News and Events

Issue 06 Launch Party and Trivia Night

November 8, 2013
Event Date:
Thursday, November 21, 2013 – 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: 
The High Horse

Join us at The High Horse to celebrate the launch of The Common Issue 06 with a night of games and trivia about locations and languages featured in the issue. Compete in groups to win epic prizes! All are welcome!

Issue 06 Launch Party and Trivia Night
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The Common at The Mead

October 25, 2013
Event Date: 
Saturday, November 2, 2013 – 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Location: 
Rotherwas Room, Mead Art Museum

Join us for an hour of art and literature featuring readings from Issue 06 of The Common paired with related works of art on exhibit at Amherst College’s Mead Art Museum. Wine, cheese, crackers, and fruit will follow.

The Common at The Mead
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Coney Island Pilgrims Launch Party

September 10, 2013
Event Date: 
Friday, September 27, 2013 – 5:00pm
Location: 
Amherst Books
Join poetry editor for The Common John Hennessy in celebrating the publication of his new collection of poetry, Coney Island Pilgrms.

Hennessy, who teaches at the University of Massachusetts, is author of the previous collection of poetry, _Bridge & Tunnel_.   His poems have appeared in many journals & anthologies, including Best American Poetry 2013, The Believer, Poetry, Harvard Review, The New Republic, The Huffington Post, & The Yale Review.

Coney Island Pilgrims Launch Party
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Beowulf. Readings. Beer.

September 9, 2013
Event Date: 
Thursday, September 26, 2013 – 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: 
High Horse

Break out the beer and mead! As part of the Amherst Poetry Festival (Sept. 20-27), The Common has partnered with the Emily Dickinson Museum and Amherst Business Improvement District to bring you a night of Beowulf, readings, and beer at the High Horse upstairs pool hall on Thursday, September 26 from 6-8pm. From 6-7pm, contributors and friends of The Common will read poetry and fiction inspired by the epic poem. Then, from 7-8pm, UMass English Professor Stephen Harris will discuss Beowulf with epic readings in English and Old English to the beat of a drum. Indulge your inner medievalist and join us for a night that will “fill Heorot with head-clearing voice, / gladdening that great rally of Geats and Danes.”

Featuring readings by The Common contributors Brad Leithauser and Naila Moreira.

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Beowulf. Readings. Beer.
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Brooklyn Book Festival: ABC Trivia

August 8, 2013
Event Date: 
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 – 7:00pm
Location: 
61 Local

CLMP & Huffington Post Books present ABC Trivia, co-hosted by One Story & Tin House, sponsored by The Common. Join us at 61 Local for a fun-filled evening of facts and prizes!

Image of craft beers at 61 Local via Flick Creative Commons user DowntownTraveler.com

Brooklyn Book Festival: ABC Trivia
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Boston Book Festival

July 19, 2013
Event Date:
Saturday, October 19, 2013 (All day)
Location: 
Copley Square, Boston, MA

The Common will be attending the Boston Book Festival in October! Come see us there.

The Boston Book Festival is New England’s largest annual literary event. 2012’s Boston Book Festival featured more than 125 presenters and dozens of sessions for kids and adults,.  The BBF also boasted a bustling street fair, workshops for aspiring authors, an outdoor music stage, and more!  For more info on this year’s event, see www.bostonbookfest.org

Image of the cast of The Wire, from “The Art of the Wire,” the opening event of last year’s Boston Book Festival.  Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons user bradalmanac.

Boston Book Festival
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