Know Before You Go! COVID-19 Concerns

Due to COVID-19 concerns, please be sure to check with the venues for changes and cancellations before attending events.

Known Cancellations:

3/14  Saturday Poetry Series in Williamsburg

3/14  PSV Northern Regional Festival

3/14  Fresh Ink in Suffolk

3/21  Community Poetry Open Mic in Newport News

This Poetry Weekend

03-07-20 (Date changed to 03-14-20)

Saturday Poetry Series (FF)

Stryker Center

412 N Boundary St

Williamsburg VA

11:00 – 12:30

Host:  Bill Glose

Features:  Derek Kannemeyer, Terry Cox-Joseph, J. Scott Wilson, Louise Sharar

03-07-20

Slam Richmond ft. Tanya Cunningham

Poetry Slam Workshop

(5:30-7:30) Open-Mic (8:30-11)

Plant Zero, Studio 59

0 E 4th S

Richmond VA

03-07-20

Words over Waffles Writing Workshop

Brewers Waffles

1311 Hull St

Richmond VA

12:00 – 2:00

Host: The Writers Den

Donations Welcomed!

03-08-20

PoetTree: Branching Out Open Mic

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

1800 Lakeside Ave,

Richmond VA

2:00 – 5:00

Hosts: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and Duron Chavis

Leap Year Poetry...Events That Only Happen Once Every 4 Years!!

02-29-20

Black Love Brunch Norfolk

Featuring Godchild the Omen

The Slover Library

235 E Plume St

Norfolk VA

11:00 – 3:00

 02-29-20

Iris Gallery Poetry Reading:

Janice Hoffman and Kathy Young

Iris Art Studio

501 Wythe Creek Rd #100

Poquoson VA

1:00 – 3:00

02-29-20

Poetry Spotlight

Featuring:  Cheryl Pallant

Book People Richmond

536 Granite Ave

Richmond VA

1:00 – 2:30

  

02-29-20

Poetry Paint and Punch

614 High St

Portsmouth VA

7:00 – 9:00

$30 per person / $50 per couple

Host:  Natural Charm Salon

  

02-29-20

Slam Richmond

Poetry Slam Workshop

(5:30-7:30) Open-Mic (8:30-11)

Plant Zero, Studio 59

0 E 4th S

Richmond VA

02-29-20

The Wet Poetry Spot

Sloppy Seconds Grill

4356 Holland Rd

VA Beach VA

9:00 – midnight

$10.00 cover

Hosts:  ICU and Godchild the Omen

Poetry Week Highlights!

02-22-20

Triple Book Launch and Reading

Robert P Arthur and Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda

The Muse Writers Center

2200 Colonial Ave #3

Norfolk VA

4:00 – 6:00

Host:  The Muse Writers Center

02-27-20

Poetry Slam Qualifier 3 of 3

Addis Ethiopian Restaurant

9 N 17^th St

Richmond VA

8:00 – 11:00

$10 Admission

Host:  Writer’s Den Poetry Slam

Poetry Highlights!

Today: Play Date to Heartbreak, Soulmates and All Things for Love’s Sake Open Mic

Saturday Poetry Options!!

01-25-20

Community-Poetry

(The New Year event)

of poetry and songs

Grissom Library

366 Deshazor Dr

Newport News VA

1:00 – 5:30

Host:  Alex M Best

01-25-20

Poet-Tree:  Taking Root

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

1800 Lakeside Ave

Richmond VA

10:00 – 3:00

01-25-20

Poetry Spotlight

Featuring: Robert Blumenstein

Book People Richmond

536 Granite Ave

Richmond VA

1:00 – 2:30

01-25-20

The Wet Poetry Spot: 

Erotic Poetry

Sloppy Seconds Grill

4356 Holland Road

VA Beach VA

9:00 – midnight, $10 cover

Hosts:  ICU and Godchild the Omen

01-25-20

Slam Richmond

Poetry Slam Workshop

(5:30-7:30) Open-Mic (8:30-11)

Plant Zero, Studio 59

0 E 4th S

Richmond VA