Calendar

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

1/26/25

Poetry Rocks Vernon
Workshop & Reading on Grief

2/2/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/2/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

2/5/25

Poems from CT's Four Corners
Online reading by five CT poets!

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

3/3/25

Open Mic Danbury
Danbury Poet Laureate leads Open Mic

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

3/13/25

Durham’s First Poetry Open Mic!
Please join Durham’s inaugural Poet Laureate Leslie Bulion for our first open mic poetry event!

3/16/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/16/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

3/23/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/30/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/30/25

Poetry Rocks Women's Health, Vernon
Writing Workshop, Readings, Q&A

4/1/25

North Haven Inaugurates New Poet Laureate
Meet Dr. Beth Luoma!

4/1/25

New Event
Flights of Imagination: The Story of Icarus in Poetry

4/1/25

Guilford Poetry Discussion: Flights of Imagination
Flights of Imagination: The Story of Icarus in Poetry

4/6/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

4/6/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

4/6/25

East Windsor welcomes Inaugural Poets Laureate
Meet Ally McKenna & Aanum Khan!

4/9/25

Milford PL Elaine Nadal Plus State Poet Laureate
Poetry & Music!

4/9/25

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

4/9/25

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

4/10/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

4/12/25

Workshop - Poetry of TS Eliot
Workshop: Poetry of TS Eliot

4/12/25

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

4/12/25

Norwalk Poets Live!
Poetry and Celebration!

4/13/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

4/13/25

Poetry Open Mic
Share, listen, and hang out!

4/16/25

Writers in Conversation: Steve Ostrowski and Jean P. Moore in Norwalk!
Road Trips and Immigrants!

4/17/25

Haiku Workshop
Write Traditional and/or Modern Haiku

4/19/25

Poetry Rocks, Vernon
Brad Davis, Judith K. Liebmann, Luisa Caycedo-Kimura Read

4/20/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

4/20/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

4/22/25

New Event

4/22/25

Earth Day Poetry Open Mic for All Ages	Holidays
Earth Day Poetry Open Mic for All Ages

4/23/25

Reading with Kevin Pilkington and Laurel Peterson
Poetry and Discussion

4/26/25

New Clinton PL Inaugural
Welcome Bethany Howard, Clinton's new PL

4/26/25

Open Mic, East Windsor
Teens & Adults! Poetry, Spoken Word, Music

4/27/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

5/1/25

CT Book Festivals in Clinton
Suspense/Thriller Authors Talk

5/3/25

CPS Spring Fling, Glastobury
Book Fair, Catered Luncheon, Open Mic

5/4/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

5/4/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

5/8/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

5/10/25

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

5/11/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

5/14/25

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

5/14/25

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

5/18/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

5/18/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

5/25/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

6/1/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

6/1/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

6/4/25

Poems from CT's Four Corners
Five notable CT poets share their work!

6/5/25

Poetry & Protest Discussion
Just in Case this is Not a Perfect World . . .

6/7/25-7/5

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

6/8/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

6/11/25

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

6/11/25

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

6/12/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

6/14/25

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

6/15/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

6/15/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

6/16/25

Durham Celebrates Poetry Open Mic!
Durham Celebrates Poetry Open Mic!

6/22/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

6/29/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/6/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/6/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

7/7/25

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

7/9/25

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

7/10/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

7/12/25

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

7/13/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/14/25

Poetry workshop with Martin Espada

7/14/25

Poetry reading with Martin Espada & Joan Kwon Glass

7/20/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/20/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

7/21/25

Poetry Reading with Mark Doty & Trace Peterson

7/21/25

Poetry workshop with Mark Doty

7/27/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/28/25

Poetry workshop with Danez Smith

7/28/25

Poetry reading with Danez Smith & Mahogany L. Browne

8/3/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

8/3/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

8/9/25

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

8/10/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

8/13/25

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

8/14/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

8/17/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

8/17/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

8/24/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

8/31/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/7/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/7/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

9/10/25

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

9/10/25

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

9/11/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

9/13/25

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

9/14/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/21/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

9/21/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

9/21/25

Dialogue Workshop, Vernon
COOL Dialogue for fiction, drama & poetry writers

9/21/25

Margaret Gibson Performs, Vernon

9/28/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

10/5/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

10/5/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

10/8/25

Danbury 2nd Wednesday Series
Feature-Rick Magee & Open Mic

10/8/25

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

10/8/25

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

10/9/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

10/11/25

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

10/12/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

10/17/25

The Poetry of Compassion. Guilford Free Library,
Poets have always dealt with life’s inevitabilities, including death and suffering. Sounds cheery, right? Poets also write about love, but some of those poems deal with suffering also.

10/19/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

10/19/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

10/25/25

Exploring Grief through Poetry, Milford
Workshop with Elaine Nadal & Elizabeth Luoma

10/26/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

11/1/25

Poetry for Grief, North Haven
Workshop with Elizabeth Luoma & Elaine Nadal

11/2/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

11/2/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

11/8/25

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

11/9/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

11/12/25

Danbury 2nd Wednesday Series
Feature-Sandy Lee Carlson & Open Mic

11/12/25

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

11/12/25

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

11/13/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

11/16/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

11/16/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

11/23/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

11/30/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

12/3/25

WordHouse, West Hartford
Margaret Lloyd and Benjamin Grossberg Read

12/7/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

12/7/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

12/7/25

Poetry Rocks, Vernon
Brad Davis, Judith K. Liebmann, Luisa Caycedo-Kimura Read

12/10/25

Danbury 2nd Wednesday Series
Barb Jennes and Open Mic

12/10/25

Danbury 2nd Wednesday Series
Barb Jennes- Feature and Open Mic

12/10/25

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

12/10/25

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

12/11/25

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

12/13/25

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

12/14/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

12/21/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

12/21/25

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

12/28/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

1/25

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/1

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/1

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

2/8

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/11

Second Wednesday Night Poetry- MayaRose (Leah Joy Pearson)
MayaRose Feature and Open Mic

2/11

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

2/12

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

2/14

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

2/15

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/15

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

2/22

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

2/22

Poetry Rocks, Vernon
Brad Davis, Judith K. Liebmann, Luisa Caycedo-Kimura Read

2/28

Reading and Workshop-Cheryl Panosian-Lebanon American CLub
Reading and Poetry Workshop

3/1

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/1

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

3/8

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/11

Danbury Second Wednesday Night Poetry- Hannah Lipman
Feature Hannah Lipman-Bethel Poet Laureate

3/11

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

3/12

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

3/14

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

3/15

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/15

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

3/22

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

3/29

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

4/5

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

4/5

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

4/8

Danbury Second Wednesday Night Poetry- Ed Dzitko
Feature Ed Dzitko

4/8

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry

4/9

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

4/11

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

4/12

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

4/19

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

4/19

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

4/23

Writing through Grief, Southbury
Heal Through Writing

Connecticut Council of Poets Laureate

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