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Processing Holocaust Trauma: A Roundtable Discussion
Poets Laureate at the Oliver Wolcott Library
Poets Laureate at the Oliver Wolcott Library
WHAT: America 250: A Celebration of US Poets Laureate
WHEN: February 21, 2026,11am
WHERE: Oliver Wolcott Library
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First Sunday Poetry Roundtable
First Sunday Poetry Roundtable
WHAT: First Sunday Poetry Roundtable
WHEN: March 1, 2026, 2pm EST
WHERE: Virtual Event on Zoom
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Removing Invasives at Flanders
Removing Invasives at Flanders
WHAT: Removing Invasive Plants at Flanders Nature Center
WHEN: March 7, 2026, 8am
WHERE: Flanders Nature Center
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Processing Holocaust Trauma
Processing Holocaust Trauma
WHAT: A Roundtable Discussion
WHEN: March 21, 2026
WHERE: Vicinanza Studios & Gallery, Southbury, Connecticut
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Removing Invasives at Flanders
Removing Invasives at Flanders
WHAT: Removing Invasive Plants from Flanders Nature Center
WHEN: April 4, 2026
WHERE: Flanders Nature Center
Poets Laureate at the Oliver Wolcott Library
Poets Laureate at the Oliver Wolcott Library
WHAT: America 250: A Celebration of US Poets Laureate
WHEN: April 18, 2026
WHERE: Oliver Wolcott Library
Baseball Poetry Open Mic
Baseball Poetry Open Mic
WHAT: Orenaug Mountain Publishing Baseball Poetry Open Mic
WHEN: April 19, 2026
WHERE: Vicinanza Studios and Gallery
This year's baseball poetry open mic will feature storyteller and poet Sara DeBeer of West Hartford as we celebrate the national pastime with baseball music; baseball-themed snacks of hot dogs, Cracker Jack, and peanuts; and the launch of Pleasant Pastimes, Poems about the Sports We Love, Orenaug Mountain Publishing's (OMP) new collection of poems celebrating sports from around the world. The gathering will close with a community reading of "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Thayer.
OMP and Vicinanza Studios and Gallery ask that guests and participants bring a food donation for the Southbury Food Bank.
Poetry in Litchfield
Poetry in Litchfield
WHAT: Poetry Workshop
WHEN: April 26, 2026, 2-4 p.m.
WHERE: Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT
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WHAT: Poetry Open Mic
WHEN: April 30, 2026, 6-9 p.m.
WHERE: Litchfield Community Center, Litchfield, CT
Orenaug Mountain Publishing (OMP) and the Litchfield Arts Council are teaming up to host two poetry events with the support of the Litchfield Historical Society and the Litchfield Community Center during National Poetry Month. Both events are free and open to the public. OMP will publish a collection of the ekphrastic poems to support the Litchfield Arts Council.
Past Events
Past Events
WHAT: First Sunday Poetry Roundtable
WHEN: January 4, 2026, 2pm EST
WHERE: Virtual Event on Zoom
WHAT: As an ekphrastic poet writing in response to two works of art on show at the Four Monkeys Gallery in Danbury, Connecticut.
WHEN: November 1, 2025
WHAT: As a featured poet at the Danbury Music Center.
WHEN: August 9, 2025
WHAT: As a featured poet at the Jewish Community Center in Sherman, Connecticut
WHEN: May 10, 2025
WHAT: Poetry Walk at the C.H. Booth Library in Newtown, Connecticut
WHEN: April 6, 2025
Watch the Booth Library's video recording of the poetry reading at the library.
WHAT: Poetry Workshop and Reading at Poetry Rocks!, Vernon, Connecticut
WHEN: March 30, 2025
WHAT: Poetry Workshop, Booth Library, Newtown, Connecticut
WHEN: March 23, 2025
WHAT: Reading of "Personal Freedom" at Byrd's Books in Bethel, Connecticut.
WHEN: March 16, 2025
WHAT: Reading of "Instances of Seeing, Volume 2" at Flanders Nature Center.
WHEN: March 15, 2025
WHAT: National Baseball Poetry Festival in Worcester, Massachusetts
WHEN: May 4, 2024
WHAT: Dr. Maria Leda Souza Hogan and Bernardo de Castro talk with Sandy about the experience of living between cultures as individuals who left their homeland to make new lives in the U.S. Maria shares excerpts from her memoir Samba of Survival.
WHEN: April 21, 2024
WHAT: Nationally-bestselling author Helene Stapinski; author and co-founder of the Ridgefield Writers Conference Chris Belden; non-fiction author Anne K. Howard, and playwright Joe Godfrey discuss “What Does it Mean to Have a Successful Writing Career Today?”
WHEN: Oct. 21, 2023
WHAT: Author John Opalenik and writer, photographer, and historian Jackson Kuhl discuss “Why do Readers and Writers Choose to be Unsettled by Horror Writing?"
WHEN: Oct. 21, 2023
WHAT: An Afternoon with Four Connecticut Poets Laureate, Arts Escape, Southbury
WHEN: April 2, 2023
WHAT: Justice Southbury Rally, Women's History Month presentation entitled, Peace Weavers
WHEN: March 19, 2023
WHAT: In Conversation with the authors of The American Way, Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler
WHEN: March 18, 2023
WHAT: FUMFALive
WHEN: Feb. 19, 2023
WHAT: Speaker at Mattatuck Unitarian Universalist Society
WHEN: Feb. 19, 2023
WHAT: Featured Guest, Studio Hill Gallery, The Underground
WHEN: Feb. 1, 2023
WHAT: Holiday Poetry Reading
WHEN: Dec. 15, 2022
WHAT: FUMFALive
WHEN: Sept. 11, 2022
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