Calendar

1/3

Poems from Connecticut’s Four Corners Online
Ralph Nazareth, Victoria Nordlund, Julia Paul, Rob Piazza, Julia Maylor Simpson Read

1/13

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

1/21

POP: Contemporary Israeli Poetry with Rachel Neve-Midbar
Part 2: Israeli Poetry & Discussion

1/27

First Branford PL Liebmann Inaugurated
Judith K. Liebmann Inaugurated as Poet Laureate

2/7

POEMS FROM CT’S FOUR CORNERS: Valentine’s Day, Ridgefield
Readings by three poet-couples

2/10

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

2/14

Riverwood Hosts Laureates, Hartford
Six CT Poets Laureate Read!

2/15

An Evening of Poetry and Song of Love, Branford
Hosted by Judith K. Liebmann, Branford's Inaugural Poet Laureate

2/17

Wordhouse Reading Series, West Hartford
Anna V. Q. Ross and Martha Collins Read

2/18

Poetry Rocks Vernon
Sims, Jennes, Hutchings Read at Poetry Rocks

2/23

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

2/24

PERFORM YOUR POEMS LIKE A PRO, Ridgefield
Free workshop with Poet-Actor-Educator Ira Joe Fish

2/29

CT Poetry Circuit Collegiate Winners, Virtual
Best CT Collegiate Poets!

3/1

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

3/3

Art & Poetry Venue Grand Opening, Southbury
Southbury PL Combines Art & Poetry

3/8

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

3/9

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

3/9

National Beat Goddess Festival, Canton
Open Mic to celebrate Women's History Month

3/10

Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents! in Quiet Corner
Steve Veilleux and Robert Eugene Perry Read

3/10

Ridgefield's New PL Gives Reading
Ira Joe Fisher Reads Works

3/12

New Haven PL Inauguration
Sharmont Little Inauguration

3/14

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

3/14

Chat with Debut Author Gerri Lewis, Ridgefield

3/15

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

3/16

Liebmann Inaugural Reading, Branford
Branford's 1st PL Judith K. Liebmann Reads

3/17

CONTEMPORARY ASIAN AMERICAN POETRY
KUNDIMAN & BEYOND

3/22

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

3/23

Wordhouse, West Hartford
Clare Rossini and Daniel Lawless

4/3

Henk Rossouw reads, Hartford
Spring 2024 Cardin Reading Series

4/3

Into-Me-See Open Mic, Manchester
An Intimate Poetic Evening

4/4

4/5

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

4/5

PL speaks of Emmy-winning career in broadcasting
Ira Joe Fisher on his Emmy-winning career in broadcasting and literature

4/6

The Teapot Writing Workshop, Southbury
A "delicious" writing workshop!

4/6

WordHouse, West Hartford
Pat Hale and Patrick Pritchett read, + Open Mic

4/9

Voices from Around the Globe, Branford
Hear Poems in Eight Languages!

4/9

Writing through Grief, Southbury
Heal Through Writing

4/10

Poetry for the World’s People, North Haven
PL Gabriella Brand leads Multilingual Open Reading

4/10

Murillo at Riverwood, Hartford

4/11

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

4/11

UCONN-Hartford Reading Peterson & Powell
Trace Peterson & M. Mick Powell Read

4/12

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

4/13

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

4/13

State Laureate & Town Laureates Read, Clinton
Brim-Bell, Shea, Weiss Read

4/13

CT River Poets, Lyme

4/14

Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents! in Quiet Corner
Steve Veilleux and Robert Eugene Perry Read

4/14

Poetry Rocks Vernon
Andrea Barton, Srini Mandavilli & Bessy Reyna Read

4/19

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

4/19

Youth & Adult Poets Laureate of CT (online)
An Evening with Antoinette Brim-Bell & Mercuri Lam

4/23

UConn Poetry Reading, Hartford
Debora Kuan and Jared Stanley Read their Works

4/23

Writing through Grief, Southbury
Heal Through Writing

4/24

Book Launch & Reading, West Hartford
Celebrate Poetry, Environment & Culture

4/25

Glastonbury HS Rhyme & Rhetoric, Glastonbury
Glastonbury High Juniors & Seniors Perform

4/25

Poets on Poetry: James Wright

4/26

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

4/26

Workshop & Open Mic, Enfield
Laureate Hosts Workshop

4/27

Jennes Reading, Briarcliff Manor NY
Jennes Reads from New Book, Flown

4/28

Five Writers Perform, South Glastonbury
River Bend Writers' Collective Perform

5/2

Bet on Black, New London
Five Black PLs & Music & Art

5/3

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

5/7

Writing through Grief, Southbury
Heal Through Writing

5/7

Jennes Book Launch, Ridgefield

5/9

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

5/10

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

5/10

Elm City Flow, New Haven

5/10

Jennes Reading
Jennes reads from new book, Flown

5/11

Workshop based on e.e. Cummings, Litchfield
PL Piazza Leads Workshop Based on e.e. cummings

