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August, 2023
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Event:
A GARDEN OF VERSE
Date:
August 7th, 2023.
Time:
7:00 PM
Location:
Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, 152 Main St., Ridgefield, CT
Contact:
barbjennes@gmail.com
Join us for the final reading in our 2023 series as we welcome CT State Poet Laureate Antoinette Brim-Bell, newly named Ridgefield Poet Laureate Ira Joe Fisher, and award-winning CT/Michigan poet Terry Blackhawk. Savor the historic walled gardens - now in full, glorious bloom! - as these three featured poets share their work.
* Bring a lawn chair or blanket; picnic dinners welcome
* Ample parking on-site -
* In the event of rain or a heat emergency, the reading will move inside the Cass Gilbert-designed Garden House
* Venue is fully accessible
* This event is FREE; donations welcome
The 2023 "A Garden of Verse" series has the generous support of the Manhattanville College MFA in Creative Writing: https://grad.mville.edu/mfa/
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