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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greetings from the Poets' Asylum.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"Almost Famous" Slam @ The Spot<br>
Thursday, October 23rd</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thursday night the weekly reading at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly
Square, Worcester) will host the <b>"Almost Famous" Invitational Slam</b>. The
slam will include performers who have made a Worcester semi-final or final but
have never been on a Worcester Slam team. If you've ever seen an invitational
slam at The Ship you know they are high energy poetic lovefests and this one is
sure to be no different.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic. $3 cover this week. 21+ Don't forget the $1 drafts at the bar.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Proceeds from the slam will start the fundraising needed to
field a team for the 2009 National Poetry Slam. The Poets' Asylum is grateful
to Bobby Gibbs for his ongoing commitment to poetry slam in Worcester.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, October 26th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/andrea-gibson.jpg" alt="Andrea Gibson" title="Andrea Gibson is our feaure on October 26!" width="150" align="right" height="100" hspace="5">
The Poets' Asylum is pleased to bring <b>Andrea Gibson</b> back to our stage.
Rousing audiences throughout the United States and Canada with her poignant
message and genuine interest in generating change, Andrea Gibson is a
poet/activist whose work deconstructs the foundations of the current political
machine. A four time Denver Grand Slam Champion, and winner of the 2008 Women
of the World Poetry Slam (Detroit), Gibson has placed 3rd in the world for the
last 3 years of the iWPS. HBO Def Poet Andres Gomez has called Gibson both
deeply haunting and profoundly inspiring. "Her words cut so sharply and
completely they cannot be shaken. To call her one of the best poets would be a
gross understatement." </font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please join us at Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The reading starts at <b><font color="red">6:00 p.m.</font></b><font color="red"> </font>.
No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the readings.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">October 19th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Ryk McIntyre</b> was our feature this week. He brought a
mix of long-time favorites and new work to the stage, giving a well appreciated
performance. With a catchy rap version of Shakespeare's finest and a new ABCs
primer for sixteen year olds he offered fresh examples of what made him a
member of the 2008 Worcester Slam team. Thanks for the word Ryk.</font></p>
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<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Poets' Asylum is in its seventeenth 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://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">http://poetsasylum.org/</a>.</font></p>
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