[pa-info] Asylum update (03/25/10)

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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum. The Worcester County Poetry Association
will celebrate *The Charles Olson Centenary* this weekend. For more
information please visit The Charles Olson Centenary
website<http://wcpa.homestead.com/CHARLES_OLSON.html>
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Poetry Round-up

Here's a quick snapshot of the poetry events taking place in Central
Massachusetts during the next week.
 Thursday, Mar. 25 3:00 p.m.
*One Poem and...* @ Worcester State College, Sullivan S-305 (486 Chandler
Street, Worcester)
3:00 p.m.   Talk on Activism &
Poetry<http://wcpa.homestead.com/CHARLES_OLSON.html>@ WPI, Higgins
Lab, Room 116 (100 Institute Road, Worcester)
7:00 p.m.   *Anne Waldman* <http://wcpa.homestead.com/CHARLES_OLSON.html> @
WPI, Salisbury Lab, Room 115 (100 Institute Road, Worcester)
8:00 p.m.   *Michel Chapman* @ The Little "a" Poetry
Series<http://theqma.wordpress.com/>  Friday,
Mar. 26 10:00 a.m.   Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior
Center (100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury)
6:00 p.m.
Worcester Youth Slam <http://www.worcesteryouthslam.com/> Workshop @ the
WCPA offices (1 Ekman Street, Worcester, MA)


 Charles Olson Centenary
Symposium<http://wcpa.homestead.com/CHARLES_OLSON.html>takes place
Friday & Saturday  Saturday,
Mar. 20 7:00 p.m.
*Duende* @ The Q (362 Chandler Street, Worcester)
7:00 p.m.
*Ed Sanders* @ Charles Olson
Symposium<http://wcpa.homestead.com/CHARLES_OLSON.html>,
Worcester State College, Fuller Theather (486 Chandler Street,
Worcester)  Sunday,
Mar. 28 2:00 p.m.
*Poem Swap Cover Slam* @ the Poets' Asylum <http://poetsasylum.org/>  Monday,
Mar. 29 9:00 p.m.
*Jeff Cannon* @ the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show <http://dirtygerund.com/>
 Thursday,
Apr. 1 8:00 p.m.   *Heather Flowers Forhan* @ The Little "a" Poetry Series
(Dr. Gonzo's All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street,
Worcester)
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Sunday, March 28th @ the Poets' Asylum

Please join the Poets' Asylum <http://poetsasylum.org/> this Sunday, March
28th for our regular open mic followed by a *Poem Swap Cover Slam*. A cover
slam features the usual poetry slam
rules<http://poetsasylum.org/spiellink.html>with the twist that
performers will read another poet's work. We're adding
an additional wrinkle to this just-for-fun slam. At the start of each round
the competitors will draw a poem from the bucket and must perform another
competitors work in the slam.

Those who want to compete need to bring copies of 2 of their own poems. The
winner gets accolades and a small cash prize. The audience gets to hear a
new take of some great poetry and probably some laughs too.

Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The
sign-up list goes out by 6:00 p.m. and the reading starts by 6:30 p.m. No
cover however please put some money in the bucket; it is how we cover the
expenses of the reading.
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Asylum Merch Clearance Sale

[image: Sale icon] Times are tough, money is tight and everyone is looking
for a bargain. This Sunday, March 28th, the Poets' Asylum will hold a
*Clearance
Sale*. All t-shirts, CDs and Asylum Anthologies will be on sale at the low,
low price of $5 each. If you didn't get a 2009 *Greetings from
Worcester*t-shirt<http://poetsasylum.org/tlink.html>,
need a copy of the 2006 Asylum Anthology, ...Next
Up!<http://poetsasylum.org/anth06link.html>or anything else available
on our Merch
page <http://poetsasylum.org/merchlink.html> this is your chance to get it
at a super low price.

Quantities and sizes are limited so check out the sale table when you
arrive. Hope to see you on Sunday.
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March 21st Revisited

And the hits keep on coming at the Poets' Asylum with another excellent
feature by a local poet. Following the dynamite open mic *Alex Charalambides
* took to the mic. Alex brought us a full set of brand new work in his
trademark sing-song style. From the aptly named Preface, past the Status
Update, all the way through a sonnet and the bass players lament Alex
brought the words and a bit of laughter. Great stuff from one of the go to
people in Worcester poetry. Thanks for the words Alex, don't be a stranger.
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