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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting from the Poets' Asylum. There's a lot happening this week in the land of Central Mass. poetry. We hope you'll venture forth and catch a reading (or even two).</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Poetry Round-up</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here's a quick snapshot of the poetry events taking place in
Central Massachusetts during the next 8 days.</font></p>
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<td valign="top" width="135"><font size="2">Thursday, Feb. 4</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="70" align="right"><font size="2">7:30 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Paul Muldoon</b> @ Holy Cross College (1 College Street, Worcester)
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Friday, Feb. 5</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">10:00 a.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center (100 Maple
Avenue, Shrewsbury)
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<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Youth Poetry Writing & Performance Workshop @ the WCPA offices (1 Ekman
Street, Worcester)
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Saturday, Feb. 6</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:30 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><i>Poetry and Prose for Love, Peace & Justice</i> @ the Worcester
Friends Meetinghouse (901 Pleasant Street, Worcester)
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Sunday, Feb. 7</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">6:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>open slam</b> @ the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets' Asylum</a></font>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Monday, Feb. 8</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Victor Infante</b> @ <a href="http://theqma.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Little "a" Poetry Series</a></font>
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<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Cynthia French</b> @ the <a href="http://dirtygerund.com/" target="_blank">Dirty Gerund Poetry Show</a></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Wednesday, Feb. 10</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">5:30 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><i>Women in Print</i> reading @ Worcester Public Library (3 Salem
Square, Worcester)
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Thursday, Feb. 11</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Love themed open mic & celebration of Elizabeth Bishop @ the WCPA
offices (1 Ekman Street, Worcester)
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Remembering Gabrielle Bouliane</font></h3></center>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Gabrielle Bouliane, a stalwart of the Slam Poetry community,
has passed away. She spearheaded the founding of the video
program of Poetry Slam Inc. and is the founder of <a href="http://livepoets.com/" target="_blank">LivePoets.com</a>, a
collection of freely streamed slam poetry work. First and foremost she
was a poet with a powerful voice. Her work was intensely personal as
she shared the first person perspective of dating, sex and beyond.
Many attendees of the National Poetry Slam get their first glimpse of
Gabrielle as the perennial host of the National Erotica Slam showcase.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">She believes in the slam as a flawed but uniquely American art form,
and she believes in poetry as a way to get people deeply connected to
themselves and each other. Her brilliance and vivaciousness will be
missed.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You can read & listen to several of her poems at one of the websites
she created, <a href="http://www.livepoets.com/poet.aspx?id=14" target="_blank">livepoets.com</a>. Or view the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gePQuE-7s8c" target="_blank">YouTube
video</a> of a piece she performed at the Austin Poetry Slam in December 2009.
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Coming up on Sunday, February 7th</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This Sunday, February 7th, the Poets' Asylum will hold our
usual rockin' poetry open mic followed by an <b>Open Slam</b>. This will be a
just-for-fun two round slam with all the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/slam.html#SPIEL">usual
rules</a> in play. Simply put, poetry slam is the competitive art of
performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance,
encouraging poets to focus on what they're saying and how they're saying it.
Slam poetry can be moving, funny and deadly serious, sometimes all in the same
poem. If that sounds like a good time then join us for some great words.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The winner takes home $10 and I bet we finish up in time for
you to catch most of the "big game". Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java
(335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The sign-up list goes out by 6:00 p.m. and
the reading starts by 6:30 p.m. No cover however please put some money in the
bucket; it helps to support the reading.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">January 31st Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nice reading this week with a good size open mic and a rockin'
feature by <b>Megan Thoma</b>. The open featured a couple of new voices; we
hope you'll join us again. Following the open Megan took to the mic with her
powerful voice and amazing wordcraft. With a bit of energy, a bit of saltiness,
a few fist bumps and a giant sea creature she wove a wonderful tapestry of words
that left the audience wowed and wanting more. Thankfully she had a lovely
book to sell those who craved more words. We're glad you braved the cold to
join us Megan. Don't be a stranger.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Area V-Day Events</font></h3></center>
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<img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/sm-vday.jpg" alt="V-Day logo" align="right">
V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and
girls. Through V-Day campaigns, local volunteers and college students
produce annual benefit performances to raise awareness and funds for
anti-violence groups within their own communities. Last year over 4200
performances took place around the globe. We've been able to find info
on the following events in the local area this year.
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<th width="10%" align="left"><font size="2">Time</font></th>
<th width="25%" align="left"><font size="2">Location</font></th>
<th width="30%" align="left"><font size="2">Event</font></th>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Feb. 10 & 11</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">Holy Cross College</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">The Vagina Monologues</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font size="2"><a href="http://events.vday.org/2010/college/College_of_the_Holy_Cross_%28TVM%29" target="_blank" title="Click here for more info.">more info</a></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Feb. 11, 12 & 13</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">8:00 p.m.</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">Clark University</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">The Vagina Monologues</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font size="2"><a href="http://events.vday.org/2010/college/Clark_University_%28TVM%29" target="_blank" title="Click here for more info.">more info</a></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Feb. 14</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">Crown Plaza Auditorium</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">The Vagina Monologues</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font size="2"><a href="http://events.vday.org/2010/community/Worcester_%28TVM%29" target="_blank" title="Click here for more info.">more info</a></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Feb. 15, 16 & 17</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">7:00 p.m.</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">Nick's Bar and Restaurant</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and a Prayer</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font size="2"><a href="http://events.vday.org/2010/community/Worcester_%28MMRP%29" target="_blank" title="Click here for more info.">more info</a></font></td>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> You can learn more about the international V-Day movement by
visiting <a href="http://www.vday.org/" target="_blank">vday.org</a>.
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