The Florence Poetry Carnival culminates with Poetry and Pie, an evening performance and reception at the Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity. The performance will be hosted by poet Amy Dryansky, and features Rio Santos, Northampton’s Youth Poet Laureate, Karen Skolfield, Northampton’s Poet Laureate, and Martín Espada, a National Book Award Winner and UMass professor. Following the poets’ readings, the community is invited to a reception in the Bombyx Center’s “Peacock Room” where there will be pie available for purchase from the Florence Pie Bar and a book-signing hosted by Broadside Bookshop. The poetry begins at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.).