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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Welcome to the weekly newsletter from the Poets' Asylum.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, June 8th</font></h3></center>
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<font size="2">This Sunday the Poets' Asylum welcomes the dynamic duo of <b>Shanny
Jean</b> and <b>Jane Cassady</b> to our stage. Cassady's new chapbook
(Turtle Ink Press) is called <i>A Light Wallflower Panic</i>. She's
featured at venues in L.A., Providence (RI) and NYC. Jean is a pocket
of nervous whose new chapbook (Turtle Ink Press) is called <i>Homebody
Is Where the Heart Is</i>. She is a baker, wife, legal assistant and
dog owner.
</font></font><p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Come check out their poetry 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 features.</font></p></td>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gallery Update</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.poetsasylum.org/photo.html" target="_blank" onmouseover="self.status='
You ought to be in pictures!'; return true" onmouseout="self.status=''; return t
rue"><img src="http://www.poetsasylum.org/images/birdie.gif" alt="Photo Album" align="right" border="0" hspace="5"></a>
On June 3rd we uploaded photos from three features over the past months. Check
out the photos of Jack McCarthy (04/13), Jon Wolf (04/20) and Simone Beaubien
(06/01).</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To view the pictures click on <a href="http://www.poetsasylum.org/photo.html" target="_blank" onmouseover="self.status='They look so darn poetic, don't they?'; return true" onmouseout="self.status=''; return true">this link</a> and you'll
be transported to our Photo Gallery page. Be sure to check out the rest of the
gallery. Comments are welcome and appreciated.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">June 1st Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Simone Beaubien</b> was the feature at the Poets' Asylum
this week. She brought the great poetry and a fabulous, infectious energy
that helps explain why she is so well respected in poetry circles. She mixed
up mostly newer work with a couple of older pieces. It was fun stuff. Thanks
for the words Simone.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fundraising News</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">As part of our fundraising efforts for this year the Poets'
Asylum will hold <b>Yard Sale, Auction and Art Sale</b>. The yard sale will
be held on Saturday, June 15th from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. outside The
Q Cafe (362 Chandler Steet, Worcester, MA). Expect a wide variety of
stuff such as books, DVDs, stuffed animals, small appliances and more.
Come browse the goods and maybe you'll find a gem you can't live
without.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The following night, Sunday, June 16th, we'll hold the
<b>Annual Asylum Auction</b> as part of the weekly reading at The Q. We'll
have an extended open mic with a bit of auction action thrown in for fun.
This is our big event to raise the money needed to get the Slam team to
Nationals. Nationals are in Madison, WI and our expenses include
registrations, airfare, and lodging for the team and coach. All told we
expect to need over $3000 this year.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Finally we will hold an <b>Art Sale</b> all month long at The Q
Cafe. We have art work contributed by many friends of the Asylum that
we adorn the walls of the The Q during the month of June. All the
pieces will be priced to move so stop by and pick up something pretty
to hang on your wall.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We are seeking donations of good condition items for both the
yard sale and auction. Items for donation and such can be brought to the
regular Sunday night reading on June 8th at The Q Cafe. Or drop an
e-mail to <a href="mailto:host@poetssylum.org">host @
poetsasylum.org</a> to reach Dave, Liz or Cyndi.</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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