Events

Join the New England Poetry Club on March 23, as we travel to the Menino Arts Center, in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood! The reading begins at 2:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The Menino Arts Center, located 26 Central Avenue, is an accessible venue, with a wheelchair ramp into the building ... Read more

Come to the Blacksmith House in Harvard Square for the launch of Grief's Apostrophe (Beltway Editions) by NEPC President Steven Ratiner! He will be joined by Jonathan Aaron, reading from Just About Anything: New and Selected Poems (Carnegie Mellon). All are welcome to this accessible venue.

The NEPC is partnering with the Boston Public Library, Jamaica Plain Branch, for a National Poetry Month kickoff! The reading, on Saturday, April 5 at 3:00 pm, will be free and open to the public. The JP Branch, at 30 South Street, is an accessible venue. Eleanor Kedney is the author of three books: Twelve ... Read more

Please join us for the Danielle Legros Georges Memorial Reading honoring Danielle’s life and work this Sunday, May 4, from 1:00 until 5:00 pm at the Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston. The event is sponsored by the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, in partnership with the ICA/Boston and the New England Poetry ... Read more

Join the New England Poetry Club on May 10, as we return to the Menino Arts Center, in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood. The reading begins at 2:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public. An open mic will follow the featured poets. The Menino Arts Center, located 26 Central Avenue, is an accessible ... Read more

Join us for the Longfellow Student Poetry Awards on Sunday, June 1, 2025, at 3:00 PM at the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site in Cambridge, MA. This annual event celebrates the creativity of young poets. It features readings by elementary, middle, and high school students who have won the Longfellow Student Poetry Contest. The ... Read more

The NEPC's delighted to have an evening at The Poetry Extravaganza! Please join us at The Mill in West Boylston, Mass. Admission is free. To sign up for the Open Mic (5 minute maximum, no language restrictions), contact jfjr6969@gmail.com. Connect to the Worcester County Poetry Association calendar for more details. Pamela Gemme is an internationally published ... Read more

The New England Poetry Club’s summer season continues at The Old Manse in Concord, Mass. This free reading will be held under a tent outdoors, at an accessible venue. Make a day of it! Arrive early or linger after the reading to explore the orchard, stroll along the Concord River, or enjoy a picnic on ... Read more

Join us on the east lawn of the Longfellow House for an afternoon with Robert Pinsky! It's the first event in our 2025-26 We (too) The People series. Robert Pinsky’s most recent book of poems is Proverbs of Limbo. A PoemJazz album of the same title is available on Spotify and Apple Music. His autobiographical ... Read more