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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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

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.

Thank you to the VIP attendees of this year’s Silent Art Acution and congratulations to the winners!

To view the original prints, photographs, rare books, and other gorgeous artworks and read about our remarkable artists on the The Common in the City 2103 Silent Art Auction webpage.

Join The Common’s boards, benefit committee, editors, writers, artists, and many friends for an evening of literature, art, music, food, and drink.