March 8: Stone Soup Poetry IN-PERSON with Kaleigh O’Keefe

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, March 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. Our special feature will be poet an Kaleigh O’Keefe .

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

Kaleigh O’Keefe (they/them) is a gender outlaw and proud union member living in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Their poetry has appeared in Breaking the Chains: a Socialist Perspective on Women’s Liberation, Kissing Dynamite, Button Poetry, In Between Spaces: an Anthology of Disabled Writers (Stillhouse Press), won the PRIDE Poetry Prize in Passengers Journal, and is featured on indie music legend Ceschi’s album Sans Soleil. Kaleigh is a contributor and editor for Liberation News, co-founder of Game Over Books, and co-organizer of the Liberation Open Mic at the Boston Liberation Center in Roxbury. 

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March 1: Arthur Stratusfier Williams Features at Stone Soup

In addition to online gatherings, Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting in person every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. On March 1, we hope you help us kick off the new month and welcome back past feature Arthur Stratusfier Williams on Zoom. The next in-person gathering will be on  March 8.

 

Stratusfier is a soul-traveling artist that uses rap and poetry to condense light after exploring his own darkness. His work embraces his Bipolar Disorder and ADHD as a lens to capture the world and acknowledge his experience in it from a neurodivergent perspective. His work, “Country Summer”, is featured in Boston’s Mayor’s Poetry Program Selections for 2021. He has been the featured poet at Stone Soup Poetry and Untitled Open Mic. His work has been published in Oddball Magazine, the Journal Writers Without Margins Volume VI: The Unlocked Edition, and the Journal F(r)iction #19: Arcana. His collection of self-published work can be found on the platform Vocal. Follow him on Instagram or on Facebook.

Join us on March 1 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link. 

 

The meeting ID is 878 2203 1814

Password: stonesoup

 

Rescheduled: February 22: Stone Soup Poetry IN-PERSON with Black Byrd

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, February 22 from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street in Boston, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. Please come to our rescheduled feature with poet and author Black Byrd.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

"My name is Isabel Alexandre also known as Black Byrd, The Poet. My first collection of poems that I've written over the years from when I was 15 years old. Poetry/Spoken Word was an escape from a hard life as a teenager living with an alcoholic mother. I have since found freedom and confidence in myself to be able to share my thoughts and words to you all who may have a copy of this book. I truly appreciate your support in taking the time to relax and listen some beautiful and some sad poems all written by me. I want to thank my husband for motivating me to continue to write and to show the world how talented I am with words. I want to thank my Heavenly Father for giving me this gift and I never want to take that for granted. Thank you again for your support. Now sit back and relax and let my words take you through a journey, rather relatable or unique. Welcome 2 My Journey."

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February 15: Skoot Mosby Features Online at Stone Soup Poetry

In addition to online gatherings, Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting in person every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. On February 15, we welcome you to kick back and join us for multiple online and in-person feature Skoot Mosby, returning to us this time by way of Zoom.

The next in-person gathering will be on  March 8.

Skoot Mosby is a heavy hitting poet. As the Poetry Club president and the face of Roxbury Community College, he has created many successful events, such as No Filter, Man vs Police,” and What That Mouth Do. Skoot is taking the poetry world by storm with his freestyle abilities on the mic. Skoot has featured at Rapping With The Writers, Comic Con, Roxbury Rocks, Art is Life Itself, Hope Inc., Verbalization, Lizard Lounge, and Stone Soup. In a major addition to his features, Skoot has been a 3x Semi finalist National Slam Team. Skoot has also served as a member of the Compassionate Poets and an assistant facilitator for Writers Without Margins. 

Join us on February 15 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 895 4787 5792

Password: stonesoup

CANCELLED--February 8: Stone Soup Poetry IN-PERSON with Black Byrd

 We apologize that Black Byrd won't be able to make it tonight. We will reschedule as soon as we can.

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, February 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. Our special feature will be poet and author Black Byrd.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

"My name is Isabel Alexandre also known as Black Byrd, The Poet. My first collection of poems that I've written over the years from when I was 15 years old. Poetry/Spoken Word was an escape from a hard life as a teenager living with an alcoholic mother. I have since found freedom and confidence in myself to be able to share my thoughts and words to you all who may have a copy of this book. I truly appreciate your support in taking the time to relax and listen some beautiful and some sad poems all written by me. I want to thank my husband for motivating me to continue to write and to show the world how talented I am with words. I want to thank my Heavenly Father for giving me this gift and I never want to take that for granted. Thank you again for your support. Now sit back and relax and let my words take you through a journey, rather relatable or unique. Welcome 2 My Journey."

