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Lessons from the Road is on Sat, Nov 14 · 12:00 p.m. at Main Library in Worcester. Times shown in local Worcester time.

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Lessons from the Road takes place at Main Library, Main Library, Worcester.

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Lessons from the Road

Name: Lessons from the Road
Start: 2026-11-14T17:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-14T22:00:00.000Z
Location: Main Library

Sat, Nov 14 · 12:00 p.m.EST

Main Library · Worcester

Register Here: https://forms.gle/3f9w3u1WTNHDSS3G7 Throughout 2026, Worcester's Poet Laureate, Nicole "Nic" Jean Turner traveled the country to observe poetry communities, interview experts, and disc…

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Date and time: Sat, Nov 14 · 12:00 p.m.Ends 5:00 p.m.EST — local Worcester time
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About this event

Throughout 2026, Worcester's Poet Laureate, Nicole "Nic" Jean Turner traveled the country to observe poetry communities, interview experts, and discover what people are doing to uplift local arts. These workshops take the lessons learned from each city and offer participants a chance to consider new perspectives that can be applied to community building and arts/events here in Worcester.

12:15-1:00pm Learn about the current Poetry Slam "scene" and hot to gather public interest for a successful event.

1:15-2:00pm Homesickness? We'll talk about how to give poets/artists a space that they'll want to adopt as their 'home mic'.

2:15-3:00pm Page to Stage Craft Talk. Lessons from the road on empowering emerging writers to share their work out loud.

3:30-4:15pm The final workshop of the day will focus on questions gathered at the end of each previous session to craft a bespoke opportunity to directly address the needs of Worcester's poets and organizers.

Nicole "Nic" Jean Turner is the poet laureate of Worcester, Massachusetts, for 2026-2028; a hand-patched, sticker-smattered and snagged-lace-layered writer. She writes in cursive to hide butchered spelling that might otherwise raise suspicion about her master's degree in writing.