Berks Bards: January 2023

Thursday, January 26, 2023

February's First Thursday Poetry Open Mic!

Join us Thursday, February 2nd
from 6:00 - 7:45 p.m. for
1st Thursday Poetry Open Mic
at Goggleworks Center for the Arts
201 Washington St., Reading
Meeting Place: GoggleWorks Cafe | Masks optional.
berksbards@gmail.com https://berksbards.blogspot.com/

UPDATE: February's First Thursday Poetry Open Mic

You are invited to First Thursday Poetry Open Mic hosted by Berks Bards on Thursday, February 2nd. We'll meet in the Café area at the GoggleWorks to share space as a poetry community. Prep your poems and bring a friend!

Please note: February's Featured Poet, Lisa Alletson, will be rescheduled for another date. Stay tuned!

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Donate & Make a Difference—

Berks Bards has thankfully survived a hard world since 2020, both as an organization and in budgetary-speak, with state arts grants impacted initially by economic impacts of COVID-19. As a local 501(c)(3) nonprofits in Berks County, Pennsylvania, with reach well beyond just locally since 2020, Berks Bards gratefully welcomes donations via PayPal. Donate via PayPal Donations.

Donations as checks can be written to Berks Bards and mailed to Vanessa Helms at 100 Hemlock Drive, Fredericksburg, PA, 17026.

Support to our nonprofit allows us to be able to keep our community impact through poetry advocacy going. We thank anyone who is able to contribute, whether now or in the future.

About Us Poetry-Types

We are Berks Bards, a grassroots poetry group and nonprofit meeting on First Thursdays of each month at 6 pm at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts at 201 Washington Street, Reading, PA 19601. These monthly poetry readings include a featured poet and a community open mic.

We also host a Second Tuesdays open mic at 6 pm at Aladdin Restaurant at 401 Penn Avenue, West Reading, PA 19611.

We are excited to be able to return to some live programming! Please look for an upcoming announcement about our April event. Our March open mic night will continue to be virtual as planned.

In April, we celebrate National Poetry Month through what we call Bard Fest, poetry workshops, readings, musical collaboration performances, and other types of events around Berks County.

To contact us, email berksbards@gmail.com.