If you’ve ever attended one of our events, you know we are welcoming; handshakes, hugs and high-fives are common. But our community includes members who are among the most vulnerable to or concerned about COVID-19, whether due to age, compromised immune systems, their status as caregivers, or other issues. For these reasons, and following the…
Upcoming Events
March 2020 Event – Cancelled
Cancelled. See our most recent post here. Enjoy listening to poetry and spoken word—or share some writing of your own—with Poetry in the Boro on Sunday, Mar. 15. Our features will be poets Henry Jones and Jessica Lynn Suchon. Saxophonist Ernest Newsom will accompany Jones. An hour of open mic follows the features.We’ll be at…
Special Event: Bloom Stage Presents Mixtapes and Mirrors
The Bloom Stage, a quarterly multi-genre event, presents MIXTAPES & MIRRORS When: Thursday, February 13, 2020 / Doors open 6:30 pm, Show starts at 7 pm Where: Walnut House in downtown Murfreesboro DONATIONS ACCEPTED AT THE DOOR! Ticket reservations are encouraged by contacting karajkemp@gmail.com. All reservations are released 10 minutes prior to show time. The…
February 2020 Event
Enjoy listening to poetry and storytelling—or share some writing of your own—with Poetry in the Boro on Sunday, Feb. 9. Our features will be poet Cara Dees along with recent contributors to Collage magazine, MTSU’s student-produced, bi-annual magazine of creative arts. An hour of open mic follows the features. We’ll be at the Walnut House,…
January 2020 Event
Enjoy listening to poetry and storytelling—or share some writing of your own—with Poetry in the Boro on Sunday, Jan. 19. Our features will be poets Annette Sisson and C.A. Williams. An hour of open mic follows the features. We’ll be at the Walnut House, 116 N. Walnut. This event is free and open to the…
December 2019 Event
Enjoy listening to poetry and storytelling—or share some writing of your own—with a slightly-pre-solstice edition of Poetry in the Boro on Thursday evening, December 19. Our features will be poet Sandy Coomer and storyteller Kara Kemp, with another guest or two from the Bloom Stage, a quarterly storytelling event founded by Kara. An hour of…
POETRY PARTY & OPEN MIC
Enjoy listening to poetry—or share some writing of your own—with a special edition of Poetry in the Boro on Sunday evening, November 10. We’ll be celebrating SUGAR FIX, the new poetry collection by PitB founder and Murfreesboro Poet Laureate, Kory Wells. The book is Kory’s debut full-length collection, published by Terrapin Books a week shy…
Special Event: Moonlight, Magic, & Mystery
The Bloom Stage, a quarterly multi-genre event, presents MOONLIGHT, MAGIC AND MYSTERYThursday, October 24, 2019at Walnut House in downtown Murfreesboro Doors open 6:30 pm, Show starts at 7 pm DONATIONS ACCEPTED AT THE DOOR! Ticket reservations are encouraged by contacting karajkemp@gmail.com. All reservations are released 10 minutes prior to show time. The local storytelling series…
Celebrating Milestones
This August marked Poetry in the Boro’s third birthday, and it was wonderful to realize that quite a few people in attendance this month were also there at our very first event on that hot, hot night in the back room of the Green Dragon. During the August 2016 Boro Art Crawl, we packed that…
September 2019 Event
Enjoy listening to poetry—or share some writing of your own—with Poetry in the Boro on Sunday evening, September 8th. Our features will be poets Fred Arroyo and Barbara E. Young. We’ll be at The Walnut House, 116 N Walnut St., Murfreesboro, TN. Click on the image to view the Event on Facebook, or read below for more details. This…