Events

This open mic is held in partnership with Sophia Khan and the Rambling Read Open Mic Series. Traditional open mic structure, snacks, good people!

Explore your past and future through writing and mark-making. Two-part workshop with materials provided. Learn something new about yourself. Elizabeth Kerlikowske facilitates a 2- part poetry workshop in partnership with The Kalamazoo Poetry Festival. This workshop is free of charge. This is a 2-part workshop, please do not sign up unless you can make both […]

Join poet Scott Bade for an 8-part KPF workshop series Jan–Apr 2026. Write, learn, and grow in community. In partnership with KPF. Kalamazoo educator and published poet, Scott Bade, facilitates a poetry writing workshop in partnership with The Kalamazoo Poetry Festival. This workshop is capped at 10 participants. Please only register if you are able to […]

SIGN UP USING THE EVENTBRITE LINK: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1980838197371?aff=oddtdtcreator Printmaking + tanka poetry to explore grief, loss, and intimacy through guided prompts, reflection, and structured creative practice. This 2-part workshop series meets twice- February 12 & 19, 2026, hosted in the new Kalamazoo Poetry Festival space at the Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition in downtown Kalamazoo. Sessions run 6pm–7:30pm. *PLEASE DO […]

We are thrilled to welcome you to our third annual Ekphrastic Art Event, presented in partnership with Move With Joy! This is a relaxed, come-as-you-please gathering, with doors open for three hours. We invite you to drop in, create, and explore. All participants are encouraged to make their own visual artwork inspired by our 2025–2026 […]

SIGN UP USING THE EVENTBRITE LINK BELOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roots-wings-stories-of-survival-and-soaring-tickets-1980840583508?aff=oddtdtcreator Paint + write poems on “Beyond Resilience,” creating a split-canvas of roots (strength) and wings (future growth). This 2-part workshop series meets twice- March 5 &19, 2026, hosted in the new Kalamazoo Poetry Festival space at the Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition in downtown Kalamazoo. Sessions run 6pm–7:30pm. *PLEASE DO NOT […]

Thanks to Kalamazoo Poetry Festival for sponsoring this film! Arrive when doors open for a pre-show that mixes poetry and film, just like Son of the White Mare! Thanks to our collaboration with Kalamazoo Poetry Festival, we'll have a celebration of both art forms, including live performances and collaborative writing of poems by attendees. Purchase tickets […]

CHECK OUT THE FLYER FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATOIN ON THE READER THIS MONTH! About the Series The Gwen Frostic Reading Series brings acclaimed authors of poetry, prose, and drama from across the nation to Kalamazoo and the surrounding community. All readings are free and open to the public. The series is made possible by a […]

Overview- RSVP REQUIRED Breath-guided poetry workshop exploring renewal, release, and the courage to transform and begin again through generative writing prompts. Begin Again: Breath as Becoming with Dr. Tasleem What does it mean to begin again and again and again? This poetry workshop explores the power of breath as a doorway into transformation and renewal. […]

Rambling Read is truly rambling this month! We are headed to Heirloom Arts near the Maple Street YMCA for this months open mic. Join us to hear local poets Shanna Collins, Devin Bullmer, and Zoe Reyes. Also, stay for the open mic and show us what you have been working on! Doors Open at 6pm, […]

Poets in Print sponsored by Kalamazoo Poetry Festival Katy Didden and Samyak Shertok Saturday, March 28, 2026 In person at the KBAC Gallery 7:00 p.m. Katy Didden is the author of The Glacier’s Wake (Pleiades Press, 2013) and Ore Choir: The Lava on Iceland (Tupelo Press, 2022). Her poems and essays appear in journals such as Poetry Northwest, Ecotone, […]

Kalamazoo Poetry Festival sponsors a magazine! Come support local artists, musicians, and poets at The Void Zine drop! Featuring local poet and Fire Executive Director, Destine Price. There will be snacks, bands, and a special poetry reading. Destiné Price (She/They) Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and raised in both Kalamazoo & metro Detroit area, Destiné plants […]