A Garden of Verse at the Keeler Tavern Museum

Event:

Dates:

Starts on June 27th, 2022 and occurs every 2 weeks on Mondays until August 22nd, 2022.

Time:

7:00 PM

Location:

Keeler Tavern Museum, 152 Main St, Ridgefield

Contact:

Ridgefield Poet Laureate Barb Jennes

Website:

barbjennes@gmail.com

Bring a lawn chair and a picnic dinner and join the following poets on these nights:
June 27: CT Poet Laureate Margaret Gibson, with H.E. Fisher
July 11: Formalists Kyle Potvin and Meredith Bergman
July 25: Milford Poet Laureate Joan Kwon Glass, and Jordan Franklin
August 8: Westchester Poet Laureate B.K. Fischer, and Suzanne Frischkorn
August 22: Spouses!: Aaron and Luisa Caycedo-Kimura; Laurel Peterson and Van Hartmann.

6/7-7/5

Ekphrastic Exhibit, Vernon
2025 Annual Collaboration between ACE artists & RHS Writers

7/6

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/6

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

7/7

Poetry reading with Indigenous Poets Kimberly Blaeser, Denise Low & Natasha Gambrell

7/9

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

7/10

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

7/12

Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury

7/13

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/14

Poetry workshop with Martin Espada

7/14

Poetry reading with Martin Espada & Joan Kwon Glass

7/20

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/20

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

7/21

Poetry Reading with Mark Doty & Trace Peterson

7/21

Poetry workshop with Mark Doty

7/27

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/28

Poetry workshop with Danez Smith

7/28

Poetry reading with Danez Smith & Mahogany L. Browne

8/3

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

8/3

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

8/9

Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury

8/10

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

8/13

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

8/14

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

8/17

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

8/17

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

8/24

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

8/31

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/7

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/7

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

9/10

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

9/10

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

9/11

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

9/13

Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury

9/14

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/21

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/21

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

9/28

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

Connecticut Council of Poets Laureate