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May Poetry Events

11 Kearney Square, Lowell, MA

6:00pm • EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE: A POETRY PARTY

255 Elm St, Somerville, MA

7:00pm • GrubStreet Presents: Alexander Chee + Hernán Díaz: Fiction and Nonfiction Walk Into a Bar

JustBook-ish

6:00pm • JUST BE(LOVED) Poetry Slam & Open Mic ft. Mahogany L Browne

Boston Civic Pavilion

5:30pm • Mass Poetry Individual Youth Slam Finals!

Lizard Lounge

7:00pm • Poetry Jam-Da Butcha

449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA

6:00pm • Gaelynn Lea at the Cambridge Public Library

Sam Adams Boston Brewery

6:00pm • SLAM ADAMS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

238 Cabot Street, Holyoke, MA

5:30pm • “Each Knuckle with Sugar”: A Reading & Conversation with Sarah Levine

738 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

8:00pm • Boston Poetry Slam - Open Mic and feature by JeFF Stumpo

100 Madison St, Worcester, MA

6:30pm • National Baseball Poetry Festival

GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing

7:00pm • Writers' Open Mic: May 7

100 Madison St, Worcester, MA

6:30pm • National Baseball Poetry Festival

194 Blue Hill Ave, Roxbury, MA

7:30pm • Open Mic @ Boston Liberation Center

39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA

7:00pm • An Evening of Art, Poetry, and Performance in support of Open Spirit

100 Madison St, Worcester, MA

6:30pm • National Baseball Poetry Festival

211 Cross Road, Dartmouth, MA

2:00pm • Westport Writers Group

4228 Washington Street, Boston, MA

7:00pm • Renewal

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

5:00pm • ART OF POETRY

100 Madison St, Worcester, MA

6:30pm • National Baseball Poetry Festival

Lizard Lounge

7:00pm • Poetry Jam-Dr. A.M.B.

15 Walnut Park, Newton, MA

7:00pm • An evening with poet Maggie Smith

40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

6:00pm • Isaac Fitzgerald at The Brattle Theatre

738 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

8:00pm • Boston Poetry Slam - Open Mic and Speed Slam!

101 Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA

4:00pm • Art Clinic: Black-Out Poetry

JustBook-ish

6:30pm • Author Talk—Pleasure Please! by Ashley Cobb

26 Central Avenue, Hyde Park, MA

3:00pm • NEPC @ The Menino: Barbara Cassidy, Jennifer M Phillips, Vijaya Sundaram

Lizard Lounge

7:00pm • Poetry Jam-Tarishi "M.I.D.N.I.G.H.T.” Shuler

64 South Street, Norwelll, MA

6:00pm • Poems Calling

JustBook-ish

6:00pm • Author Event: The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram

738 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

8:00pm • Boston Poetry Slam - Open Mic and feature by René Manuel Ramos

29 Main Street, Natick, MA

6:30pm • Third Thursday Poetry and Open Mic Night at Ten Trees Books

Brookline Booksmith

7:00pm • Third Thursdays Poetry: Carey Salerno, Eric Weiskott, & Monika Ostworka

JustBook-ish

6:00pm • DotStories LGBTQ+ Storytelling: AAPI

Lizard Lounge

7:00pm • Poetry Jam-VCR Vernon C Robinson

Boston Civic Pavilion

6:00pm • FreeVerse Presents Open Mic

299 Western Avenue, Cambridge, MA

4:00pm • Amy and Marcus Garvey Lecture featuring Porsha Olayiwola

Lizard Lounge

7:00pm • Poetry Jam-Mike Savadian

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100 Madison St, Worcester, MA
101 Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA
11 Kearney Square, Lowell, MA
15 Walnut Park, Newton, MA
194 Blue Hill Ave, Roxbury, MA
211 Cross Road, Dartmouth, MA
238 Cabot Street, Holyoke, MA
255 Elm St, Somerville, MA
26 Central Avenue, Hyde Park, MA
29 Main Street, Natick, MA
299 Western Avenue, Cambridge, MA
39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA
40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA
4228 Washington Street, Boston, MA
449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
64 South Street, Norwelll, MA
738 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
999 South Washington Street, #unit 361a North Attleborough, MA
Boston Civic Pavilion
Brookline Booksmith
GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing
JustBook-ish
Lizard Lounge
Sam Adams Boston Brewery