The Fox Poetry Series featuring Eve Rifkah reading her poetry and the poetry of Gertrude Halstead
Schedule
Tue Jun 02 2026 at 05:00 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Broadway Restaurant, Catering and Ice Cream | Worcester, MA
$2 off metered parking with a food purchase.
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Eve Rifkah was co-founder of Poetry Oasis, Inc., Founder, and editor DINER, a literary magazine. She is the 2021 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz medal. She lives in Worcester, MA. The play, Outcasts the Lepers of Penikese Island, was based on her first book. She has 6 books,
Webpage: eve-rifkah.com
Gertrude Halstead was born in Germany in 1916. She escaped to France where during the war she was interned in Camp Gurs in the south of France. She volunteered to work as an interpreter and subsequently escaped by having the French guards sign release papers. She eventually made it to Portugal where she was able to get passage on the last ship leaving for the United States the Excalibur.
Her work has appeared in Sahara, Diner VOX, Amoskeag , Surroundings East and Columbia Poetry Review. Her first book “memories like burrs” was published by Adastra Press. She has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, received the Awarded Outstanding Achievement in Poetry 2006 UMass/Dartmouth, and was the first Poet Laureate of Worcester, MA, and recipient of a 2008 Worcester, MA, Cultural Council Fellowship Award. A song-cycle composed by Mauro DePasquale for piano, cello, alto was filmed and is part of a documentary on Halstead filmed by award winning film maker Peter Swanson of Global Visions.
Where is it happening?
The Broadway Restaurant, Catering and Ice Cream, 100 Water St,Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:



















