Since 2019, Lehigh Valley Poetry has been hosting Wicked Brew at the Connexions Courtyard in Downtown Easton. We have created an annual event for the Easton Book Festival each year, as it takes place in October and is close to Halloween. It is one of our favorite events. Come, if… Continue reading
Join Pink Trees Press and Friends for an inspiring reading. Pink Trees Press authors from New York, Phillip Giambri, Dr. Juanita Kirton, Linda Kleinbub, Ron Kolm, and C.O. Moed will be joined by Pennsylvania authors Gaia Abraxas, E. Lynn Alexander, Darrell Parry, Danielle Notaro and more. Sunday, October 18, 2026… Continue reading
Come to the auditorium at the Sigal Museum for the annual small press expo, where independent presses and authors will have tables with books and merch and zines and art and… themselves. Come hang out and support small presses. Special thank you to Darrell Parry who has been organizing the… Continue reading
Join us virtually for an open mic event where you can share your poetry and be part of the Easton Book Festival! The Lehigh Valley Poetry Collective, established in 2015 with events in Easton, has been a loose group of regional poets who have organized and collaborated together on performance… Continue reading
We have a whole week of poetry events at the Easton Book Festival this year, including open mics, panels, book releases, and workshops. You really need to go to the Easton Book Festival website to check out the schedule! Some events that we are hosting together as part of both… Continue reading
We (EBF) are working with the Easton Farmers’ Market in Downtown Easton again for the Easton Book Festival author table opportunities, as we do each year. This year, the LV Zine Exchange will be hosting a table there to exchange zines. This will happen outside near the river, on Saturday… Continue reading
Words in the Ward is a West Ward Easton based poetry series, partnering with the Easton Book Festival through video collage featuring local poets. This will be the third year, with a new video premiering on October 24 at 8:00. The videos and series, organized and produced by Easton poet… Continue reading
Please join us for a poetry reading with local features to celebrate the kick off of this year’s Easton Book Festival. LVPC continues to partner with the festival on programming so please check out the festival website (link) and social media during October 2022 for the latest on over a… Continue reading
We are planning for another year of the Easton Book Festival, the free local celebration of reading, books, writers, and community. The goal is to provide in person and virtual programming for all ages, free and open to all. We want to have diverse, intentional, inclusive programs that include the… Continue reading
The virtual salon will be back in September 2022, starting with the open mic on Monday, September 5th. We have the events on the Lehigh Valley Poetry facebook page, so please check them out. The dates are:September 5, October 3, November 7, and December 5, 2022. We do the “mini… Continue reading
Hello poetry friends! We had a great time with you at the Lehigh Valley Poetry Salon on June 6th. We had our usual “mini workshop” followed by our open mic. Great sharing and chatting about summer events and plans. There are a lot of events coming up, both in person… Continue reading
Please join us for a virtual book launch party to celebrate the release of LVP’s Darrell Parry’s new poetry collection “Twists”. Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 8:00 PM EST. This will be a virtual event so you can attend safely, from anywhere! Darrell will read from his new book, and… Continue reading
Welcome to Lehigh Valley Poetry, if you are new here. Maybe you landed here from Instagram or Facebook, or came to find out more about an event or project. “But wait, where am I? And who are you?” First, welcome. I’m Lynn Alexander and I started this website and associated… Continue reading
Tuesday Muse was a great performance series, hosted by Cleveland Wall and myself- Lynn Alexander- that ran at the IceHouse in Bethlehem until the pandemic hit. We had so many talented poets and musicians and grew a small local community of poets who have kept in touch, collaborated, and developed… Continue reading
It is almost time for the annual Lehigh Valley Poetry zine swap! It is simple to participate. During the months of December and January, we sign up participants. By February 1, we have our list. The list goes out, and we mail our zines in the month of February. The… Continue reading
Happy New Year, Poets. Are you ready for 2022? Monday, January 3, 2022. 8:00 PM EST. January’s monthly mini workshop will be chill and low key after the holiday bustle. As always, we post on our Lehigh Valley Poetry Facebook page and share sporadically on Instagram. (#lehighvalleypoetry and #lehighvalleypoetryvirtualsalon) The… Continue reading
Monday, December 6, 2021 8:30 EST, Zoom: We interrupt our regular monthly open mic programming for the annual Krampus Rumpus open mic, which will replace the December Lehigh Valley Poetry (virtual) salon that would normally occur on December 6. Consider this virtual event mesh to be a special edition of… Continue reading
We are saying good bye to 2021, and as usual we are offering our monthly mini workshop on the first Monday of the month, December 6. This will be the last session of the year, and we are going to follow it with the annual Krampus Rumpus poetry open mic…. Continue reading
We’re back for our monthly virtual salon and open mic, on Monday, November 1, 2021. We start off at 8:00 PM with our “mini workshop”, and then we follow that with our open mic at 8:30. (EST) This is a loose, flexible space for all to hang out, share a… Continue reading
An impromptu plan to meet up has evolved into “Poetry On the Square”- a casual, outdoor open mic meet up in Easton, PA in front of Book and Puppet book store. Book and Puppet is located in the circle by Crayola, easy to find if you are in Centre Square…. Continue reading
