May Poetry Events has ended

May Poetry Events

6:00pm PDT

JUST BE(LOVED) Poetry Slam & Open Mic ft. Mahogany L Browne JustBook-ish EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE: A POETRY PARTY 11 Kearney Square, Lowell, MA

7:00pm PDT

GrubStreet Presents: Alexander Chee + Hernán Díaz: Fiction and Nonfiction Walk Into a Bar 255 Elm St, Somerville, MA

5:30pm PDT

Mass Poetry Individual Youth Slam Finals! Boston Civic Pavilion

7:00pm PDT

Poetry Jam-Da Butcha Lizard Lounge

6:00pm PDT

Gaelynn Lea at the Cambridge Public Library 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA SLAM ADAMS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS Sam Adams Boston Brewery

5:30pm PDT

“Each Knuckle with Sugar”: A Reading & Conversation with Sarah Levine 238 Cabot Street, Holyoke, MA

8:00pm PDT

Boston Poetry Slam - Open Mic and feature by JeFF Stumpo 738 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

6:30pm PDT

National Baseball Poetry Festival 100 Madison St, Worcester, MA

7:00pm PDT

Writers' Open Mic: May 7 GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing

6:30pm PDT

National Baseball Poetry Festival 100 Madison St, Worcester, MA

7:00pm PDT

An Evening of Art, Poetry, and Performance in support of Open Spirit 39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA

7:30pm PDT

Open Mic @ Boston Liberation Center 194 Blue Hill Ave, Roxbury, MA

2:00pm PDT

Westport Writers Group 211 Cross Road, Dartmouth, MA

5:00pm PDT

ART OF POETRY 999 South Washington Street, #unit 361a North Attleborough, MA

6:30pm PDT

National Baseball Poetry Festival 100 Madison St, Worcester, MA

7:00pm PDT

Renewal 4228 Washington Street, Boston, MA

6:30pm PDT

National Baseball Poetry Festival 100 Madison St, Worcester, MA

7:00pm PDT

Poetry Jam-Dr. A.M.B. Lizard Lounge

6:00pm PDT

Isaac Fitzgerald at The Brattle Theatre 40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

7:00pm PDT

An evening with poet Maggie Smith 15 Walnut Park, Newton, MA

8:00pm PDT

Boston Poetry Slam - Open Mic and Speed Slam! 738 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

4:00pm PDT

Art Clinic: Black-Out Poetry 101 Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA

6:30pm PDT

Author Talk—Pleasure Please! by Ashley Cobb JustBook-ish

3:00pm PDT

NEPC @ The Menino: Barbara Cassidy, Jennifer M Phillips, Vijaya Sundaram 26 Central Avenue, Hyde Park, MA

7:00pm PDT

Poetry Jam-Tarishi "M.I.D.N.I.G.H.T.” Shuler Lizard Lounge

6:00pm PDT

Author Event: The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram JustBook-ish Poems Calling 64 South Street, Norwelll, MA

8:00pm PDT

Boston Poetry Slam - Open Mic and feature by René Manuel Ramos 738 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

6:00pm PDT

DotStories LGBTQ+ Storytelling: AAPI JustBook-ish

6:30pm PDT

Third Thursday Poetry and Open Mic Night at Ten Trees Books 29 Main Street, Natick, MA

7:00pm PDT

Third Thursdays Poetry: Carey Salerno, Eric Weiskott, & Monika Ostworka Brookline Booksmith

7:00pm PDT

Poetry Jam-VCR Vernon C Robinson Lizard Lounge

6:00pm PDT

FreeVerse Presents Open Mic Boston Civic Pavilion

4:00pm PDT

Amy and Marcus Garvey Lecture featuring Porsha Olayiwola 299 Western Avenue, Cambridge, MA

7:00pm PDT

Poetry Jam-Mike Savadian Lizard Lounge

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100 Madison St, Worcester, MA
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194 Blue Hill Ave, Roxbury, MA
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39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA
40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA
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449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
64 South Street, Norwelll, MA
738 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
999 South Washington Street, #unit 361a North Attleborough, MA
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Sam Adams Boston Brewery