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6/16/22
6/23/22
Poetry in the Park - Margaret Gibson & Steve Straight
Gibson & Straight to read outdoors
6/26/22
Waking Up to the Earth: A Poetry Reading
CT Poet Laureate Joins CT River Poets for Free Event
6/27/22
Margaret Gibson & H.E. Fisher
6/27/22
A Garden of Verse at the Keeler Tavern Museum
Poetry Monday Nights Outside in Gardens
6/30/22
Ekphrastic Extravaganza Reading & Exhibit
Paintings & Poetry
7/11/22
Kyle Potvin & Meredith Bergmann
7/11/22
A Garden of Verse at the Keeler Tavern Museum
Poetry Monday Nights Outside in Gardens
7/17/22
Poetry/Word Series
West Haven PL Tony Fusco to Read
7/23/22
All of the Sky: Five Poets, Five Saturdays
Feminist Poets/52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone
7/23/22
Mahogany L. Browne Reads
Feminist Poetry
7/25/22
Joan Kwon Glass & Jordan Franklin
7/25/22
A Garden of Verse at the Keeler Tavern Museum
Poetry Monday Nights Outside in Gardens
7/28/22
Poetry in the Park - Danielle Legros & Sean Frederick Forbes
7/30/22
All of the Sky: Five Poets, Five Saturdays
Feminist Poets/52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone
8/6/22
All of the Sky: Five Poets, Five Saturdays
Feminist Poets/52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone
8/6/22
Rosebud Ben-Oni Reads
Feminist Poetry Reading
8/8/22
B.K. Fischer & Suzanne Frischkorn
8/8/22
A Garden of Verse at the Keeler Tavern Museum
Poetry Monday Nights Outside in Gardens
8/13/22
All of the Sky: Five Poets, Five Saturdays
Feminist Poets/52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone
8/13/22
Eileen Myles Reads
Eileen Myles Reads
8/20/22
All of the Sky: Five Poets, Five Saturdays
Feminist Poets/52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone
8/20/22
Emily Skillings Reads
Emily Skillings Reads
8/22/22
A Garden of Verse at the Keeler Tavern Museum
Poetry Monday Nights Outside in Gardens
8/22/22
Aaron & Luisa Caycedo-Kimura and Laurel Peterson & Van Hartmann
8/25/22
Poetry in the Park - Marilyn Nelson & Fred Arcoleo
CT State Poet Emerita & UCONN Prof. & Children's Book Author Marilyn Nelson to read outdoors
8/27/22
All of the Sky: Five Poets, Five Saturdays
Feminist Poets/52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone
8/27/22
Nathalie Handal Reads
Nathalie Handal Reads
9/7/22
Meet Antoinette Brim-Bell
Meet New CT State Poet Laureate
9/10/22
Tree Planting Memorial for David K. Leff
Tree Planting and Poetry
9/11/22
Poetry & Spoken Word Series
Gibson, Richmond, Warinsky & Weiss Read!
9/14/22
Riverwood Book Launch - in person
New books by Steve Straight, Pegi Deitz Shea, Ginny Connors, Brad Davis
9/18/22
Poetry Rocks Pat Mottola & Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
Pat Mottola, Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, Tovah Oslovich
9/22/22
Poetry in the Park - Bruce Cohen & Karen Leona Anderson
10/2/22
Tribute to David K. Leff, Launch of The Blue Marble Gazetteer
11/3/22
Pegi Deitz Shea Hometown Book Launch
Shea's 1st Book for Adult Readers
11/9/22
An Evening with the State's New Poets Laureate
New Adult & Youth Laureates Together!!!
11/9/22
Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways will host James Finnegan and Joan Kwon Glass
Two PLs at Riverwood Poetry Series
11/19/22
Poets Are Not A Luxury
Connector Event in West Haven
12/4/22
Poetry Rocks Suzanne Frischkorn, Steve Straight
12/9/22
Billy Collins & Antoinette Brim-Bell
Reading plus Meet & Greet
12/15/22
New Event
12/15/22
Peace Poetry Zoom Reading
Poets Laureate for Peace
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4/6
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
4/6
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
4/6
East Windsor welcomes Inaugural Poets Laureate
Meet Ally McKenna & Aanum Khan!
4/9
Milford PL Elaine Nadal Plus State Poet Laureate
Poetry & Music!
4/9
Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night
4/9
Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry
4/10
Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic
4/12
Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury
4/12
Norwalk Poets Live!
Poetry and Celebration!
4/13
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
4/16
Writers in Conversation: Steve Ostrowski and Jean P. Moore in Norwalk!
Road Trips and Immigrants!
4/20
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
4/20
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
4/22
Earth Day Poetry Open Mic for All Ages
Holidays
Earth Day Poetry Open Mic for All Ages
4/23
Writing through Grief, Southbury
Heal Through Writing
4/23
Reading with Kevin Pilkington and Laurel Peterson
Poetry and Discussion
4/27
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
5/4
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
5/4
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
5/7
Writing through Grief, Southbury
Heal Through Writing
5/8
Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic
5/10
Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury
5/11
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
5/14
Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night
5/14
Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry
5/18
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
5/18
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
5/21
Writing through Grief, Southbury
Heal Through Writing
5/25
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
6/1
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
6/1
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
6/8
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
6/11
Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night
6/11
Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
Thought-Provoking Poetry
6/12
Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic
6/14
Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury
6/15
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
6/15
Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop
6/22
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery
6/29
Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery