[pa-info] Asylum update (04/16/08)

Wed Apr 16 10:15:49 EDT 2008

Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. It's April and poetry is springing up
everywhere. Here are some of the highlights.
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The Spot Invitational Slam
Thursday, April 17th

On Thursday, April 10th, *The Spot* at the Hotel Vernon (Kelly Square,
Worcester) will host an *Invitational Slam* featuring 12 of the areas
hottest performance poets. Expected to compete are Adam Stone, Alex
Charalambides, Jon Wolf, Emily Mele, Liz O, Nicole, Jen Mahan, Carrie
Rudzinski, April Ranger, Mareh Labenski, Marlon Carey and Brian Ellis.

Come out and hear some freakin' amazing performance poetry. The reading
starts at 7:30 p.m. and this week there will be a $4 cover. Always 21+ so
bring your ID and come on down!
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BSPJ Workshop this Sunday

[image: BSPJ image] Ballard Street Poetry
Journal<http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/>will host their
next
*Poetry Workshops* this Sunday, April 20th, between 3 and 5 p.m. at the
offices of the Worcester County Poetry
Association<http://wcpa.homestead.com/>(1 Ekman Street, first floor,
Worcester). This week
*John Gaumond* will facilitate a workshop titled *People Powered Poetry*.
The purpose of this workshop is to have participants write, share and
respond, as they work though an activity to help create a new poem.

John Gaumond is a poet and photographer from Worcester, Mass. His poetry has
been published in Sahara, The Leaflet, Worcester Magazine, The Issue, The
Longfellow Society, The Lancaster Times, Vox Poetica, The Connecticut River
Review, and Poets in the Galleries: a collaborative project of the Worcester
Art Museum and The Worcester County Poetry Association.

Suggested donation of $3 to $5. For more info please visit the BSPJ
website<http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/>
.
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Coming up on Sunday, April 20th

[image: Jon Wolf] This week at the Poets' Asylum regular host *Jon
Wolf*switches roles and takes the stage as our feature. Jon is no
stranger to the
regulars at the Poets' Asylum. As one of the co-hosts of the weekly reading
he guides the open mic with passion and levity. Tonight he takes the stage
as our feature. He was a member of the 2002 & 2003 Worcester Slam team. He
plays on a laptop far too often, is most likely found in your local cafe,
treasures contact, atmosphere, and a good conversation.

Please join us at The Q Cafe <http://theqma.com/> (362 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The open mic sign-up list goes out around 7:00 p.m. and the
reading starts closer to 7:30 p.m. No cover; please throw some money in the
bucket to support the feature.
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April 13th Revisited

Great show this week with a packed house and the always stellar *Jack
McCarthy* for our feature. Jack never fails to deliver the poetic goods. He
shared well loved work such as *Swan on Nutting Lake* and *Thomas
Merton*along side amazing new work "just to prove he's still writing".
With amusing
haiku between each poem and just the right amount of information about each
poem to help them shine Jack brought the crowd to a standing ovation and an
encore poem from the *Car Talk* series. Thanks for playing a visit Jack,
it's always a joy to have you in the house.
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The Poets' Asylum is in its fifteenth year of bringing the best in
Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.

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