Events include an exhibit at R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton.
April is National Poetry Month and several Pioneer Valley venues are observing it with a number of events.
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, is celebrating with "Poetry at Play: Family Poetry Jam" on April 27, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The event features area writers Jane Yolen, Richard Michelson, Jeannine Atkins, and Heidi Stemple reading from their own poems, as well as poems by their favorite writers.
The event for poetry lovers of all ages, hosted by poet Steven Withrow, will be followed by a book signing with all the participants, and is free with museum admission.
For more information: https://www.carlemuseum.org/
R. Michelson Galleries, in Northampton, is celebrating with the recently opened exhibit,
"Jon J Muth: Hi, Koo! A Year of Seasons," on view through the end of the month.
The award-winning Muth's most recent book, with its charming little panda bear, features 26 haikus about the four seasons. It can be viewed online at http://rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Muth/Jon-J-Muth-Hi-Koo-A-Year-of-Seasons.html?utm_source=Jon+J+Muth%3A+Hi%2C+Koo%21+A+Year+of+Seasons&utm_campaign=Muth+Hi+Koo&utm_medium=email
Muth illustrated Mo Willems' "City Dog, Country Frog."
The innovative poet Dean Young, author of 11 books of poems who has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations, will give a poetry reading April 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Weinstein Auditorium in Wright Hall on the Smith College campus in Northampton.