ready.\nLet’s pull up and pour into each other!
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/zaz-social-open-mic/
LOCATION:Zaz Restaurant\, 1238 River St\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Performance,Poetry,Stories
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T160000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
CREATED:20250427T205603Z
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SUMMARY:NEPC @ The Menino: Jean Flanagan\, Kevin Carey\, Colleen Michaels
DESCRIPTION:NEPC @ The Menino: Jean Flanagan\, Kevin Carey\, Colleen Michaels\nJoin the New England Poetry Club on May 10\, as we return to the Menino Arts Center\, in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Our featured poets will be Jean Flanagan\, Colleen Michaels\, and Kevin Carey\, with an open mic will follow. \nThe Menino Arts Center is an accessible venue\, with a wheelchair ramp into the building and an elevator to the second floor. We’re grateful to Home Scholars of Boston for their generous sponsorship. \nFor more information about the poets: https://nepoetryclub.org/event/nepc-the-menino-jean-flanagan-kevin-carey-colleen-michaels/
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/nepc-the-menino-jean-flanagan-kevin-carey-colleen-michaels/
LOCATION:The Menino Art Center\, 26 Central Ave\, Hyde Park\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250508T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250508T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
CREATED:20250427T210021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250427T210021Z
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SUMMARY:2nd Thursday Poetry Reading: Kalogeris\, Massey\, Schwartz\, Walsh
DESCRIPTION:2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with George Kalogeris\, Grace Massey\, Lloyd Schwartz\, Mark Walsh\nThis free poetry reading at the MAC will have an Open Mic before the featured speakers. Refreshments will be served. \n**Please note that with four featured readers we will need to limit the number of speakers at the Open Mic to 10. Signup will be that night before the reading.** \nGeorge Kalogeris’s most recent book of poems is Winthropos\, (Louisiana State University\, 2021). His poems and translations have been anthologized in Joining Music with Reason\, chosen by Christopher Ricks (Waywiser\, 2010). He is the winner of the James Dickey Poetry Prize\, the Stephen J. Meringoff Award\, and the Sheila Margaret Motton Prize. \nGrace Massey is a poet\, classical ballet and Baroque dancer\, gardener\, and socializer of feral cats. Grace was a social studies editor at Pearson Education for many years and has degrees in English from Smith College and Boston University. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals\, including Quartet\, Thimble\, Lily Poetry Review\, One Art\, RockPaperPoem\, and Ibbetson Street. Her chapbook\, A Future with Bromeliads\, was a finalist in the Moonstone Arts Center chapbook contest and the Jessie Bryce Niles chapbook contest. A Future with Bromeliads is available from RiverGlassBooks\, which contributes the proceeds from sales of their chapbooks to the Artists for Climate Justice Fund. https://www.gracemasseypoet.com \nLloyd Schwartz is poet laureate of Somerville\, the Frederick S. Troy Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston\, and a longtime arts critic for NPR’s Fresh Air. He’s published five books of poetry\, a collection of his music reviews\, and has edited three volumes devoted to the works of Elizabeth Bishop. Among his honors are the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism\, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, NEA\, and Academy of American Poets for his poetry. His poems have been selected for the Pushcart Prize\, The Best American Poetry\, and The Best of the Best American Poetry. His next collection\, “Artur Schnabel and Josepf Szigeti Play Mozart at the Frick Collection (April 4\, 1948)” and other poems will appear next year from Arrowsmith Press. \nMark Walsh is an English professor at Massasoit Community College in Brockton\, MA\, where he teaches literature and philosophy. Recently\, he was the head judge of the selection committee for the City of Brockton’s first-ever Youth Poet Laureate. He is an associate editor for The Lily Poetry Review\, and his journalism has appeared in The South Shore News & The Marshfield Mariner. His Chapbook\, In The Garden of Fortune\, was published by Lily Poetry Review Books in May of 2024. Recent poetry publications include Abandoned Mine\, Rituals\, Choeofpleirn Press and Nixes Mate. \nMore info on MAC poetry readings at http://www.hpaa-mac.org/poetry-readings/.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/2nd-thursday-poetry-reading-kalogeris-massey-schwartz-walsh/
LOCATION:The Menino Art Center\, 26 Central Ave\, Hyde Park\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T123000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
