Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025

Time: 11:00am-1:00pm

Location: Town Center, 2nd Floor Flint Room

12 Mudge Way Bedford, MA 01730

Join the Bedford Council on Aging this October for a spooktacular Poetry and Costume Celebration! Enjoy dressing up in your best Halloween costume, and live poetry readings with special guest authors, Jason O’Toole, Jack Giaour (that’s me!), and Toni Artuso:

Jason O’Toole (he/him/his) is Poet Laureate Emeritus of North Andover, MA. His newest collections are The Strange Misgivings of the Sadly Gifted (Dead Man’s Press Ink) and Wait Out the Burn (Ghost City Press).

Jack Giaour (he/him/his) is a gay, trans, and neurodivergent poet, with work appearing or forthcoming in Nixes Mate Review, the Sonora Review, and Fourteen Hills, among other journals.

Toni Artuso (she/her/hers) is an emerging/aging trans female writer with work appearing in The Christian Science Monitor, The Ekphrastic Review, Jersey Devil Press, among other journals.

Costumes are encouraged but not required! A cold, light lunch will be provided.

RSVP is required for lunch count.

RSVP by Monday, October 13th, 2025 at 781-275-6825 or coa@BedfordMA.gov