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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Welcome to the weekly newsletter from the Poets' Asylum. Hope to see you Sunday night! <br></font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, May 25th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://www.poetsasylum.org/images/guyatmic.gif" alt="Poetic Boxing" title="Poetic Boxing Tonight!" width="71" align="right" height="75" hspace="5">
It's time for the <b>2008 Worcester Slam Finals</b> at the Poets' Asylum. The
top finishers this week will represent Worcester at the <a href="http://www.nps2008.com/" target="_blank">2008 Nationals</a> being held in
Madison, WI in August. Join us as Adam Stone, Ryk McIntyre, Bobby Gibbs,
Trevor Byrne-Smith, Nick Davis, Erin Jackson, Gary Hoare and Dave Keali'i
compete in three rounds of poetic mayhem. It's bound to be a hot night with
great poetry and top rate performances from everyone.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Come join in the fun at <a href="http://theqma.com/" target="_blank">The Q Cafe</a> (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 reading.
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">May 18th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It was a hot night at the Poets' Asylum this week with a
packed open mic and a killer feature by <b>Logan Phillips</b>. With a mix of
well practiced work and newer pieces he worked the mic and carried the audience
with him. Moving from heavier material to lighter fare and back with ease he
kept those who gathered to hear him waiting for the next sentence, the next
phrase. His tales of teaching English in Mexico were especially captivating.
Thanks Logan!</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"The Weekend Starts Now"</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"The Weekend Starts Now" is an e-mail newsletter focusing on
arts and entertainment events in the Worcester-area. Created by the <a href="http://www.telegram.com/" target="_blank">Telegram</a> it will
highlight a handful of events, mostly things that are great but might not
otherwise get a great deal of attention, and provide links to The Telegram's
music, dining and film columns, as well as our calendar. Obviously, it's going
to grow and change as time goes on, but Asylum regular (and TWSN editor) Victor
Infante is pleased with it so far, and he really thinks this is a chance to
bring a focus to arts and entertainment events that might otherwise slip
through the cracks.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To take a look at the most-recent newsletter, click <a href="http://cf.telegram.com/weekend/html/TheWeekendStartsNow.html" target="_blank">here</a>. At the moment the Asylum Team Finals are listed
under the "culture" section. To subscribe, click <a href="http://www.telegram.com/newsletters" target="_blank">here</a> and
then click on "The Weekend Starts Now."</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please subscribe, and tell your friends!</font></p>
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<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Poets' Asylum is in its fifteenth year of bringing the
best in Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Find us online at <a href="http://www.poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">http://www.poetsasylum.org/</a>.</font></p>
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