Event Dime
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Arts & Entertainment
- When:
- August 13, 2026 · 7:00 PM
- Where:
- The Rialto Theatre, Raleigh, NC
- Source:
- The Rialto Theatre
If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated bestseller, Pulitzer Prize winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly 50 years in order to open herself – and her readers – to the known and unknowable world. From a lonely childhood to literary fame, Oliver’s life was shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention, and the long journey t