WCSU Events

Reading and Q&A with Jill McDonough

LIVE READING AND Q&A WITH JILL MCDONOUGH: Come celebrate the work of the 2023 Housatonic Book Award winner in Poetry, Jill McDonough! This event will be hosted by WCSU’s M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing program will be from 7:30 Read More »


Connecticut Poetry Circuit Reading

CONNECTICUT POETRY CIRCUIT READING: The Connecticut Poetry Circuit will visit WCSU: WCSU Writing major Isabella Bullock will join fellow Connecticut Collegiate Poets Sara Greene of Eastern Connecticut State University, Oliver Egger of Wesleyan University, Alisa Mejia of Quinnipiac University and Read More »


Breathing Space

BREATHING SPACE: EXPLORING COLLABORATION ACROSS ART FORMS: WCSU students and faculty will share their experiences collaborating on Breathing Space, a broadside project featuring poems and artwork created by WCSU students. Audience members will learn about the creative opportunities of collaborating Read More »


Conversations: Commemorate Juneteenth

CONVERSATIONS: COMMEMORATE JUNETEENTH – POETRY, JUSTICE & JAZZ: Gather on the lawn from 4 to 5:30 p.m. for Mark Twain Library’s 2nd Annual Juneteenth Day featuring Poetry, Justice & Jazz. Mark the day with discussions, jazz classics and selected poetry Read More »


Survivor Art Gallery

SURVIVOR ART GALLERY: The Center for Empowerment and Education is hosting a Survivor Art Gallery from noon to 7 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom on the Westside Campus showcasing students’ and community members’ paintings, drawings, photography, poems, stories, and Read More »


Spring 2022 Macricostas Lecture

SPRING 2022 MACRICOSTAS LECTURE: The Macricostas Lecture for this spring will be delivered by Dr. David Capps, and will be entitled “Myth’s Poetic (Re)fracturings: Themes from Antiquity”. The event will be virtual, at 12:30 p.m., and hosted by Dr. Anna Read More »


Breathing Space Broadsides Series

BREATHING SPACE BROADSIDES SERIES: The Breathing Space Broadsides Series, a collaboration of student poets and artists, will be released on the WCSU campus and online. The series will be displayed on various television screens and broadsides around the campus and will Read More »


Connecticut Poetry Circuit Reading

CONNECTICUT POETRY CIRCUIT READING: WCSU Writing major Michelle Rochniak will join fellow Poetry Circuit poets Brian Ataka from Quinnipiac University, Vaughn Goehrig from Yale University, and Colleen Goff from Eastern Connecticut State University, all reading from their own work. This virtual Read More »