April is National Poetry Month, but we seem to be celebrating in March! Please mark you calendars and plan to come out to as many of these events as you can–two of them support young people’s voices, and all are collaborations with various groups. We will have more details and links for each posted soon!…
Join us to listen to some poetry—or share some writing of your own—at Poetry in the Boro at Dapper Owl on Sunday evening, February 11. Our feature will be spoken word artist Brandon Long. Learn more about Brandon below! The Dapper Owl coffee pub is located at 2412 East Main St. just past its intersection…
Listen to some poetry—or share some writing of your own—at Poetry in the Boro on Thursday evening, December 21, when we brighten the longest night with our words. Our feature will be Erin Hoover, author of No Spare People from Black Lawrence Press, and other works. Learn more about Erin below. We’re thrilled to be…
Join us for the next Bloom Stage collaboration on Thursday evening, December 7, 2023, when we consider Are We There Yet? Seasonal Stories About Getting There, Getting Lost, and Getting Together. The show will take place at the beautiful Walnut House, 116 N Walnut Street (off the Square in downtown Murfreesboro). Doors at 6:30 pm…
Listen to some poetry—or share some writing of your own—at Poetry in the Boro on Sunday evening, November 12. Our feature will be Dana Malone, co-author of Mother. Ghost. Grave. from Finishing Line Press. Read more about Dana below. We’ll be returning to Cultivate Coworking, located at 107 W. Lytle St. Plenty of free street…
Join Poetry in the Boro in helping kick off MTSU Write’s Fall Writing Conference at a free poetry reading and open mic at the Center for the Arts gallery on Friday evening, October 6. Spoken word artist and storyteller Craig Freeman and poet Brenda Cárdenas, a former poet of Milwaukee, will feature. Doors open at 6:00…
Join us to listen to some poetry—or share some writing of your own—at Poetry in the Boro at Cultivate Coworking on Sunday evening, 9/10. Our feature will be Sandee Gertz, author of the poetry collection The Pattern Maker’s Daughter from Bottom Dog Press. Read more about Sandee below. Cultivate Coworking is located at 107 W….
Join us for the next Bloom Stage collaboration on Thursday evening, September 7, 2023, when we consider Food for Thought: From Stirring the Pot to Stirring Thoughts. This show will take place at the Walnut House, 116 N Walnut Street (off the square in downtown Murfreesboro). Doors open at 6:30 pm with libations and light…
Poetry in the Boro is collaborating with the Rutherford Arts Alliance for a special event with Murfreesboro Poet Laureate Mike James on Saturday, August 5. Spend an afternoon writing some new poems or short prose in an interactive 3-hour workshop with James, free to RAA members or with your new RAA membership. The workshop begins…
Poetry in the Boro is partnering with MTSU Write to host a Conversation on Creativity with Poets Laureate Mike James (Murfreesboro 2023), Margaret Britton “Maggie” Vaughn (Tennessee), and Kory Wells (Murfreesboro 2017-2019) on Thursday, July 13th, at 6:30pm in the Academic Classroom Building, Room 106, on the MTSU campus. We’ll kick things off with an…