CREATED:20250306T220303Z
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SUMMARY:POETRY READING at The Library
DESCRIPTION:POETRY READING Featuring Amy Alvarez and Linda Carney-Goodrich \nAmy M. Alvarez is the author of the poetry collection Makeshift Altar (2024) and the co-editor of Essential Voices: A COVID-19 Anthology(2023). Selected as one of 2022’s Best New Poets\, her poetry has appeared in Ploughshares\, The Missouri Review\, Alaska Quarterly Review\, Poetry Foundation\, Colorado Review\, and elsewhere. She has been awarded fellowships from CantoMundo\, VONA\, Macondo\, the Virginia Creative Arts Center\, and the Furious Flower Poetry Center. In 2022\, she was inducted as an Affrilachian Poet. Amy was born in New York City to Jamaican and Puerto Rican parents. She has taught at high schools in the Bronx\, New York\, and Boston\, Massachusetts\, and at West Virginia University. She currently teaches at Boston College.\nhttps://amymalvarez.com/ \nLinda Carney-Goodrich is a writer and teacher from Boston. Her first book of poetry\, Dot Girl(Nixes Mate Books\, 2024) was a finalist for the New England Poetry Club’s Sheila Margaret Motton Prize. Her poems have been displayed at Boston City Hall and have appeared in Lily Poetry Review\, The MacGuffin\, Literary Mama\, Muddy River\, Anti-Heroin Chic\, and Gyroscope Review\, among others. Linda is the Poetry Coordinator for the Menino Art Center in Hyde Park and owner of Home Scholars of Boston.\nhttps://lindacarneygoodrich.com/ \nAccessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services\, please contact mkelly@bpl.org or call (617) 569-0271. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/poetry-reading-at-the-library/
LOCATION:Hyde Park Branch of the Boston Public Library\, 35 Harvard Avenue\, Boston\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
CREATED:20250401T163714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250401T165833Z
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SUMMARY:Open Mic @ The Switch
DESCRIPTION:Poets\, Musicians\, Storytellers\, and More\nFeaturing Musical Artist: Andrew Krahn \nWEDNESDAY\nApril 23rd\n7PM to 9PM\n21 Fairmount Ave\nHyde Park\nFREE and Open to ALL
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/open-mic-the-switch/
LOCATION:The Switch\, 21 Fairmount Ave.\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music,Performance,Poetry,Stories
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
CREATED:20250321T160034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T195640Z
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SUMMARY:MAC 2nd Thursday Poetry Readings: Featuring Magdalena Gómez\, Linda Carney-Goodrich\, U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo
DESCRIPTION:Magdalena Gómez\, Poet Laureate of Springfield\, MA (2019-2022) and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow (2021-2022) has been a cultural worker since 1976. Her memoir noir\, Mi’ja\, received the 2024 International Latino Book Award\, in the autobiography category. In 2019 she received the Latinas 50 Plus Literature Award at Fordham University and the Latinx Excellence on the Hill Award from the Black and Latino Legislative Caucus of MA at the State House. Her solo play on iconoclastic Puerto Rican labor leader\, activist\, feminist and journalist Luisa Capetillo\, (October 28\, 1879 – April 10\, 1922) is included in The Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance (2024). Ms. Gómez has been a volunteer writer for An African American Point of View for over fourteen years. She was the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Springfield’s first intergenerational Latinx theater\, Teatro V!da and the youth open mic series\, Ign!te the M!c – from 2006 – 2020. She also initiated and helped launch the first public  LGBTQIA2S+ open mic series in Western Massachusetts at the Bing Arts Center. She is currently working on the sequel to her memoir\, a new collection of poetry\, and a new multi-media solo show based on her memoir. Ms. Gómez is currently a Commissioner with the Massachusetts Commission in the Status of Women for Hampden County and a Trustee with the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.  