07/25
This week the Poets' Asylum welcomes Trevor Byrne-Smith
as our feature. Born on the distant planet "New Jersey," Byrne-Smith
grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, and has spent the majority of his life
living in various different parts of southern New England. He has been
a member of the 2003 Providence Youth Poetry Slam Team, the 2005, 2006
and 2010 Providence Slam Teams, and the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Worcester
Slam Teams. This fall, he will be moving to Boulder, Colorado to begin
working on his Ph.D at the University of Colorado. This will be his
final New England feature before he heads west. Please join us to send
off a supporter of the Poets' Asylum at the Nu Cafe (formerly Jumpin'
Juice & Java, 335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The sign-up list goes
out at 6:00 p.m. and the reading starts by 6:30. No cover; donations
accepted to pay the feature.
07/26
07/27
07/28
07/29
The Little "a" Poetry Series meets on Thursday nights at Dr. Gonzo's All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium (122 Main Street, Worcester). The reading gets started around 8:00 p.m.
07/30
The Ohm Word Fridays poetry & acoustic music series meets every Friday night at the Feels Like Ohm Coffee Shop (115 Washington Street, West Warwick, RI). They have an open mic, where poets, singers & musicians are allowed 7 minutes to perform 2-3 pieces. This week they hold their monthly Form Slam with the theme being Haiku/Senryu. The sign-up list goes up around 7:00 p.m. Cover is $3. More info is available on their Facebook page.
07/31
08/01
Join the Poets' Asylum for our regular open mic plus a feature by
Dave Keali'i. Keali'i, a Worcester resident for about three
years, who has also been a Poets' Asylum co-host for about the same
time. Originally from Springfield, Massachusetts; he made the move to
Worcester because of poetry and slam. A member of Worcester's 2009 slam
team, he has also had poems published in or forthcoming from USO's
On Freeways: An Anthology of Pacific Islander Writers from the
Continental U.S, Ballard Street Poetry Journal, and Bread
Crumb Scabs. He works as a librarian at an academic and a public
library. This is his last area feature before he attends the University
of Hawai'i at Manoa in the fall. Come hear Dave's final area feature
for many a moon at the Nu Cafe (formerly Jumpin' Juice & Java, 335
Chandler Street, Worcester) to hear him live. The sign-up list goes
out at 6:00 p.m. and the reading starts by 6:30. No cover; donations
accepted to pay the feature.