Upcoming events.
A Writing, A Reading with Poet & Artist in Residence Emily Duggan, Mount Auburn Cemetery
In this two-part poetry event at Mount Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge, MA), participants can head to Asa Gray Garden between 1:00-3:00 PM to take home a customized poem by poet and 2025-26 Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan. Throughout 2025, Emily has been stationed at various sites throughout the landscape, inviting visitors to share their stories, feelings, connections to, and memories of Mount Auburn and writing poems on the spot for guests to take home. This will be Emily’s last day in the landscape as an Artist-in-Residence.
From 3:30-4:15 PM, participants are invited to join Emily at Bigelow Chapel for a reading of a selection of the (over 50) poems she has written for visitors to the Cemetery during her residency, followed by a brief Q&A with Cemetery staff.
Guests are welcomed to attend one or both parts of the event. No registration is required.
Learn more: https://mountauburn.org/event/a-writing-a-reading-with-poet-artist-in-residence-emily-duggan/
Improv Poetry at the Malden Winter Market
Come grab a unique, special holiday gift in the form of an original poem written on the spot. :-) Visit me + a wide variety of local vendors.
Improv Poetry at Brighton Bazaar - Charles River Speedway
Come grab a unique, special holiday gift in the form of an original poem written on the spot. :-) Visit me + a wide variety of local vendors! Learn more about Brighton Bazaar on their Instagram page.
Improv Poetry at Mount Auburn
Head to Auburn Lake on Sunday, Oct 26th to take home a customized, improv poem by current Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan!
No registration needed.
“Mount Auburn Cemetery: Memory Poems”
“Mount Auburn Cemetery: Memory Poems” invites visitors to explore and preserve their memories of Mount Auburn through poetry written for them on the spot. Throughout the year, Emily will be stationed in different locations at the Cemetery, where visitors will be invited to share with her their stories, feelings, connections to, and memories of Mount Auburn. Emily will then write customized/improvised poems based on these stories, and visitors will be gifted a copy of the original piece. To further preserve and share the poems, Emily will design a self-guided audio walking tour and map by which future visitors may listen to recordings of the poems as they move through the Cemetery. Emily will conclude her residency with a roaming poetry reading in the landscape.
Improv Poetry at Mount Auburn
Head to Asa Gray Garden on Sunday, Sep 28th from 11am-3pm to take home a customized, improv poem by current Artist-in-Residence Emily Duggan!
No registration needed.
“Mount Auburn Cemetery: Memory Poems”
“Mount Auburn Cemetery: Memory Poems” invites visitors to explore and preserve their memories of Mount Auburn through poetry written for them on the spot. Throughout the year, Emily will be stationed in different locations at the Cemetery, where visitors will be invited to share with her their stories, feelings, connections to, and memories of Mount Auburn. Emily will then write customized/improvised poems based on these stories, and visitors will be gifted a copy of the original piece. To further preserve and share the poems, Emily will design a self-guided audio walking tour and map by which future visitors may listen to recordings of the poems as they move through the Cemetery. Emily will conclude her residency with a roaming poetry reading in the landscape.
Improv Poetry at Brighton Bazaar
Visit me + a wide variety of local vendors! Learn more about Brighton Bazaar on their Instagram page.
Improv Poetry at Mount Auburn
Visit me for a poem at the Bigelow Chapel Lawn, then join poet Amanda Shea for her workshop on “Poetry for Grief & Healing” (advanced registration required).
More info here:
https://mountauburn.org/event/improv-poetry-with-artist-in-residence-emily-duggan-3/