Upcoming Poetic Events: Readings and Workshops

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga area residents will share poems they love at Favorite Poem Night on Thursday, April 9 at 6:30 pm in the Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Dutcher Community Room. The reading is free and open to the public. City poet laureate Jay Rogoff will host as part of the Laureate Poetry Series.

In partnership with Ballston Spa’s Random Acts of Poetry celebration, the Laureate Poetry Series will also present a poetry reading by Hajar Husseini, Rogoff, and Barbara Ungar on Sunday, April 12 at 6 p.m at the Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa. The reading is free and open to the public, but reservations are required at brooksidemuseum.org.

For National Poetry Month, Rogoff will lead a free poetry workshop for high school students in grades nine through twelve. They’ll meet on four consecutive Thursdays, from 4 to 5:30 pm, in the Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Glasby Room. Sessions begin April 16 and continue through May 7. Participants must register with the library at https://sspl.libcal.com/event/15756927.