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Local Poetry, US Northeast

Online poetry calendars, local poetry centers & organizations, reading & slam venues in the Northeastern states, including New England.
Albany Poets
The poets in Albany, New York’s capital, are organized & active, and the Albany Poets Web site has a quick & easy calendar and posts the current week’s events front & center.
The Buttonwood Tree
Calendar of events, including last-Friday monthly slams, presented by Stephan Allison’s North End Arts Rising at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, Connecticut.
The CT Poet
Faith Vicinanza’s weekly electronic calendar of Connecticut poetry events is accessible on the Web in several places -- this one at The Fairfield Review’s site being most up to date. Go to The Connecticut Poet’s Yahoo groups site to subscribe to the email newsletter.
New Jersey Poetry Calendar
This reproduction of the print New Jersey Poetry Calendar is provided by the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, the good Dr. Williams’ home town, & it was recommended to us by a reader as “the essential contact” for NJ listings.
Poetry NYC (from AAP)
Poetry NYC is an email newsletter from the Academy of American Poets offering announcements and reminders of upcoming readings and events sponsored by the AAP in the New York City area.
Poetry Oasis
Worcester’s Poetry Oasis no longer runs a regular poetry series, but their Web site offers a calendar of other poetry events in Worcester (Massachusetts).
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s
“The Poetry Project burns like red hot coal in New York’s snow” -- Allen Ginsberg. What more can we say? Look at their Web site for a calendar of Project events and selections from the Project newsletter.
Poets’ Asylum
Poets’ Asylum is both the Sunday reading series and the Web site produced by the Worcester Po8ry Project. They are dedicated to fostering performance poetry in central Massachusetts, but that also includes providing a calendar of events throughout New England.
Poetz.com Boston Calendar
Poetz.com has propagated its useful calendar format into a nationwide series of regional poetry events listings provided by local poetry mavens -- here, Boston, curated by Jeff Robinson.
Poetz.com Connecticut Calendar
In addition to her own CT Poet newsletter, Faith Vicinanza also curates Poetz.com’s calendar for Connecticut.
Poetz.com Hudson Valley Calendar
Bob Wright covers poetry events from Albany to Schenectady to Woodstock & all over upstate New York for the Poetz.com group of calendars.
Poetz.com Long Island Calendar
Barbara Reiher’s beat is Long Island.
Poetz.com New York City Calendar
Billed as “the ultimate NYC poetry calendar,” Jackie Sheeler’s Poetz.com calendar really is -- with more New York listings than anywhere else, highlighted editor’s choices for weekly series & one-time events & your choice of display options.
Poetz.com Philadelphia Calendar
Stephanie Durann curates the Philly calendar in Poetz.com’s lineup.
Poetz.com Pittsburgh Calendar
The listings on Lynn Wagner’s Pittsburgh page are thin compared to the other Poetz.com calendars -- but it’s still the place to look if you’re in Pittsburgh & craving poetry.
Poetz.com Vermont Calendar
Ron Lewis covers Vermont -- not a big center for group poetry activities -- for Poetz.com.
Sun Crumbs
Founded by Christiane Leach, Sun Crumbs is the home of the Pittsburgh Poetry Slam, a hot series of readings by visiting performance poets, the Sun Crumbs Parlor censor-free, hassle-free exhibition space for visual artists & great multi-arts collaborative projects like this year's Womb Journeys & Epic.

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