Massachusetts Poetry Festival

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Dates:	Friday, May 13, 2011 - Saturday, May 14, 2011
Hours:	Hours Vary see below
Ages:	Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor, Outdoor
Cost:	see below
Category:	Special Events

Salem hosts this year's Massachusetts Poetry Festival, a two-day gathering throughout the city with readings, workshops, panels, concerts, a small-press fair and more. Activities at PEM include a reading of ekphrastic poetry, poetry set to music, My Favorite Poem (with celebrity readers) and expressive arts inspired by the museum's collection.

FEATURED PRESENTATION

On Saturday, award-winning author and poet Mark Doty talks about his beautiful, small book Still Life with Oysters and Lemon, titled after a still-life painting by 17th-century Dutch artist Jan Davidsz de Heem. Doty has won numerous awards and been published in magazines including The New Yorker, The Atlantic and the London Review of Books.

HOURS

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Friday: 2-9 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

COST

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$10.00

WEBSITE

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pem.org

LOCATION

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East India Square (161 Essex St), Salem, MA, 01970 map
Phone: 978-745-9500 x32

East India Square
161 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970-3783 USA