5/11

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

5/11

Meet the Poets, Branford
Branford PL hosts Authors

5/15

Writing Workshop, New Haven
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

5/16

Wintonbury Writing Workshops, Virtual
Southbury PL Faith Vicinanza Presenter

5/17

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

5/18

CCPL Professional Development, Clinton
Poet Laureate Tools & Tips

5/18

Elevate Her Voice, Hartford
Workshop & Networking

5/21

Writing through Grief, Southbury
Heal Through Writing

5/22

Open Mic, Bridgeport
Poetz Realm Open Mic

5/23

Wintonbury Writing Workshops, Virtual
Southbury PL Faith Vicinanza Presenter

5/24

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

5/31

PL Inauguration, Scotland
Susan Powers Becomes Scotland's First PL. Open Mike

6/1

Wordhouse, West Hartford
Steven Ostrowski and Eric Hoffman Read

6/4

Poets on Poetry, Virtual
Learn about Hybrid book-length poem

6/4

Poetry Group Meeting, Scotland
New Poet Laureate leads Poetry Group

6/5

Poetz Realm Open Mic, Bridgeport

6/6

Ekphrastic Extravaganza, Vernon
6th Annual Exhibit with ACE Artists & RHS Poets

6/7

Four poems from the canon, Ridgefield
Ira Joe Fisher leads discussion of poems

6/8

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

6/12

Poetry Hops Open Mic, Storrs
Poetry & Spoken Word Open Mic

6/13

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

6/15

Rose Garden Reading, Hartford
Three Connecticut-based poets Read

6/19

Writing Workshop, New Haven
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

6/21

Ekphrastics at Twain House, Hartford
Write in the Twain House!

6/26

Poetz Realm Open Mic, Bridgeport

7/2

Poetry Group Meeting, Scotland
New Poet Laureate leads Poetry Group

7/3

Poetz Realm Open Mic, Bridgeport

7/10

Poetry Hops Open Mic, Storrs
Poetry & Spoken Word Open Mic

7/13

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

7/24

Poetz Realm Open Mic, Bridgeport

7/28

Poetz Realm Open Mic, Bridgeport

8/6

Poetry Group Meeting, Scotland
New Poet Laureate leads Poetry Group

8/7

Poetz Realm Open Mic, Bridgeport

8/10

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

8/14

Poetry Hops Open Mic, Storrs
Poetry & Spoken Word Open Mic

8/18

POETRY: OUT LOUD AND OUTSIDE, Cheshire
Poetry on the Quinnipiac River

8/23

Two Laureates Read, Chaplin
Adelaide Northrop & Susan Powers Read

8/28

CCPL Monthly Meeting
Monthly Meeting

8/30

Spoken Word with 2 PLs, Cheshire
Little & Sims Perform

8/30

National Beat Poetry Festival, Canton
2-Day Festival

8/31

National Beat Poetry Festival, Canton
2 day Festival

9/1

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

9/3

Poetry Group Meeting, Scotland
New Poet Laureate leads Poetry Group

9/5

Glastonbury Honors All its Laureates
Sergio, Lepore, Barton & Nordlund Celebrated

9/5

State Poet Laureate Reads, Cheshire
Antoinette Brim-Bell & Pegi Deitz Shea Perform

9/7

Autumn Poetry Workshop at Twain House
Glastonbury PL leads Workshop upon Twain Grounds

9/8

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/8

Ekphrastic Show, Glastonbury
State & Town Laureates Read works inspired by art

9/9

Poetry for Difficult Times-Virtual
Course taught by PL Gabriella Brand

9/11

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Jose B. Gonzalez reads

9/12

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

9/12

Rain Date Boulder Knoll Sept. 5
Rain Date Brim-Bell & Shea

9/12

Gibson Reads from New Book
Dual-Voiced & Genre-bending!

9/14

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

9/15

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/15

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

9/15

Poets on Poetry: Donnelly, virtual
Avoid Squishy Sentimentality

9/16

Poetry for Difficult Times-Virtual
Course taught by PL Gabriella Brand

9/18

Open Mic - Colors, Woodbury
Orenaug Poetry Group Featured Readers

9/18

Anthology About Hartford, Uconn-Hartford
Hartford Landmarks Celebrated

9/20

Poetry Discussion, Ridgefield
PL leads discussion

9/21

Hartford Book Festival
2-Days Celebration of Authors of Color

9/22

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/22

Hartford's LIT Virtual Writing Room, Virtual
Hutchings & Williams lead workshops

9/22

CPS Board Members Read, Cheshire
Celebrate CPS Leadership!

9/22

Poetical Musings, Hartford
Open mic, workshops & antics

9/23

Poetry for Difficult Times-Virtual
Course taught by PL Gabriella Brand

9/24

Poetry on the Patio, Bolton
PL Bessy Reyna Reads

9/25

CCPL Monthly Meeting
Monthly Meeting

9/27

Poetry Discussion, Ridgefield
PL leads discussion

9/28

Wordhouse, West Hartford
Michelson and Shea read

9/29

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/29

Nudibranch Poetry! Branford
Turn Sculpture into Poetry!

