Poetry Now

Event:

Poetry Now

Date:

November 28th, 2023.

Time:

6:30 PM

Location:

Noah Webster Library, 20 S. Main St, West Hartford, CT 06119

Contact:

Noah Webster Library, 20 S. Main St, West Hartford, CT 06119

Website:

https://westhartford.librarymarket.com/event/poetry-now-guided-reading-and-discussion-group-focused-new-poetry-person-0

Led by West Hartford PL Emerita and UCONN Professor Julie Choffel, this group will meet to read and discuss poems by contemporary writers that speak to our lives today. Participants will gain new approaches to reading poetry of all kinds and leave with a writing prompt to try on their own. Each meeting will cover new material. People are welcome to attend all meetings or to pick and choose.
Free to the public with advance registration.
ADDITIONAL DAYS: Various Tuesdays in the fall and spring.

5/10

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5/11

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5/14

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

5/14

Riverwood Poetry Series, Hartford
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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
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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

6/7-7/5

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

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

7/6

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/6

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

7/9

Woodbury Open Mic Poetry Night

7/10

Second Thursday Series, Guilford
Featured Poet plus Open Mic

7/12

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

7/13

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/20

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

7/20

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

7/27

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

8/3

Drop in & Write! Southbury
Weekly Open Writing at Gallery

8/3

Writing Workshop, Ridgefield
Poet Laureate leads Workshop

Connecticut Council of Poets Laureate