Event category: Poetry & Literature

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Pizza and Poetry

Hungry to share your work? Come join friends and staff of Poetry Daily on Wednesday, April 15th from 3-5 PM at the Hub Side Pocket for our new annual open mic! Bring a pal and a poem to share, grab some free pizza, and check-out our new merch while you’re at it! If you already have something you’re...

Fairy Tales for Adults

Join Better Said Than Done on Zoom on May 7, 2026 at 8:00pm Eastern for “The Fair Folk: faerie tales,” with emcee Sam Payne and storytellers Eva Abram, Sara Armstrong, Lona Bartlett, Naomi Faw, and Chetter Galloway. $15 Suggested/$5 MinimumAll Proceeds Split Between Producer and Storytellers

"Poetry &" at Fava Pot

For this one-night-only ticketed event, Fava Pot Chef Dina Daniel and Fairfax County Poet Laureate Angelique Palmer will explore how the shared experience of bringing people together through food and language forge a culture, form an identity, and enrich one’s heritage. Founded by Chef Daniel to bring...

"Poetry &" Workshop at Workhouse Arts Center

Join Fairfax County Poet Laureate Angelique Palmer for a creative reflection on poetry & visual arts during National Poetry Month. In this workshop, participants will explore and create ekphrastic poetry-a poem that describes or responds to visual art. Attendees will take inspiration from the Flourish exhibition,...

"Poetry &" at Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen

Kick off National Poetry Month with a collaboration between poetry & culinary arts. This April, two New Orleans natives bring the bayou to Northern Virginia—one through verse, one through flavor. ArtsFairfax partners with Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen to offer a prix-fixe menu inspired by Fairfax...

Public Art Reston's ChalkFest at eARTh Day 2026

ChalkFest at eARTh Day is Coming Back in Spring 2026

Celebrate creativity, community, and the planet at ChalkFest at eARTh Day 2026, a joyful outdoor art event hosted by Public Art Reston on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at Reston Town Square Park. The event is presented as part of the annual eARTh Day celebration organized by...

Chanclas Sin Fronteras (Poetry and open mic for inherited silences and invisible norms)

Chanclas Sin Fronteras (Poetry and open mic for inherited silences and invisible norms) There...

For the Love of the Gods: A Night of ROMANTASY!

Book Banter: Enjoy a night out with your Book Besties! Assassin heroines, rogue gods, and...

Voices of Resilience: Embracing Black History and the Arts From Insight to Action

You’re invited to an engaging afternoon exploring how Black history, visual arts, and...

An Evening with Kate Quinn

Monday, April 30 An Evening with Kate Quinn 7:30 p.m. Stacy C. Sherwood Center Readers...

Winter Storytelling Workshops Online

Join Better Said Than Done online this winter for a series of storytelling workshops to warm...

A New Leaf: Stories About Change

On January 31, join Better Said Than Done storytelling at Clare and Don’s Beach Shack for “A...

Pride Month Poetry Reading

Reading by Gregory Adams, Xochi Quetzali Cartland, Marlena Chertock, Angelique Palmer, and...

Pride Poetry Workshop: Resistance--LGBTQ Poetry as an Act of Defiance

In this workshop, participants will consider the forms that resistance to the heteronormative...

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