Riverwood Poetry Series at Real Art Ways

April 8, 2026 - April 8, 2026

 Riverwood Poetry Series will host Mark Doty and Nadia Sims on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 7 PM, in The Avery Theater at The Wadsworth, 29 Atheneum Square North in Hartford. Mark Doty has published ten books of poems, including Fire to Fire: New & Selected Poems, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. He is the author of six books of nonfiction prose, most recently What is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life. His work has… Find out more

April 8, 2026 - April 8, 2026

 Riverwood Poetry Series will host Mark Doty and Nadia Sims on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 7 PM, in The Avery Theater at The Wadsworth, 29 Atheneum Square North in Hartford. Mark Doty has published ten books of poems, including Fire to Fire: New & Selected Poems, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. He is the author of six books of nonfiction prose, most recently What is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life. His work has… Find out more

April 8, 2026 - April 8, 2026

 Riverwood Poetry Series will host Mark Doty and Nadia Sims on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 7 PM, in The Avery Theater at The Wadsworth, 29 Atheneum Square North in Hartford. Mark Doty has published ten books of poems, including Fire to Fire: New & Selected Poems, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. He is the author of six books of nonfiction prose, most recently What is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life. His work has… Find out more

April 8, 2026 - April 8, 2026

 Riverwood Poetry Series will host Mark Doty and Nadia Sims on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 7 PM, in The Avery Theater at The Wadsworth, 29 Atheneum Square North in Hartford. Mark Doty has published ten books of poems, including Fire to Fire: New & Selected Poems, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. He is the author of six books of nonfiction prose, most recently What is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life. His work has… Find out more

March 15, 2026 - March 15, 2026

Experience music imagined and created in real-time. This series runs from September 2025 to May 2026. Check out the full schedule here!Performances from February through May 2026 will take place inside Hartford Ballroom, 56 Arbor Street, #411, Hartford CT. Doors open at 2 pm, concert begins at 2:30 pm.To get inside 56 Arbor Street, please use the building door accessible from our parking lot that is closest to Orange Street. Enter this door next to Jumping Frog Bookstore (one of our colleagues… Find out more

February 23, 2026 - February 23, 2026

 UPDATE as of Monday, 2/23: We will reschedule this event due to the unsafe weather conditions of the storm. Please stay tuned for the new date that will be announced soon. Thank you for understanding, and stay safe!—A New England Forests film, directed by naturalist, local nature documentary filmmaker, and friend of Real Art Ways, Ray Asselin. Old Growth Forest: Nature’s Biotic Water Pump is the next film in Asselin’s New England Forests series for America 250.The free screening will take place… Find out more

February 15, 2026 - February 15, 2026

Experience music imagined and created in real-time. This series runs from September 2025 to May 2026. Check out the full schedule here!Performances from February through May 2026 will take place inside Hartford Ballroom, 56 Arbor Street, #411, Hartford CT. To get inside 56 Arbor Street, please use the building door accessible from our parking lot that is closest to Orange Street. Enter this door next to Jumping Frog Bookstore (one of our colleagues will be onsite to let you into the building):Follow the… Find out more

February 7, 2026 - February 7, 2026

 You’re invited to the 2nd annual Hartford Film Showcase! Presented by The Hartford Film Foundation, hosted at Cinestudio, in partnership with Real Art Ways, the showcase is an all-day event featuring some of Hartford’s filmmaking talent!Hartford Film Company presents short and feature films spanning various styles and genres, made in Hartford or by filmmakers in the Hartford area. Stay for a filmmaker panel and talkback to learn how these films were made and get to know some of the creative talent… Find out more

January 18, 2026 - January 18, 2026

Experience music imagined and created in real-time. This series runs from September 2025 to May 2026. Check out the full schedule here!January 18 Performance: UPDATE as of 1/16/2026: Hery Paz has come down with the flu and will not be with us on Sunday. Sam Newsome will be joining us for this performance.   Hidemi Akaiwa-piano Sam Newsome-saxophone r Joe Morris-bass Instantiations is made possible by the generous support of the Greater Hartford Arts Council, an organization that creates opportunities for artists and arts organizations, evolving the region into… Find out more

January 14, 2026 - January 14, 2026

 The series takes place in person on the second Wednesday of the month from September 2025 through May 2026. Each night begins with an open mic featuring readers with one poem (one page) and continues with a poetry reading featuring regionally or nationally known poets.Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways will host Charles Rafferty, Srini Mandavilli, Sherri Bedingfield, and Steven Ostrowski on Wednesday, January 7, 2025, at 7 pm at Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street, Hartford, Connecticut. There… Find out more