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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. There are several big events with the Worcester Slam Team this week. Please join us if you can!<br></font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Regional Slam - Thursday, July 24th</font></h3></center>
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<u>The Spot</u> at the Hotel Vernon will host a <b>NorthBeast Regional Slam</b>
on Thursday, July 24th. Teams from the Cantab Lounge, the Lizard Lounge and
New Hampshire will join the home team, Worcester, for a battle of words. It
will be just a taste of what will take place at Nationals starting August 5th.
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<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please come cheer on the home team at the Hotel Vernon (1
Millbury Street, Worcester) on Thursday, July 24th. The reading starts at
8:00 p.m. Since this is a bar it is a 21+ event so bring your ID. $5 cover
with proceeds supporting the slammers in their efforts to get to Madison, WI.
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Poets' Asylum hosts a Regional Slam at<br>
Jumpin' Juice and Java - Sunday, July 27th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Poets' Asylum is pleased to announce a special event at
Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). On Sunday, July 27th
we will host an open poetry reading followed by a <b>Regional Poetry Slam</b>.
The event will run from 6 to 9:00 p.m. Slam teams from greater Boston will
compete against the 2008 Worcester Slam Team in a just-for-fun competition of
performance poetry.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://jumpinjuiceandjava.com/" target="_blank">Jumpin'
Juice and Java</a>, a cafe offering gourmet coffee, fruit smoothies, sandwiches,
baked good and more, recently opened at the former location of Tatnuck
Bookseller. The Poets' Asylum has a long history of support for the area's
coffeehouses and welcomes the opportunity to perform at Worcester's newest.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please make plans to join us at Worcester's newest coffeehouse.
This will be Worcester's last Regional before heading to Nationals in August.
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nationals Count Down</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The <a href="http://www.nps2008.com/" target="_blank">2008
National Poetry Slam</a> (NPS '08) kicks off 12 days in lovely Madison, WI.
The bout draw was released yesterday and Worcester is up against some good
teams.
</font></p><ul><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <li>Tuesday, August 5th Worcester faces Chicago Mental Graffiti, Eureka and the Lizard Lounge.
</li><li>Thursday, August 7th Worcester faces Denver Nuba, Motevallo & Del Ray Beach.
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<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 2008 Worcester Slam Team is comprised of Bobby Gibbs, Adam
Stone, Ryk McIntyre, Trevor Byrne-Smith and alternate Erin Jckson. The team
has been meeting over the past 2 months since finals to practice their work,
hone their words and put together group pieces. They will present a send-off
showcase on July 31st at the Hotel Vernon as part of the weekly poetry reading.
More details on that event later in the week.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fundraising wise we are about $700 from our target to cover
registration, travel & lodging expenses. We have an order in for t-shirts
and hope to raise much needed cash with those. If you would like to make a
cash donation to the Poets' Asylum in support of the team please contact <a href="mailto:webmaster@poetsasylum.org">webmaster @ poetsasylum.org</a>. Thank
you for your support.</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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