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May 7, 2026

May 7 – Ars Poetica

Ars Poetica (the art of poetry) plus, a birthday party to celebrate 32 years of poetry by the River Poets and share a younger cake.

Bring poems you wrote, like, or want to read aloud ( a poem could be all three if that works).

Celebratee possibly the  ‘best ever’ totally open reading

7:30 to 9 PM

MC: Steven Concert

Start: May 7, 2026 7:30 pm
End: May 7, 2026 7:30 pm
Venue: Bloomsburg Public Library
Address:
Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA, United States

June 4, 2026

Feature: Lester Hirsh

Lester Hirsh is a musician, poet, wordsmith, traveling troubadour. A singer of songs, teller of tales, spinner of stories, recorder of events from his days on the road. His smooth voice delivers his vision of the world as seen through his eyes. Open your ears and heart to listen.

7:30 to 9 PM

Open reading (or singing) opportunity

MC: Kathleen Radspinner

Start: June 4, 2026 7:30 pm
End: June 4, 2026 7:30 pm
Venue: Bloomsburg Public Library
Address:
Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA, United States

July 2, 2026

Guy Graybill in Bloomsburg’s Town Park

 

Guy’s layest book Rhymes from the Hinterland was praised by Book Readers’ Heaven as a ‘…compilation that brings to readers history, humor, romance and so much more…’

Creative, thoughtful, and of course poetic.

at a pavillion # 4, BloomsburgTown Park

Guy Graybill a published PA poet will present his crafted poems.

6:30  PM start time 

open reading opportunity

MC: Michael DeMarco

Start: July 2, 2026 7:00 pm
End: July 2, 2026 7:00 pm
Venue: Bloomsburg Town Park
Address:
Market Street & the River, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815, United States