A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each.

Taking inspiration from the critically acclaimed television series “The Americans,” Spies, in Aggregate and Other Witnesses, by Dutchess County and Beacon Poet Laureate, Ruth Danon, combines heartbreakingly funny accounts of spy life with poems that reveal the inner lives that spies conceal.

Poets from near and far, far and near - join us to celebrate summer! Hosted by Ruth Danon.

Members of the Beacon community join to read the entire text of the US Constitution. A fitting way to honor Juneteenth. Click RSVP for more info!

Ruth Danon in conversation with Donna Minkowitz celebrating Donna's memoir Growing up Golem. Click RSVP for more info.

The first ever Village of Fishkill Poetry Night, featuring Dutchess County Poet Laureate Ruth Danon. Click RSVP for details.

A reading featuring four poets, each of whom is a publisher of a distinguished literary press: Elizabeth Murphy, John Yau, Stephen Motika, and Michael Broder. Click RSVP for more info

Ruth Danon will be the featured reader at the cafe on April 8. Click RSVP to learn more.

A reading and open mic on Zoom. Click RSVP for details.

A reading and conversation with Beacon and Dutchess County Poet Laureate Ruth Danon. Click RSVP to learn more.

Dutchess County Poet Laureate Ruth Danon and Ulster County Poet Laureate Mike Jurkovic read and invite a community discussion of politics and poetry in these troubling times. Click RSVP to learn more.

Meet the authors collected in the Stanza Books anthology 2025 Beacon Literary Scene

Past and Present Poets Laureate join with poetry friends to welcome the fall season with poetry. Click RSVP to learn more.

Dutchess County Poet Laureate Ruth Danon and Ulster County Poet Laureate Mike Jurkovic read and invite a community discussion of politics and poetry in these troubling times. Click RSVP to learn more.

Explore poetic surprise at this playful workshop facilitated by Ruth Danon. Click RSVP to learn more.

Ruth Danon will be featured at this reading forum in New Paltz for creative writing in local communities. Click RSVP for details.

A reading of Poet Laureates featuring Ruth Danon, Juan Mobili, Jordan Davis, Catherine Gonick, Mary Lou Buschi and Mike Jurkovits. Time TBD. Click RSVP for details.

Poetry Reading and Open Mic at Millbrook Library. Time TBD. Click RSVP for details.