Playhouse Poetry Café
Our Playhouse Poetry Cafe was founded by the late, great MV Poet Laureate emeritus Arnie Reisman.
Arnie hosted dozens of Vineyard poets at the Playhouse from 2014 – 2021.
Nowadays, from January until April, there are guest hosts each month who are joined by a lineup of other island poets. 

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2025

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2023

Arnie’s Poetry Café – April 2023

April 26, 2023 at 7 pm
Celebrate National Poetry Month with a special edition of Arnie's Poetry Café, hosted by Jennifer Smith Turner and featuring local young poets. Co-sponsored by MV Playhouse and Literary Arts at Featherstone.

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In person in MV Playhouse's Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Arnie’s Poetry Cafe – January 2023

January 18, 2023 at 5 pm
A special evening led by Fan Ogilvie and the Cleaveland House Poets - with special guest, Paula Lyons - to celebrate and read from Arnie Reisman's CAGES OF STAGES, his fourth book of poetry, published posthumously.

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2022
In person in MV Playhouse's Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Arnie’s Poetry Cafe – April 2022

April 13, 2022 at 6 pm *Click on "View Details" to watch video
Guest host - Fan Ogilvie, with fellow poets Christopher Legge, Georgia Morris, Susan Puciul, Holly St. John Bergon and Rose Styorn

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Arnie’s Poetry Cafe – March 2022

March 16, 2022 at 6 pm *Click on "View Details" to watch video
Guest host - Valerie Sonnenthal, with fellow poets Rachel Elion Baird, Holly St. John Bergon, Ingrid Goff-Maidoff and Ellen Martin Story

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In-person in MV Playhouse's Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Arnie’s Poetry Cafe – February 2022

February 16, 2022 at 6 pm *Click on "View Details" to watch video
Guest host - Clark Myers, with fellow poets Maureen D. Hall, Delilah Hammarlund and Donald Nitchie

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2021