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  • May 2018

  • Tue 1
    Featured May 1, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Kathy Ford

    The Basement

    Featured Reader - Kathy Ford grew up in Rochester, New York, graduated from Hobart & William Smith Colleges in 1980 with a major in design theory, and moved to New York City to pursue a career in architecture. She received her Masters in Architecture from Harvard University in 1985 and has been practicing architecture in Read More

  • Sat 12
    Featured May 12, 2018 @ 6:30 am - 8:30 am

    Diving Deep: Poetic Craft, Form and Emotion w/ Gail Thomas

    Lily Library Florence, MA, United States

    Diving Deep: Poetic Craft, Form and Emotion A challenge that many writers face is how to choose artful details when writing about strong emotional content. Some of us may shy away from expressing loss or anger, or we may produce work that’s overly sentimental. For inspiration, we will read poems that elevate personal experience by Read More

  • June 2018

  • Mon 4
    Featured June 4, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Voices for Resistance – A Celebration!

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    VOICES FOR RESISTANCE - A CELEBRATION! with special guests Martín Espada, The Nields, and Nicole M. Young! Short readings by Maria Jose Gimenez, Lauren Marie Schmidt, Eileen Kennedy, Ellen LaFleche, Dina Friedman, Christopher J. Sparks & Theresa Vincent OPEN MIC   - slots available on June 4. If you’d like to read (max. 4 minutes) please arrive BY 6:45 Read More

  • July 2018

  • Tue 3
    Featured July 3, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Jan Maher

    The Basement

    Writers Night Out July 3, 2018 7-9pm The Basement 21 Center Street Northampton, MA Featured Reader - Jan Maher Just the facts: Jan Maher's writing credits include two novels, Heaven, Indiana and Earth As It Is; one-act plays Ismene and Intruders; Most Dangerous Women; and books for educators Most Dangerous Women: Bringing History to Life Read More

  • Wed 18
    Featured July 18, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

    Compass Roads Reading at the Northampton Senior Center

    Northampton Senior Center 67 Conz St, Northampton, MA, United States
  • September 2018

  • Tue 4
    Featured September 4, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Emily Arsenault

    The Basement

    Doors open at 7 – with an open mic. If you’d like a chance to read, place your name in the hat up until 7:10. Ten names will be randomly selected. The reading starts at 7:15, and each reader will have five minutes. Admission is free; participants are encouraged to buy a drink in support Read More

  • Sun 16
    Featured September 16, 2018 @ 1:00 am - 3:00 am

    Poetry Critique Group – Register today!

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

      Register Here

    $5
  • Tue 25
    Featured September 25, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Straw Dog Writers Guild Authors Showcase!

    South Hadley Public Library 2 Canal St, South Hadley, Massachusetts

    Tuesday, September 25, at South Hadley Public Library at 6 p.m.  AUTHORS READING Elizabeth George Amy Laprade Susan LaRosa Ruth Lehrer Melanie S. Lewis Ed Orzechowski Michael Ponsor Jessica B. Sokol Joshua Michael Stewart Melissa Volker Tom Weiner Ellen Wittlinger

  • Sun 30
    Featured September 30, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    NEW EVENT -Literary Rendezvous – Open Mic/Featured Poet: Nicole M. Young!

    The Rendezvous 78 3rd Street, Turners Falls, MA

    Nicole M. Young - Featured Poet Nicole M. Young is a performance poet, playwright, theatre instructor and pop culture critic originally from Detroit, MI.  Her work has been performed across Western Massachusetts, New York, and Michigan.  She self-produced a spoken word album, In/Put:  Live from the Valley, which was recorded live and is working on her first memoir. Website  Candace Read More

  • October 2018

  • Wed 10
    Featured October 10, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    Compass Roads Reading at Graham Hall, Smith College

    Graham Hall, Smith College Smith College, Northampton, MA

    POETS READING Janet E Aalfs Alice Barrett Jean Blakeman Anna Bozena Bowen Floyd Cheung Candace R Curran Beth Filson Michael Goldman Tzivia Gover Sharon A Harmon Jane McPhetres Johnson Mary Ellen Kelly Patricia Lee Lewis Richard Michelson Burleigh Mutén Jovonna Van Pelt Christine Anne Pratt Stephanie B Shafran Cynthia Suopis Jane Yolen

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