Events

December 5, 2025, 7 pm, Grolier Poetry Book Shop, 6 Plympton St, Cambridge The NEPC is honored to co-present this evening of poems by José Enrique Delmonte, Shira Zohara Dickey, Rhina P. Espaillat, and Juan Matos with the Grolier Poetry Book Shop. Leonardo Nin will introduce the poets. The event will take place synchronously in-store ... Read more

Gloria Monaghan (NEPC Membership Secretary and Advisory Board member) invites you to the Open Doors Center for the Arts for a reading featuring Lynne Viti (NEPC Advisory Board member), Cynthia Bargar, Stephen Haven, and Steven Cramer. An open mic and wine + cheese reception will follow. The event will happen on Saturday, December 6, from ... Read more

The New England Poetry Club continues our partnership with the Beehive Poetry Group, in a reading presented by Jean Flanagan, the Arlington, Massachusetts Poet Laureate. This month’s reading features Sara Letourneau and Owen Lewis, with introductions by Steve Rapp. The event is free and open to the public. The Robbins Library is an accessible venue. ... Read more

The New England Poetry Club is delighted to return to the Westwood (Mass.) Public Library! The reading will happen on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at 2:30 p.m., in the Community Reading Room. The poets will be introduced by Lynne Viti, Westwood Poet Laureate Emerita and a member of the NEPC Advisory Board. This event is ... Read more

The NEPC is happy to announce a collaboration with Phillip Hasouris, recent Brockton Poet Laureate. In January, we’ll participate in the series, “Everyone Has a Voice,” presented at the Brockton Public Library. These events pair an established poet with a student poet and include an open mic. This month’s reading is hosted by Queen of ... Read more

The NEPC continues our partnership with the Beehive Poetry Group, in a reading presented by Jean Flanagan, the Arlington, Massachusetts Poet Laureate. This month’s reading features Carla Panciera and Julia Thacker, with introductions by Steve Rapp. The event is free and open to the public. The Robbins Library is an accessible venue. Open-mic reading slots ... Read more

In contemporary classical music, recomposing means to take the work of a composer from the past and use it as the basis for a new piece of music. Sometimes the original changes only a little, and sometimes it seems to vanish almost entirely! (An example is The New Four Seasons – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max ... Read more

The NEPC continues our partnership with the Beehive Poetry Group, in a reading presented by Jean Flanagan, the Arlington, Massachusetts Poet Laureate. This month’s reading features Wendy Drexler and Philip Hasouris, with introductions by Steve Rapp. The event is free and open to the public. The Robbins Library is an accessible venue. Open-mic reading slots ... Read more

The NEPC continues our partnership with the Beehive Poetry Group, in a reading presented by Jean Flanagan, the Arlington, Massachusetts Poet Laureate. This month’s reading features Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson, presenting a tribute to the late Charles Coe. Additional readers include Susan Donnelly, Richard Hoffman, Cecily Miller, Steven Ratiner, Vijaya Sundaram, Deanna Witter, with ... Read more

The NEPC kicks off National Poetry Month with a return to the Boston Public Library, Jamaica Plain Branch! The reading, on Saturday, April 4, at 2:00 pm, will be free and open to the public. An open mic will follow the featured poets. The JP Branch, at 30 South Street, is an accessible venue. Lee ... Read more