Event
Riverwood Poetry Series
The series takes place in person on the second Wednesday of the month from September 2024 through May 2025. Each night begins with a poetry reading featuring regionally or nationally known poets, followed by an open mic featuring readers with one poem (one page).
Authors’ books will be available to buy for book signing and conversation. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
This monthly event is free of charge. Ample parking is available via the 56 Arbor parking lot.
October readers:
Photo by Mara Lavitt
MARGARET GIBSON, Poet Laureate of Connecticut (2019-2022), has published 14 books of poems, all with LSU Press, most recently DRAW ME WITHOUT BOUNDARIES. Before this experimental book of poetry and prose, Gibson brought out a trilogy, which included Broken Cup, Not Hearing the Wood Thrush, and The Glass Globe, which won the Connecticut Book Award in Poetry. AWARDS: The Lamont Selection, Melville Kane Award, Connecticut Book Award (twice). She was a Finalist for the National Book Award 1993, and for the Poets’ Prize, 2016. With a grant from the Academy of American Poets, she edited an anthology, Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis.
TORI RICHNAVSKY has been involved in theater on stage and behind the scenes since age 5. She graduated from the Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education in Torrington, CT, and received her BA in Theatre with an acting concentration from Columbia College Chicago. She has performed with many theaters throughout Chicago and Connecticut, most recently spending most of her time with Phoenix Stage Company in Oakville, Connecticut. Favorite roles include: Sybil in Cover of Life, Mary in Dead Ringer, M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias, and Marie Antoinette in The Revolutionists, as well as participating in Pocket Shakespeare each year. Tori also served as Chair of the Connecticut Community Theatre Association.
About Riverwood Poetry Series
The Riverwood Poetry Series, Inc. is a non-profit arts organization committed to promoting and appreciating poetry in Connecticut. RPS, Inc. is invested in providing entertaining and thought-provoking programming while responding to the needs of our neighbors through community outreach and collaboration.
From their Facebook page: “The Riverwood Poetry Series has innovated many programs since our inception, all free to the public. We provide entertaining and thought-provoking poetry in a relaxed atmosphere.”
