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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Holiday greetings from the Poets' Asylum. Whatever you do
(or don't), however you celebrate (or don't), may it bring you happiness and
joy.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Christmas night @ the Ship</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This week <u>The Spot</u>, the weekly poetry reading at the
Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an <b>extended open mic</b>.
No feature this week due to the holiday however if you want to catch a poem or
two or just have a brew with like minded folks head over to the Hotel Vernon
for $1 drafts. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. No cover.</font></p>
<center><hr width="50%"></center><center><h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Mike Mcgee is Coming to Town</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">As far as we know he doesn't see you when your sleeping or
know if you've been good however there's no doubt that the Mighty Mike McGee
is a jolly fellow with a great poetic sense. He's rolling into town (maybe on
a sleigh) and will be the featured poet about the area this weekend. You can
catch him at the following fine poetic venues near you...
</font></p><ul><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <li>Friday night @ the Bridge Cafe (1117 Elm Street, Machester, NH)<br>
open mic and feature - 7 to 11:00 p.m. - $3 cover
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<li>Saturday night @ the <u>Speakout! Youth Poetry Slam</u> in the Bistro at
<br>Clark University's Higgins Student Center (950 Main Street, Worcester)
<br>open mic, youth slam & feature - 6 to 8:00 p.m. - no cover
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<li>Sunday night @ the <u>Poets' Asylum</u> (details below)</li>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, December 28th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/mikemcgeepic.jpg" alt="Mike McGee" title="Mike McGee helps the Poets' Asylum close out '08 in style!" align="right" hspace="5">
The <u>Poets' Asylum</u> closes out 2008 with a feature from <b>Mighty Mike
McGee</b>. McGee is an international spoken word artist, writer, performer,
speaker, slam poet and comic. He has performed in thousands of venues all over
North America, and was one of the first Americans ever to perform poetry at the
University la Sorbonne in Paris, France. In 2003, McGee won the coveted
National Poetry Slam Individual Grand Championship, besting over 300 nationally
ranked poetry slammers. He has since toured over 300,000 miles throughout the
United States and Canada where fellow National Poetry Slam Indy Champ, Shane
Koyczan and beat-boxer poet extraordinaire C.R. Avery (of Vancouver, B.C.)
joined him to form the group Tons of Fun University in 2004.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cap off 2008 by joining the wild and crazy times at Jumpin'
Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at
<b><font color="red">6:00 p.m.</font></b> No cover; please throw some money in
the bucket to support the reading.</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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