Presented by the Concord Poetry Center SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 4 – 5 PM Boott Cotton Mills Museum, 115 John Street Entrance Boott Events Center Enjoy lighthearted and provocative poetry by Concord Poetry Center members X.J. Kennedy, Robert J. Clawson, Barbara Lydecker Crane, Joan Kimball and Amy Woods. Kennedy’s latest books (2007) are In a Prominent [...]

Featuring J.D. Scrimgeour & Philip Swanson SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 3 – 4 PM The Revolving Museum Come join poet J.D. Scrimgeour and musician/composer Philip Swanson (piano and trombone) and the sounds of “Confluence.” This music and poetry performance features works by Scrimgeour, Alan Feldman, Yusef Komunyakaa and Rainer Maria Rilke set to a variety of jazz, blues, and classical music. [...]

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 3 – 4 PM ALL Arts Gallery The publishers of Fulcrum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, present a live special edition of their featured debates on the state of English-language poetry. The most recent published version of the debate in Fulcrum’s Issue #6 features Rosanna Warren (Northern Summer) in dialog with John Kinsella (Southern Winter).

With Patti Russo & Steven Durost SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 3 – 4:30 PM Life Alive Urban Oasis and Café Mindfulness means being fully awake and fully aware. It means experiencing the richness of the present moment instead of analyzing the past or worrying about the future. Using the poetry of Mary Oliver, William Stafford and [...]