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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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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
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