Latest Past Events

The Ocean Has No Borders: Celebrating Community Through Poetry and Stories with Enzo Silon Surin

Lynn Museum & Arts Center 590 Washington Street, Lynn

As a culmination of the American Scapegoat book discussions and workshops, award-winning author and poet Enzo Silon Surin (Poetry, 2012) will deliver reflective remarks on how storytelling and poetry are vital tools for fostering empathy, deepening understanding, and bringing people together in meaningful ways. The event will also showcase creative writing from participants across Swampscott […]

Free

Voices of Poetry with Shari Caplan

Coolidge Museum (3rd Floor) 20 West St., Northampton

Visit the Forbes Library in Northampton, MA for an afternoon of great poetry, featuring these distinguished poets:  Ellen Doré Watson - Director Emerita, Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith CollegeJen Jabaily-Blackburn - Program & Outreach Coordinator, Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith CollegeShari Caplan (Poetry, June 2014) - Exhibitionist (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2024) was awarded the Paul Nemser PrizeCharles Coe - selected […]

Free

The Sonnet: From Sidney to Seuss Poetry Workshop with Michael Mercurio

Online Zoom Event

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Originating in Sicily in the 13th Century, the sonnet (from the Italian sonetto, “little song”) is a beloved form for English-language poets, beginning in the 16th Century with Sir Phillip Sidney. In the 500 years that have followed, the sonnet has been used — and changed — by poets to think through big […]

$425