Rebecca will be reading at the Easton Book Festival on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 6:00 PM. She will be at Book and Puppet bookstore in downtown Easton at 22 Centre Square. Rebecca Reynolds has published two books of poetry, “Daughter of the Hangnail” and“The Bovine Two Step”; her first… 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
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
Lehigh Valley Poetry hosts a monthly virtual salon and open mic on the first Monday of the month at 8:30 PM. (EST) Prior to the open mic, we host a “mini workshop” from 8:00- 8:30. This has been running as an added session since the pandemic started, facilitated by E…. Continue reading
Lehigh Valley Poetry hosts a monthly virtual salon and open mic on the first Monday of the month at 8:30 PM. (EST) Prior to the open mic, we host a “mini workshop” from 8:00- 8:30. This has been running as an added session since the pandemic started, facilitated by E…. Continue reading
Lehigh Valley Poetry hosts a monthly virtual salon and open mic on the first Monday of the month at 8:30 PM. (EST) Prior to the open mic, we host a “mini workshop” from 8:00- 8:30. This has been running as an added session since the pandemic started, facilitated by E…. 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
Monday, February 7. 8:00 PM EST. Virtual. February’s mini workshop will take place before the Lehigh Valley Poetry Virtual Salon open mic, first Monday of the month at 8:30 EST. We meet on zoom each month and poets are welcome to participate in the mini workshop, open mic, or both…. 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
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
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
The world is opening up, and in-person events are coming! There are already events on the calendar for fall at the Ice House in Bethlehem, PA. More details will be coming, but if you are making plans- keep some of these dates clear and come out for poetry. Coming up… Continue reading
Local musicians talk about the books that influenced their paths, the biographies of legends, written history and missing history, and the books that changed their heads. This virtual panel will be part of the Easton Book Festival on Tuesday, November 10, at 7:00 PM EST. Featuring Chris Cummings, Jorge Torres,… Continue reading
Please note Covid 19 Update- Until further notice, Tuesday Muse will be hosted remotely on Zoom. Please check out the facebook events on the Tuesday Muse page for the format of upcoming shows. When the emergency situation is over, we will resume regular events. 4/20. The Tuesday Muse performance series… Continue reading
Tuesday Muse has received a project stream grant by the Lehigh Valley Council on the Arts. Presented at a ceremony at the Sigal Museum, this grant will fund the performance series for 2019-2020. Continue reading
September’s Tuesday Muse is coming up on Tuesday September 3 at the Ice House. Find out more. Continue reading
We are fortunate to live in an area with vibrant, diverse art scenes that offer opportunities and events consistently. An open mic can be found every night, somewhere. Brandon Diehl’s “I Hate Poetry” series is still going strong at the Unicorn Theater in Catasaqua, with a mix of featured performers… Continue reading
