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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting from the Poets' Asylum. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Check out all the poetry. There's a big invitational slam tonight, the Youth Slam returns Saturday, local fave Alex Charalambides is at the Asylum Sunday night and a new poetry reading will kick off on Monday. Hope to see you at one of these amazing events.<br>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Invitational Slam Tonight @ the Spot</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 the <b>Captain of the
Ship Invitational Slam II</b>. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with a brief
open mic. Expected to compete are Jon Wolf, Danny Bilel, Ryk McIntyre, Cole
Rodriguez, Marlon Carrie, Artie Moffa, Cassandra DeAlba, Chris Johnson and
Erin Jackson.
</font></p><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">First 30 to pay cover get entered in a raffle for a $25 prize
to be drawn before the final round. $100 cash prize to the winner of the three
round slam. $5 cover - 21+ and proper id is required.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Speakout! Youth Slam Saturday Night</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The <u>Speakout! Youth Poetry Slam</u> returns from the winter
hiatus and is back to meeting every Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The format
is an open mic, youth slam (ages 13-19 welcome) and a feature. This week their
feature will be 2008 Worcester Slam team member <b>Trevor Byrne-Smith</b>.
Come share a poem at the open mic or come to see slammers. Join them in The
Bisto in Higgins Student Center (950 Main Street, Worcester).</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, January 18th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/alexc.jpg" title="Alex Charalambides will be our feature on January 18th!" alt="Alex Charalmabides" align="right" width="94" height="125">
Join the <u>Poets' Asylum</u> for a feature by the Worcester rep to
the 2008 Individual World Poetry Slam, <b>Alex Charalambides</b>.
Charalambides is a Worcester Native & Boston College Graduate
who began performing poetry in the fall of 2000. He's the first slam
poet to represent teams from Worcester, Boston & Providence at the
annual National Poetry Slam, ranking as high as 5th in the team
competition (2003). He is the Founder & Director of <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/speakout/index.html">Speakout! Poetry Collective</a>, a group
responsible for mentoring teen poets at the Brave New Voices
International Youth Poetry Festival, coaching & chaperoning Worcester
Youth Slam Teams since 2004. An original cast member of the Cambridge
Poetry Award winning theater ensemble "Doc Brown's Poetry Circus," he
has also hosted, organized & performed at countless events from
libraries to rock clubs throughout New England. </font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Head over to 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 features.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Dirty Gerund starts on January 19th</font></h3></center>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There's a new poetry reading in town starting January 19th! The <b>Dirty
Gerund Poetry Show</b> will be held every Monday night starting at 8:30 p.m.
The reading is being held at Ralph's Chadwick Square Diner (148 Grove Street,
Worcester) and is hosted by Rushelle Frazier. There will be an open mic every
week with a mix of poetry slams and featured poets.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">No cover; donations accepted. 21+</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">January 11th Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Touring poet and "eco-billy" poet <b>Christian Drake</b>
was our feature this week and what a feature it was. With a theme of "blood"
he poured out his soul and tickled our funny bones with a diverse set with a
deep baritone delivery. Calling up the crimson wave, failed relationships,
carnivorous escapades and werewolf lust he packed his set and was met with
thunderous applause. He even managed to premier a new piece and retire one
whose time may finally have passed. Great work Christan. Thanks for all the
wonderful words.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Want to learn more about the feature? Check out Jorge
Bannister's <a href="http://208.112.77.53/weekend/weekend_blogs.cfm?record_id=285073" target="_blank">blog review</a> of the night.</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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