9/29

Poetry Rocks Vernon
Hockaday, Cohen, and St. George Read

9/29

Anthology About Hartford, Hartford
Hartford Landmarks Celebrated

9/30

Poetry for Difficult Times-Virtual
Course taught by PL Gabriella Brand

10/1

Poetry Group Meeting, Scotland
New Poet Laureate leads Poetry Group

10/3

Poetry/Acoustic Open Mic, Southbury
First Thursdays Open Mic with Faith

10/3

Poetry/Acoustic Open Mic, Southbury
First Thursdays Open Mic with Faith

10/4

Poetry Discussion, Ridgefield
PL leads discussion

10/6

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

10/6

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

10/7

Poetry for Difficult Times-Virtual
Course taught by PL Gabriella Brand

10/7

Page vs. Stage: Spoken Word Discussion
Series of three Presentations on Performance Poetry

10/9

Anthology About Hartford, W. Hartford
Hartford Landmarks Celebrated

10/9

Gibson Reads from New Book, Hartford
Dual-Voiced & Genre-bending!

10/9

Poets from CT's Four Corners
Plaganis, Singer, Stanizzi, Sterling, Szpekman

10/10

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

10/11

Poetry Discussion, Ridgefield
PL leads discussion

10/12

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

10/12

Bessy Reyna at Old State House
Bessy Reyna & Kate Rushin Read

10/13

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

10/13

Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents! in Quiet Corner
Steve Veilleux and Robert Eugene Perry Read

10/14

Poetry for Difficult Times-Virtual
Course taught by PL Gabriella Brand

10/16

Hispanic Heritage P.O.P.
Jose B. Gonzalez & Martin Espada Converse

10/18

Poetry Discussion, Ridgefield
PL leads discussion

10/19

Wordhouse, West Hartford
Johnston & Stanizzi Read

10/20

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

10/20

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

10/21

Poetry for Difficult Times-Virtual
Course taught by PL Gabriella Brand

10/21

Page vs. Stage: Spoken Word Discussion
Series of three Presentations on Performance Poetry

10/25

Poetry Discussion, Ridgefield
PL leads discussion

10/27

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

10/28

Poetry for Difficult Times-Virtual
Course taught by PL Gabriella Brand

10/28

Page vs. Stage: Spoken Word Discussion
Series of three Presentations on Performance Poetry

10/29

Nathan McClain & Henk Rossouw
Poetry Reading at UConn Hartford

10/30

CCPL Monthly Meeting
Monthly Meeting

11/1

Poetry Discussion, Ridgefield
PL leads discussion

11/3

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

11/3

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

11/4

Poetry for Difficult Times-Virtual
Course taught by PL Gabriella Brand

11/5

Poetry Group Meeting, Scotland
New Poet Laureate leads Poetry Group

11/6

Poems from CT's Four Corners - virtual
Post Election Day Edition!

11/7

Poetry/Acoustic Open Mic, Southbury
First Thursdays Open Mic with Faith

11/8

Poetry Discussion, Ridgefield
PL leads discussion

11/9

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

11/9

Gibson & Nordlund Read at Wordhouse, West Hartford
Margaret Gibson & Victoria Nordlund Read

11/9

Wordhouse, West Hartford
Gibson & Nordlund Read

11/10

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

11/11

Poetry for Difficult Times-Virtual
Course taught by PL Gabriella Brand

11/13

Anthology About Hartford, Riverwood
Various Poets Read from new book

11/14

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

11/14

Gibson Reads from New Book
Dual-Voiced & Genre-bending!

11/15

Poetry Discussion, Ridgefield
PL leads discussion

11/16

Poetry of Gratitude and Remembrance
Giving Thanks with Words

11/17

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

11/17

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

11/22

Poetry Discussion, Ridgefield
PL leads discussion

11/22

Gibson Reads from New Book, Mystic
Dual-Voiced & Genre-bending!

11/24

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

12/1

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

12/1

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

12/3

Poetry Group Meeting, Scotland
New Poet Laureate leads Poetry Group

12/4

CCPL Monthly Meeting
Monthly Meeting

12/5

Poetry/Acoustic Open Mic, Southbury
First Thursdays Open Mic with Faith

12/8

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

12/8

Poetry Rocks Vernon
Anderson, Little & Surowiecki Read

12/11

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Though-provoking poetry!

12/12

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

12/14

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

12/14

Wordhouse, West Hartford
Pelizzon & Gilbert Read

12/15

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

12/15

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

12/22

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

12/29

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

12/22

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

12/29

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

1/5/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

1/5/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

1/8/25

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

1/9/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

1/11/25

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

1/12/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

1/19/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

1/19/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

1/26/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/2/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/2/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

2/8/25

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

2/9/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/12/25

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

2/13/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

2/16/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/16/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

2/23/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/2/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/2/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

3/8/25

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

3/9/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/12/25

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

3/13/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

3/16/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/16/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

Connecticut Council of Poets Laureate

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