The Word-A Festival of The Spoken and Written Word: Celebrating All Voices

09/16/2026

09/12/2026

Live with the this afternoon at the City of Long Beach, New York (OFFICIAL) Arts in the Plaza with Paula Curci Peter V. Dugan Gregory Cioffi Theresa Berzner and Jim Coulter along with the great support of Benjamin Metzger and an afternoon of poetry with Atom Rush and his band Pluse

09/12/2026

Atom Rush and THE PULSE! What a SPECIAL afternoon with this poetry band in in

09/12/2026

Catching the planning vibe and then the entire one hour presentation of the at Arts in the Plaza in the City of Long Beach, New York (OFFICIAL)

09/10/2026

Oh, what a night with the
Poetry: It's a "Shore" Thing! Open Mic. Thank you to all the and who showed up to enjoy!

Atom Rush joined us too --- the inaugural poet of Brookfield, Conn. Just Fabulous!

As the night progressed we had one bonus round with those hardcore poetry podium people who stayed 'till our poetic end!--- we actually closed out the Long Beach Public Library!

Special thanks to Peter V. Dugan, Gregory Cioffi and Rita M. Monte for stepping in and assisting tonight with the open mic.

I missed a few photos - tried to include everyone, and the audience, because "You are all golden and there is no vibe without a tribe!" -- Paula Curci

09/06/2026

The will be there:
10am -11am, and again at 12:30pm!

Gregory Cioffi. Peter V. Dugan, Jim Coulter and Theresa Berzner

Paula Curci will also be accompanied by Chris Carroll on the tabla!

Atom Rush and Benjamin Metzger will perform 1pm to 2pm. Come and enjoy our performance!

BRING a chair, support and enjoy the arts and vendors!

09/05/2026

Our very own, Nassau County Poet Laureate, Gregory Cioffi , guest host of Rita Monte’s Profumi d’Italia radio.📻
On Thursday September 3rd.
Exceptional interview!
Bravo 👏 Gregorio!