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Poetry Organizations in New Jersey

If you are part of a poetry based organization or website based in New Jersey that is not listed here, please email us with its name, town, and website url. Updated 8/8/2025

  • Dodge Poetry Program
  • Academy of American Poets


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  • Poetry Out Loud New Jersey
  • Jersey City Poetry Festival
  • Live Poets Society of New Jersey
  • New Jersey Open Mikes
  • Carriage House Poetry Series
  • Highland Park Poetry Series
  • The Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
  • The Montclair Literary Festival


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    LATEST ARTICLES



    Mr. Ray to Perform Free Concert in Monroe Township

    (MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- The Monroe Township Community Center Gymnasium hosts a free concert by Mr. Ray on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 3:00pm. Mr. Ray brings positive, inspiring songs with messages of kindness, having good manners, and staying healthy. The show is for kids 3-8, but adults will think his songs rock!



    Golden Nugget presents 1964 The Tribute

    (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- The Golden Nugget presents 1964 The Tribute on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 9:00pm. "1964" focuses on the quintessential moment in history, when The Beatles actually played before a LIVE audience. The Beatles toured the world in the early 1960's, but now only a precious few remain who actually saw them LIVE. Who actually felt the "mania" that brought them to world acclaim.



    Greater Ocean City Theatre Company presents "Hadestown: Teen Edition"

    (OCEAN CITY, NJ) -- Greater Ocean City Theatre Company presents Hadestown: Teen Edition from October 18-19, 2025 at Ocean City Music Pier. This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. It features Book, Music, and Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell.



    The Arts in Crisis: Leaders in arts and education discuss ramifications of funding cuts and threats of censorship

    (PRINCETON, NJ) -- On October 2, 2025, leaders from arts and education institutions gathered for a round table discussion at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, in response to the growing crises resulting from funding cuts and fears of censorship. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman had been scheduled to join but was unable as she was in DC preparing for budget discussions with her peers.







     




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    Art

    Art on Screen - Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood

    Monday, October 13, 2025 @ 7:00pm
    Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre
    400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764



    Museum

    Museum of the Moon Timed Entry Ticket

    Tuesday, October 14, 2025 @ 4:00pm
    Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) - Main Stage
    1601 Irving Street, Rahway, NJ 07065



    George

    George Street Playhouse presents An Old-Fashioned Family Murder

    Tuesday, October 14, 2025 @ 7:30pm
    New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC)
    11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901



    Stories

    Stories of a Lifetime Writing Workshop for Seniors

    Tuesday, October 14, 2025 @ 5:00pm
    Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC)
    360 Hamilton Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065



    Shakespeare

    Shakespeare "Out Loud": King Lear

    Tuesday, October 14, 2025 @ 7:00pm
    Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - Thomas H. Kean Theatre Factory
    3 Vreeland Rd, Florham Park, NJ 07932