Massachusetts Statewide Poetry Calendar 2

Mass Poetry will be hosting a combined Community Open House and U35 spoken word event on Monday, November 6th at 50 Liberty Drive. Please join us for a night of fun and community engagement where you'll be able to learn more about how to get involved at Mass Poetry as well as view our beautiful space at the Center for Creative Writing. We will also be hosting our U35 featuring members of the Mass Poetry community!

Mass Poetry is a non profit poetry organization utilizing the power of words to engage and empower diverse communities across our commonwealth. Our Open House will highlight core pillars of our organization. This includes upcoming programming such as our readings and school residencies, as well as ways to support our organization through our Evening of Inspired Leaders fundraiser event. We will discuss volunteer opportunities for individuals who want to grow deeper communal ties with our organization and have plenty of information about SW@MP, our Teen Spoken Word Program.

As the evening progresses, we will transition into our performance portion of the event: our U35 spoken word performance.

Podcasting is enjoying a resurgence lately, and it's easy to think that you need formal training or fancy equipment to try it out. You don't. In a discussion moderated by GrubStreet's Director of Community Engagement (and podcast lover) Eson Kim, come hear how podcasters Heloiza Barbosa and Felix Poon started out with zero podcast experience and eventually developed their craft into personally meaningful and award-winning works. There will be time for audience questions as well!

Directly following the event, there will be a small Open House tour of GrubStreet's new podcast studio space. Sign-ups will be available at the event for those who are interested.

Love to write but don't have anywhere to get feedback on your work? Want to meet fellow writers and work under the guidance of published authors? GrubStreet is here to help!

On Thursday, September 22nd from 6:30pm-7:30pm, we will be hosting an In-Person Open House to talk about upcoming Fall 2022 classes, GrubStreet's membership program, GrubStreet's Boston Writers of Color Group, The Muse and the Marketplace and more!

After a short presentation from GrubStreet staff, we will be on hand to answer any questions you have and show off our brand new space, including our expanded classrooms for teens and adults, the bookstore run by our friends at Porter Square Books (complete with rotating bookshelves), our community lounge, Boston’s only stage for the literary arts, our podcast studio, and more.

This event is free and includes complimentary drinks and snacks. Bring your mask, join the fun!

Please make sure to pre-register! We'll also send all attendees a code to receive 10% off any Fall 2022 class.