TONIGHT!  July 24, 2019

Don White, THE Founder of SPEAK UP!
is featuring TONIGHT at
Walnut Street Coffee Cafe
Lynn, MA - signup starts at 7:00
open mic starts at 7:30
Don will go on at 8:30!!

Also, tonight:
Poets Corner, a poetry workshop,
meets in Dover, NH,
61 Locust Street, Suite 321 (Building 2)
at 6:30 - 9:00
Bring your poem and 10-12 copies.

AMESBURY, MA, is accepting applications for
its next POET LAUREATE !!  Go to
amesburyculturalcouncil.org
for all the information.  Email
emsenechal@gmail.com
with any questions.
DEADLINE is SEPT. 6, 2019 !!

Friday, July 26, 2019
10 poets read at
Americans Who Tell The Truth Project
7-9 p.m.
Hall-Haskell House
36 S. Main Street
Ipswich, MA

Monday, August 5, 2019
Grey Court Poets (workshop format)
7 - 8:30.  Bring 10-12 copies of poem
Nevins Memorial Library
Methuen, MA

Tuesday, August13, 2019
WPM (Writers, Publishers, Marketers)
6-8 p.m. at
Portsmouth Community Radio
909 Islington Street
Portsmouth, NH

30-minute panel discussion, followed by Q&A, and then time for hanging out and chatting.

Monday, July 1, 7 p.m. (every 1st Monday)
Grey Court Poets - poetry workshop
Nevins Memorial Library
Methuen, MA

Wednesday, July 3, 7 p.m. (every 1st Wednesday)
The Rockport Open Mic
Brackett's Ocean View Restaurant Bar/ Brothers Brew
25 Main Street
Rockport, MA

Tuesday, July 9th, 7 p.m. (every 2nd Tuesday)
WPM = Writing, Publishing, Marketing
presented by MAAT Publishing
a 30-minute panel of a writer, publisher and marketer
followed by Q + A
in cooperation with WSCA Community Radio
909 Islington Street, Portsmouth, NH

Frost Foundation Hoot  (every 2nd Tuesday)
(next meet is October 8th)
summer hiatus July August - September
Feature + open mic
7 p.m.
Cafe Azteca
180 Common Street
Lawrence, MA

Sunday, July`14th (every 2nd Sunday)
Merrimac [open] Mic
1 - 3+ p.m.  NEW MEETING DATE /TIME
Merrimac Public Library
86 W Main Street
Merrimac, MA

Thursday, July 18th 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Elizabeth Wolf reads for Multiple Sclerosis
Merrimac Public Library
86 W Main Street
Merrimac, MA

Tuesday, July23rd (every 4th Tuesday)
Tuesday 4 Poetry open mic 7 p.m.
Stevens Memorial Library
345 Main Street
North Andover, MA

Friday, July 26th 7:00 p.m.
Americans Who Tell the Truth Project
10 Poets Who Speak the Truth
(Elizabeth Wolf is one)
Hall-Haskell House
Main Street
Ipswich, MA

Friday, September 6th (NEW VENUE)
 Haverhill River Bards 7:00 p.m.
Isabell VanMerlin feature + open mic
HC Media
2 Merrimack Street
Merrimac, MA

Muriel Angelil will be gracing the Merrimac (Mass.) Public Library with
a solo exhibit of painting and encaustic (wax) works
opening Saturday, April 13, 1-3 p.m.
and will have copies of her new poetry book:  just saying.
Exhibit ends May 22, 2019.

CORRECTION:
     Tuesday 4 Poetry meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month - which is April 23rd, this month, NOT April 30th!  Mea culpa!

In addition to the regular Frost Hoot in Lawrence TONIGHT (see below)

TONIGHT - Tuesday, April 9th, 2019, 6-8 p.m.
WPM = Writing, Publishing, Marketing, offered by Maat Publishing
in cooperation with WSCA Community Radio https://wscafm.org/
at Portsmouth Community Radio
909 Islington Street, Portsmouth, NH
30-minute panel discussion, followed by Q&A
Free, public, complimentary refreshments

This is a monthly event - 2nd Tuesday of the month.

GO TO https://www.facebook.com/rockportpoetryfest/
for details of the Rockport Poetry Festival on April 28th !

APRIL - Poetry StoryWalk along the Amesbury Riverwalk during the month of April.

Sunday, April 7th, 2019, 1:00 - 4:45 p.m., Commonwealth Room, Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Paulette Demers Turco, Lainie Senechal and Harris Gardner, among others, will be reading.  This is part of the Boston Poetry Month Festival.

------TUESDAY APRIL 9th , 7pm--------------------------
Frost Hoot;  Feature:  2019 Frost Prize Winners, + open mic,
all types of poems and people
Cafe Azteca, 180 Common St, Lawrence, MA

Thursday, April 11, 2019, 7 p.m., Amesbury Senior Center, Celebrating the Poetry of Stephen R. Wagner (Nicholas J. Costello Transportation Center, 68 [off] Elm Street, Amesbury, MA.

Wednesday, April 17th,
       7 p.m. - Verses to Victuals, Amesbury Senior Center (see above), poetry benefiting Our Neighbors' Table.

       Fuerza;  7 p.m. (?) open mic + youth + street poetry
Lawrence Public Library, 51 Lawrence St., Lawrence, MA

TUESDAY APRIL 23rd , 7pm-------------------
Linda Flaherty Haltmaier,  Andover Laureate
"...a poetry workshop for all levels–..."
Memorial Hall Library, Andover MA


FRIDAY APRIL 26th , 6pm-------------
Spring Into Poetry At the Stevens Estate
Hear a “Staircase Poetry” performance by North Andover school kids
    Followed by an open mic open to all
Bring a favorite short poem (12 lines max) or write one of your own!
Pick from the following themes: Nature, Humor, or North Andover


Sunday, April 28th, 2019
        NO MERRIMAC MIC in Merrimac, MA.  We will be joining the Rockport Poetry Festival!

       Sunday, April 28th, 2019 - ALL DAY - Rockport Poetry Festival, Rockport, MA

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
        6 p.m. Amesbury Public Library Poetry Series, featuring David Davis + open mic

        7 p.m. Tuesday 4 Poetry, North Andover Public Library, open mic, Mark Bohrer, hosting.

Saturday, May 4, 2019 - Northern Essex All Literation Nation Poetry Festival,  Lawrence Public Library.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, May 9-11, 2019 - 7th Annual Celebration of the American Voice poetry benefit for My Brothers' Table (Lynn, MA), Ipswich Food Pantry and gun control.  Hall-Haskell House, Main Street, Ipswich, MA.  Starts at 7 p.m. each night.  $5 donation.

At this very moment:

Right this minute in North Andover, at Stevens Memorial Library, Mark Bohrer is hosting Tuesday 4 Poetry.  Starts at 7 p.m.  The 4th Tuesday of the month.  Kenadine have "retired" and Mark has stepped up to be the host.


Tomorrow night, Wednesday, January 23, is the Lowell opening for the Eckfrastic book Soulmates:  A Union of Visual Arts and Poetry by the Arts Institute Group of the Merrimack Valley and the Grey Court Poets.  6:30 p.m., Whistler Museum, Lowell, MA.


Thursday, January 24th at 7PM, "Methuen Arts" will be meeting in the Study Room of the Nevins Library. We will review our current public arts projects including our "Poetry Sails" which are installed on the Spicket River Footbridge, and brainstorm other future projects. All are welcome.



Merrimac Mic meets Sunday, January 27th, 10:30 a.m., at the Merrimac, MA, Public Library

 

Everybody gets to read.

Joppa Flats "The Arts and the Experience of Nature" series,
Wednesday. February13, at 7:30 at the Joppa Flats Audubon Center
1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA.

Two poets and one artist in this winter event:
     Michael Ansara, came to writing poetry later in life, after years as an organizer and activist. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals. He is co-founder and a board member of Mass Poetry.
       Alfred Nicol, is an award-winning Newburyport poet. His most recent full-length book of poetry, Animal Psalms, was published 2016. His poems have been published extensively in journals and anthologies.
         Lainie Senechal, has worked in watercolor for many years. Her work has been exhibited in the Boston area and beyond. She will present her paintings of birds and landscapes. She is the former Amesbury Poet Laureate and current Poet in Residence at Joppa Flats.

Thank you to David Davis for originating this series and serving as Joppa Flats' first Poet in Residence.

Warmly,
Lainie Senechal, Poet in Residence at Joppa Flats


Grey Court Poets meet the first Monday of the month at Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen.  7 p.m.