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February 1: Dr. Tara Betts Features Online at Stone Soup Poetry

 

 

In addition to online gatherings, Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting in person every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. Until then, we welcome you to kick back and hear online feature Dr. Tara Betts on February 1 and purchase her latest poetry collection, Refuse to Disappear. The next in-person gathering will be on February 8.

Dr. Tara Betts is the author of Refuse to Disappear, Break the Habit, and Arc & Hue. In addition to her work as a teaching artist and mentor for young poets, she has taught at Rutgers University, University of Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern University and at Stateville Prison via the Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project. She is the Inaugural Poet for the People Practitioner Fellow at University of Chicago. Betts currently teaches at DePaul University and serves as Poetry Editor at The Langston Hughes Review. She is also founder of the nonprofit organization The Whirlwind Learning Center on Chicago's South Side.

Join us on February 1 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 816 9397 0650

Password: stonesoup

January 25: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting in person every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on January 25, the first open mic of 2023! The next in-person gathering will be on February 8.

Join us on January 25 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 840 7213 1225

Password: stonesoup

 

No Stone Soup Tonight

We are unable to gather tonight. Stay tuned for new Stone Soup features to be announced.

January 11: Stone Soup Poetry IN-PERSON with David P. Miller

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, January 11 from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. Our special feature will be poet and author David P. Miller.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

David P. Miller’s collection, Bend in the Stair, was published by Lily Poetry Review Books in 2021. Sprawled Asleep was published by Nixes Mate Books in 2019. His poems have appeared in Meat for Tea, Denver Quarterly, The Poetry Porch, subTerrain, Muddy River Poetry Review, Constellations, Lily Poetry Review, Caustic Frolic, Clementine Unbound, and Nixes Mate Review, among others. He lives with his wife, the visual artist Jane Wiley, in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.  

 

January 4: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting in person every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on January 4, the first open mic of 2023! The next in-person gathering will be on January 11.

Join us on January 4 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 856 6483 7996

Password: stonesoup

 

December 28: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on December 28, the last open mic of the year! The next in-person gathering will be on January 11.

Join us on December 28 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 880 7118 4596

Password: stonesoup

 

December 21: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

 

 

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on December 21. The next in person gathering will be on January 11.

Join us on December 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 839 7906 8110

Password: stonesoup

 

December 14: Stone Soup Poetry LIVE with Deborah M. Priestly

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, December 14 from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. Our special feature will be Deborah Priestly, who returns to Stone Soup after being away for almost five years.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

Deborah M. Priestly is co-founder of the Out of the Blue Art Gallery along with Tom Tipton. For years, she ran the gallery's Saturday Night reading series called Open Bark. Her publication credits include Ibbetson Street, Spare Change, Poesy, Fresh!, Boston Poet, The Boston Herald, The Boston Girl Guide and Out of the Blue Writers Unite (which she also co-edited). She is the author of The Woman Has A Voice from Ibbetson Street Press, an eclectic combination of healing poetry and images of women in transition.

Eventbrite Page forthcoming.

 

December 7: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on December 7. The next live gathering will be on December 14.

Join us on December 7 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 828 0081 8566

Password: stonesoup

November 30: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on November 30 The next live gathering will be on December 14.

Join us on November 30 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 873 3449 8391

Password: stonesoup

November 23: No Stone Soup Poetry Tonight

 

 

Stone Soup Poetry will be taking the night off as we prepare for the holiday tomorrow whether it's hunkering down with supplies or traveling to be with others. We'll see you all again for our next online gathering on November 30.

November 16: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on November 16 The next live gathering will be on December 14.

Join us on November 16 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 889 7385 3497

Password: stonesoup

 

November 9: Stone Soup Poetry LIVE with Gloria Monaghan

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show with special feature Gloria Monaghan on Wednesday, November 9 from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

Gloria Monaghan is a Professor at Wentworth University. She has published five books of poetry. Her poems have appeared in Alexandria Quarterly, NPR, Poem-a-Day, Lily Poetry Review, Mom Egg Review, among others. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Massachusetts Book Award, and the Griffin Prize. Her sixth collection is coming out in March under Lily Review.

 

Eventbrite Page forthcoming.

 

November 2: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on November 2 The next live gathering will be on November 9.

Join us on November 2 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 811 2563 8230

Password: stonesoup

 

October 26: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

 

 

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on October 5. The next live gathering will be on November 9.

Join us on October 26 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 843 1551 2004

Password: stonesoup