[pa-info] Asylum update (09/18/08)

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Greetings from the Poets' Asylum.  Please join us for one of the happenings
this weekend.
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April Ranger @ The Ship Tonight

This week *The Spot*, the weekly poetry reading at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly
Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a feature. The reading starts
at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic. This week their feature will be *April Ranger
*. Rumor is Mighty Mike McGee might be around as well. No cover; bring a few
bucks to throw in the captain's hat and to buy a $1 draft. 21+
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  West Boylston Arts Festival
Saturday, September 20th

[image: WBAF logo] The Poets' Asylum is pleased to participate in the
*2008 West
Boylston Arts Festival <http://wbaf.org/ArtsFestivalIntro/>* on September
20th. The festival will be held at Goodale Park and the West Boylston
Middle/High School play fields (125 Cresent Street, West Boylston) and will
run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with night event continuing until 11:00
p.m. Admission will be $5.

In addition to running a booth to share info about the Poets' Asylum and
sell merchandise we will offer a workshop from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. and host an
open reading between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. The workshop will feature a 5 or 10
minute writing prompt followed by critique of one poem that a poet is
working on. Participants are encouraged to bring one poem they are working
on that may need work. The maximum number of participants is limited to 8 to
10 people so that individuals can get the attention they need. The workshop
will be conducted by Poets' Asylum co-host Dave Keali'i.

We will need poets to read in the open as well. Please come out and visit us
at the West Boylston Arts Festival.
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Coming up on Sunday, September 21st

[image: Lisa Beatman] Come out to the Poets' Asylum this Sunday for our
regular open mic and a feature by Roslindale poet *Lisa Beatman*. Beatman
manages adult literacy programs at the Harriet Tubman House in the South
End. She won Honorable Mention for the 2004 Miriam Lindberg International
Poetry Peace Prize, and was awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant,
as well as a fellowship to Sacatar Institute in Brazil and other far-flung
artist residency programs.

Please join us at our new home, Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The reading starts at *6:00 p.m.* No cover; please throw some
money in the bucket to support the features.
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September 14th Revisited

We had a well attended open mic that even included a segment of a poetic
feud between 2008 Slam Team member Trevor Byrne-Smith and 2008 Youth Slam
Team member Jeff Seagrist. We look forward to what may occur next in the
open reading. Our feature, *Adam Rubenstein* presented a fine body of work
about childhood and houses. He made many in the audience laugh and moved
others with the quality of his work. Thank you, Adam.
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Photo Gallery Update

On September 12th we uploaded five photo sets of features from the past
couple of months. Check out the photos from the Team Send-off (07/31), Molly
Meacham (08/17), Eric Urban (08/24), Jen Mahon (08/31) and Lea Deschenes &
Victor Infante (09/07).

Visit poetsasylum.org and click on the Photo Gallery button in the
navigation column on the left reach the updates. Visit the 2008 Album to
view any of these photo sets.
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Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.

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