COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS

The festival, through its program of Community Outreach, offers special events and 1-day workshops throughout the year. We welcome the community to join us for informal round-robin readings at Green Cay Nature Center; readings with the Alzheimer Poetry Project; a series of Saturday 1-day workshops, held at Old School Square; the annual High School Poetry Contest, open to high school students throughout Palm Beach County; and the annual Morikami Haiku event, held at the wonderful Morikami Museum with walks and writing in the gardens.

Join us for community outreach programming and other special events throughout the year. And consider joining us for a week of intensive work on your poetry via workshops, craft talk/lectures, and nightly readings at the 17th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 18-23, 2021 in Delray Beach, Florida. Join us for free events and/or purchase tickets to the festival events.

For questions or to RSVP, contact Dr. Blaise Allen, Director of Community Outreach, at drblaiseallen@aol.com, or phone and leave a message for us at: (561) 868-2063.

(Many of these events are free, and all are open to the public.)

WINTER/SPRING 2020

January 9th
Annual Haiku U. Featuring Senryu
A Poetry Workshop Facilitated by Yaddyra Peralta
11:00 AM
Morikami Museum and Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Road
Delray Beach, FL 33446
Free with Museum entrance fee 

February 4th
Stargazing: Out of This World Astronomy and Poetry Reading
A Event Facilitated by Dr. Stephen M. Schiff
6:30 PM

Hagen Ranch Road Library
14350 Hagen Ranch Road
Delray Beach, FL 33446
Open to the public and free of charge

February 12th
Senior Living Poetry Project: Be a Valentine!
Hosted by Dr. Blaise Allen 
10:30 AM

Sunrise Senior Living
Stratford Court, Brighton Gardens
6343 Via De Sonrisa Del Sur
Boca Raton, FL 33428

February 18th
Bards of a Feather
Round Robin Poetry Reading
1:00 PM

Hagen Ranch Library Large Meeting Room
14350 Hagen Ranch Road
Delray Beach, FL 33446
Open to the public and free of charge

March 7th
The Beat Goes On
A Workshop facilitated by Meryl Stratford
1:00 PM

Old School Square Crest Theatre
51 N. Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444
Open to the public ($10 per person)

March 21st
Celebrating Irish Poetry Limericks and Blarney
Facilitated by Michael Mackin O’Mara
1:00 PM

St. Pat’s Pub
1600 East Hillsboro Blvd
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441)
Free and open to the public

April 4th
Howe to Notice
Facilitated by Camila Saavedra
1:00 PM

Old School Square Crest Theatre
51 N. Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, FL  33444
Open to the public ($10 per person)

April 6th
National Poetry Month Film Series at Lynn University
The Wife
Facilitated by Bonnie Bonincontri
7:00 PM

Lynn University
Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center
Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall
3601 N. Military Trail
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Free and open to the public

April 18th
Improv and Performance for Poets & Writers
Facilitated by Anthony Francis
1:00 PM

Old School Square Crest Theatre
51 N. Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444
Open to the public ($15 per person)

May 2nd
What a Shame
Facilitated by Lily Starr
1:00 PM

Old School Square Crest Theatre
51 N. Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444
Open to the Public ($10 per person)

May 12th
Bards of a Feather
Open-Mic Round Robin Poetry Reading
1:00 PM

Hagen Ranch Library, Meeting Room
14350 Hagen Ranch Road
Delray Beach, FL 33446
Free and open to the public

June 6th
The Alchemy of Poetry: From Ordinary into Profound
Facilitated by Jan Becker
1:00 PM

Old School Square Crest Theatre
51 N. Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444
Open to the public ($10 per person)