www.mijamemoir.com \nLinda Carney-Goodrich\,is a writer and teacher from Boston. She is the author of Dot Girl (Nixes Mate Books\, 2024) which was a finalist for New England Poetry Club’s 2024 Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize. Her work has appeared in Lily Poetry Review\, The MacGuffin\, Literary Mama\, Anti-Heroin Chic\, Muddy River\, Gyroscope Review\, Wordgathering Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature\, among others. Her story\, “Park Street Station” won third prize in the 2024 Boston in 100 Words Contest and her poems have been displayed at Boston City Hall as part of the Boston Mayor’s Poetry Program. Her one person shows include The Secret Childhood Diary of a Welfare Mother and My Life in Barbie. Linda has a Masters from Harvard Graduate School of Education and has taught people of all ages and backgrounds for over two decades. She is the owner of Home Scholars of Boston (https://www.homescholarsofboston.com/) and the Poetry Coordinator at the MAC. Linda also coordinates and hosts open mics and readings at other venues such as The Switch Coop in Hyde Park and Athan’s Bakery in Brookline. You can find more at https://lindacarneygoodrich.com/. \nU-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo is a Boston-based\, globally facing Zimbabwean-American poet\, author\, and educator whose work explores identity\, memory\, and social change. Her poetry collection\, Soul Psalms (She Writes Press\, 2016)\, was praised by Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis as “beautifully transparent.” Her writing is also featured in the New York TimesBestseller Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa. In 2025\, she will release an audio edition of Soul Psalms\, further expanding her literary reach. Mhlaba-Adebo’s work has been showcased in publications\, festivals\, and exhibitions worldwide. A Brother Thomas Fellow\, she was recognized by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu for her contributions to arts\, wellness\, and inclusivity. Her poetic documentary\, Reclamation: This is My Country\, This is My Land\, premiered at Boston’s We Create Festival in 2024\, delving into themes of grief\, ancestral ties\, and land reclamation. As founder of The Maoko Project\, she merges art\, education\, and healing. She also serves on the board of Mass Poetry\, Zimbabwe Poets Society. A sample of collaborators she has worked with include Castle of Our Skins\, Danza Organica\, Center for New Americans and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston\, fostering dialogue between Boston’s literary and artistic communities and the African diaspora. In 2024\, she was awarded the Lantern Art Space Fellowship in Lagos\, Nigeria\, a Goethe-Institut Nigeria and Sahara Center residency\, leading to The Sinmi Bench Project\, a public art initiative securing ₦3.2 million in funding for expansion. https://u-meleni.com
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/mac-2nd-thursday-poetry-readings-featuring-magdalena-gomez-linda-carney-goodrich-u-meleni-mhlaba-adebo/
LOCATION:Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Avenue\, Boston\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
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SUMMARY:Open Mic at The Switch
DESCRIPTION:Poets\, Musicians\, Storytellers\, and More\nFeatured Poet: Joe Webster \nWEDNESDAY\nMarch 26th\n7PM to 9PM\n21 Fairmount Ave\nHyde Park\nFREE and Open to ALL
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/open-mic-at-the-switch-2/
LOCATION:The Switch\, 21 Fairmount Ave.\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music,Performance,Poetry,Stories
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T160000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
CREATED:20250314T163706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250316T164853Z
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SUMMARY:NEPC @ The Menino: Jennifer Martelli\, Roman Johnson\, Anastasia Vassos
DESCRIPTION:Join the New England Poetry Club on March 23\, as we travel to the Menino Arts Center\, in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood! The reading begins at 2:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The Menino Arts Center\, located 26 Central Avenue\, is an accessible venue\, with a wheelchair ramp into the building and an elevator to the second floor. We’re grateful to Home Scholars of Boston for their generous sponsorship. \nRoman Johnson\, PhD  is a writer and scientist from Memphis\, TN. He is a Master of Fine Arts scholar in poetry at Brown University. He has a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham\, a M.A. in African American Studies from Georgia State University and obtained a B.A. in Political Science from Morehouse College. He is the co-founder of the New England Hoodoo Society.  He is the current Radical Reversal Poet in Residence at the Suffolk County House of Corrections in Boston\, Massachusetts. He is the winner of the Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize from Backbone Press and other prizes and fellowships.  \nJennifer Martelli has received fellowships from The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts\, Monson Arts\, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her work has appeared in The Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day\, Poetry\, Best of the Net Anthology\, Braving the Body Anthology\, Verse Daily\, Plume\, The Tahoma Literary Review\, and elsewhere. She is the author of Psychic Party Under the Bottle Tree\, The Queen of Queens\, which won the Italian American Studies Association Book Award and was shortlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award\, and My Tarantella\, which was also shortlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award and named finalist for the Housatonic Book Award. Jennifer Martelli is co-poetry editor for MER. www.jennmartelli.com \nThe poems of Anastasia Vassos have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize\, Best of the Net\, and Best New Poets. She is the author of Nostos (2023)\, which was a finalist in Two Sylvias’ and Headlight Review’s Chapbook Contests\, and Nike Adjusting Her Sandal (2021). Her poems appear online as well as in print journals and anthologies; find her work in RHINO\, Whale Road Review\, Thrush\, Comstock Review\, and elsewhere. Her poems about the Greek-American diaspora have been translated into Greek. She is a reader for Lily Poetry Review\, speaks three languages\, and lives in Boston.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/nepc-the-menino-jennifer-martelli-roman-johnson-anastasia-vassos/
LOCATION:Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Avenue\, Boston\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250313T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250313T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
CREATED:20250306T231032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250316T164852Z
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SUMMARY:2nd Thursday Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Featuring January Gill O’Neil\, Alexander Kern\, and Anne Pluto. \nIn person at the MAC. With Open Mic before the featured readers.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/2nd-thursday-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Avenue\, Boston\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
CREATED:20250210T173426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250316T210310Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Featuring Amy Alvarez\, Mckendy Fils-Aimé\, and Sara Letourneau
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 13\, 2025\, 7 – 9 pm\nFeaturing Amy Alvarez\, Mckendy Fils-Aimé\, and Sara Letourneau \nAmy M. Alvarez is the author of the poetry collection Makeshift Altar (2024) and the co-editor of Essential Voices: A COVID-19 Anthology (2023). Selected as one of 2022’s Best New Poets\, her poetry has appeared in Ploughshares\, The Missouri Review\, Alaska Quarterly Review\, Poetry Foundation\, Colorado Review\, and elsewhere. She has been awarded fellowships from CantoMundo\, VONA\, Macondo\, the Virginia Creative Arts Center\, and the Furious Flower Poetry Center. In 2022\, she was inducted as an Affrilachian Poet. Amy was born in New York City to Jamaican and Puerto Rican parents. She has taught at high schools in the Bronx\, New York\, and Boston\, Massachusetts\, and at West Virginia University. She currently teaches at Boston College. https://amymalvarez.com \nMckendy Fils-Aimé is a New England-based Haitian-American poet\, organizer\, and educator. He is a perennial semi-finalist of the National Poetry Slam and has represented New England nine times. Mckendy has completed artist residencies at MassLEAP and the Art Alliance of Northern New Hampshire and has received fellowships from the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop and Cave Canem. Recently\, Mckendy ranked 2nd overall at the 2024 Midwest Mashup\, 3rd at the 2024 NorthBeast Regional Poetry Slam\, and 1st at 2024 Vox Pop Regional Poetry Slam. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in American Literary Review\, Bellingham Review\, The Shore\, The Journal\, and elsewhere. \nSara Letourneau’s debut poetry collection\, Wild Gardens\, is out now through Kelsay Books. She’s also a book editor and writing coach at Heart of the Story Editorial & Coaching Services; the cofounder and cohost of the Pour Me a Poem open mic in Mansfield\, Massachusetts; and the co-editor of the Pour Me a Poem anthology. Her poetry has won the 2023 Beals Prize for Poetry and the Blue Institute’s 2020 Words on Water contest. Her new and upcoming work can be found in Amethyst Review\, The Arts Fuse\, Gyroscope Review\, Nixes Mate Review\, Remington Review\, Silver Birch Press\, and Third Wednesday Magazine\, among others. Sara lives in Foxboro\, Massachusetts. https://heartofthestoryeditorial.com
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/poetry-featuring-amy-alvarez-mckendy-fils-aime-and-sara-letourneau/
LOCATION:Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Avenue\, Boston\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Stories
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T183000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
CREATED:20250126T213655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250316T164852Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry by the Pint
DESCRIPTION:Local poets on tap at Roundhead! Catch the inspiration – free / no charge for admission!
