WOODSTOCK — Four free poetry readings will be held this summer at Roseland Park’s outdoor amphitheater.  This series will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. June 6, July 25, Aug. 15 and Sept. 26.  These readings are for people ages 14 and up. Wine will be served.  Folding chairs or camp chairs are recommended for a more comfortable time.  Besides featured readers there will be an open mic segment at each event as time allows.
This is the second year for these events and the series was expanded due to its great popularity.  COVID-19 guidelines will be met. This event is being sponsored in part by Sharpe Hill Winery, Linemaster Switch Corporation, Brunarhans, Inc., CR Premier Properties, St. Onge & Brouillard law firm, Weiss, Hale and Zahansky Strategic Wealth Advisors, the Woodstock Airport, Ashford’s Xtra Mart, bankHometown and Charter Oak Credit Union. For info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Some of the summer’s featured poets will include National Beat Poet Laureate for 2020, Paul Richmond; Candace Curran, twice named as Western Massachusetts Poets’ Seat Laureate;  finalist in the Montreal International Poetry Contest and Woodstock resident Karen Warinsky; New Jersey author and founder of the non-profit collaborative, ARTS By The People, Paul Rabinowitz;  T’Challa Williams, co-founder of Hartford’s L.I. T.,  which presents monthly literary events for youth; Pomfret author and organizer of the Quiet Corner’s branch of the Connecticut Poetry Society, Christine Kalafus;  UConn assistant professor and author Brian Sneeden; authors Robert Eugene Perry,  Dina Stander, Gerald Yelle, David Wyman, author and professor emerita, UMass, Amherst Janine Roberts, and Heidelberg University student Jayce Porter.

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