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/poetry-by-the-pint/
LOCATION:Roundhead Brewing\, 1 Westinghouse Plaza\, Suite i107\, Hyde Park\, MA\, 02136
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Stories
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
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SUMMARY:2nd Thursday Poetry Readings at the MAC
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, December 12\, 2024\, 7 – 9 pm\nFeaturing Kevin Gallagher\, Magdalena Gomez\, and Vijaya Sundaram\n\n \nKevin Gallagher is a poet\, publisher and political economist living in the Greater Boston Area.  His latest books are And Yet it Moves and The Wild Goose.  Gallagher edits\, spoKe\, a boston-based annual of poetry and poetics.  He works as a professor of global development policy at Boston University. \n\nMagdalena Gómez\, Poet Laureate of Springfield\, MA (2019-2022) and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow (2021-2022) has been a cultural worker since 1976. Her memoir noir\, Mi’ja\, received the 2024 International Latino Book Award\, in the autobiography category. In 2019 she received the Latinas 50 Plus Literature Award at Fordham University and the Latinx Excellence on the Hill Award from the Black and Latino Legislative Caucus of MA at the State House. Her solo play on iconoclastic Puerto Rican labor leader\, activist\, feminist and journalist Luisa Capetillo\, (October 28\, 1879 – April 10\, 1922) is included in The Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance (2024). Ms. Gómez has been a volunteer writer for An African American Point of View for over fourteen years. She was the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Springfield’s first intergenerational Latinx theater\, Teatro V!da and the youth open mic series\, Ign!te the M!c – from 2006 – 2020. She also initiated and helped launch the first public  LGBTQIA2S+ open mic series in Western Massachusetts at the Bing Arts Center. She is currently working on the sequel to her memoir\, a new collection of poetry\, and a new multi-media solo show based on her memoir. Ms. Gómez is currently a Commissioner with the Massachusetts Commission in the Status of Women for Hampden County and a Trustee with the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.  www.mijamemoir.com \n\n\n\n\nVijaya Sundaram is the current Poet Laureate (2023-2025) for the City of Medford\, Massachusetts.  Originally from India\, she lived in Arlington\, MA\, for ten years\, and has been living in Medford since 2001.  She has written short stories\, plays and a short novel (not yet published).  She is also a guitarist\, sitarist\, songwriter\, singer\, amateur digital artist\, and educator.  Her poetry and short pieces have appeared in publications like The Rising Phoenix Press\, the Stardust Review\, and TELL Magazine\, among others. Her first collection of poems titled Fractured Lens was published in 2023 by Červená Barva Press. https://www.medfordma.org/mayors-office/poet-laureate
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/2nd-thursday-poetry-readings-at-the-mac/
LOCATION:Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Avenue\, Boston\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Stories
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241206T203000
DTSTAMP:20260412T220509
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SUMMARY:Holding the Light – A Seasonal Wine and Poetry Event
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a seasonal wine and poetry event conducted by MAC Poetry Coordinator Linda Carney-Goodrich and local wine importer Migen Hasanaj of Carpe Vinum of Jamaica Plain. \nFive seasonal poems will be read by five guest readers and complemented by five wines\, all listed below. Linda and the featured readers will lead a discussion of the poems and provide writing prompts for participants to try their hand at writing their own poems; and Migen will share tasting notes\, the story of each wine\, and why it was chosen for each poem. There will be raffle held at the end for one bottle of each wine. Light snacks will be served. \n“Holding the Light” by Stuart Kesetenbaum – Artemis White\, Chateau De Bosc\, France\n\n\n“The Same City” by Terrance Hayes – Cuvee 1872\, Chateau De Bosc\, France\nRead by Toni Bee – https://www.tonibee.org/\n\n\n“Whenever you see a tree” by Padra Venkatraman – Velocipede\, Cotes Du Rhone\, France\n\n\n“Between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice\, Today” by Emily Jungmin Yoon – Artemis Red\, Chateau De Bosc\, France\nRead by Anne Pluto – https://www.annepluto.com/\n\n\n“Approaching Solstice” by Kersten Christianson – (Dessert) Smurin\, Vino Spumante Brut\, Borgo Lame\, Italy\n\n\nAyoka Drake will be a featured reader\, poem TBD.\n\n$35 per ticket\, four tickets max per order. Order tickets here: https://www.hpaa-mac.org/events/wine-and-poetry-events/\n  \n  \n\nLinda Carney-Goodrich\, is a writer and teacher from Boston. She is the author of Dot Girl (Nixes Mate Books\, 2024) and her work has appeared in Lily Poetry\, The MacGuffin\, Literary Mama\, Anti-Heroine Chic\, Muddy River\, Gyroscope\, Wordgathering Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature\, among others. Her story\, “Park Street Station” won third prize in the 2024 Boston in 100 Words Contest. Linda is the Poetry Coordinator for the Menino Art Center in Hyde Park and the owner of Home Scholars of Boston. She has a Masters in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education and has taught people of all ages and backgrounds for over two decades. https://www.homescholarsofboston.com/ \n  \nMigen Hasanaj is the owner of Carpe Vinum LLC\, a boutique wine import company based in Jamaica Plain\, MA. Migen travels often to Europe to hand pick eclectic wines from small family producers that follow organic farming practices. His clients include several high-end restaurants and wine shops in the Boston area. Originally from Albania\, Migen first learned about wines during the six years he lived in Florence\, Italy. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University and an MBA from Suffolk University. In his spare time\, Migen enjoys reading\, playing soccer\, and visiting art museums. Visit Carpe Vinum online at https://www.carpevinumllc.com.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/holding-the-light-a-seasonal-wine-and-poetry-event/
LOCATION:Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Avenue\, Boston\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids,Poetry,Stories
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SUMMARY:2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with Danielle Legros Georges and Nakia Hill
DESCRIPTION:2nd Thursday Poetry Reading with Danielle Legros Georges and Nakia Hill \n\nThis free poetry reading at the MAC will have an Open Mic before the featured speakers. \nDanielle Legros Georges is a poet\, literary translator\, and editor whose work has been supported by fellowships from the American Antiquarian Society\, the PEN/Heim Translation Fund\, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art\, the Boston Foundation\, and the Black Metropolis Research Consortium. She was appointed Boston’s second Laureate in 2014\, and has authored several books of poetry including The Dear Remote Nearness of You; Island Heart\, translations of the poems of 20th-century Haitian-French poet Ida Faubert; Wheatley at 250: Black Women Poets Re-imagine the Verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters; and most recently Blue Flare: Three Haitian Poets (translations\, Zephyr Press\, 2024); and the forthcoming Three Leaves\, Three Roots: Poems on the Haiti-Congo Story (Beacon Press\, 2025). https://www.daniellelegrosgeorges.com \nNakia Hill is a writer\, poet\, journalist\, and educator. She is the author of Water Carrier\, a book of poetry\, I Still Did It\, an intergenerational anthology on resilience and the newly released anthology How We Take Up Space focused on spatial justice. A proud native of Roxbury\, Hill was named an artist-in-residence by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture in 2018 and a GrubStreet Teaching Fellow in 2023. She is a recipient of multiple awards and honors for her work. She is committed to using her skills and expertise to inspire\, inform\, and empower others through the power of storytelling. https://www.nakiahill.com \nMore info on MAC poetry readings at http://www.hpaa-mac.org/poetry-readings/.
URL:https://thehydeparkcreativeconnector.org/event/2nd-thursday-poetry-reading-with-danielle-legros-georges-and-nakia-hill/
LOCATION:Menino Arts Center\, 26 Central Avenue\, Boston\, MA\, 02136\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Stories
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