03/14
This Sunday the Poets' Asylum we welcome sometimes regular
Gary Hoare to our stage. Gary Hoare currently lives in Boston
where he writes, performs spoken-word poetry, and paints. Hoare has
been performing poetry since 1998, competing in the National Poetry
Slam for teams from Worcester, MA and Providence, RI. He is a winner
of the 2005 Jacob Knight Award for poetry, and is the author of several
chapbooks including The Theory of Cows, Fallback Crush
and Awkward is Hot. In 2002 he published Fact, Fiction, and
Blatant Lies, a journal-style novel which chronicled a year of his
life. Join us at 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's how we pay the feature.
03/15
03/16
GotPoetry Live meets every Tuesday at Blue State Coffee (300 Thayer Street, Providence, RI). Join them from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. for an open mic and a feature. This week their feature will be Don Hammontree. $2 cover
03/17
03/18
Providence Slam will hold a short Musicians and Poets Open Mic this week followed by a feature by Frank Martin. A late night open slam will follow the feature. The reading takes place at AS220, (115 Empire Street, Providence, RI). Sign-ups start at 7:30 p.m. and the show starts around 8:00 p.m. Cover is $4.
03/19
Tonight the Worcester Youth Slam hosts the Worcester Youth/Clark UNIFIED Poetry Slam. The night includes a youth slam, a Clark University Slam and a feature by Shira Erlichman. Join them at Clark University: Higgins University Center (950 Main Street, Worcester) in The Grind. The event runs from 7:00 to 10:30 p.m.
The d'Alzon Arts Series: Poetry Reading meets tonight at Assumption College (500 Salisbury Street, Worcester) in the Emmanuel d'Alzon Library tonight. The format is an open mic for the first half-hour or so, a short break with refreshments and then the featured poets. The reading starts at 7:00 p.m. This month their features will be Jim Fay & Francine d'Alessandro.
03/20
2010 WCPA Poetry Contest
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03/21
The Poets' Asylum continues its 20th anniversary celebration of
local poets with a feature by Alex Charalambides. Charalambides
is a connoisseur of poetry related hats these days. From organizing the
Worcester Poetry Collective Sampler last fall to winning the Worcester
Youth Poetry Slam their first WCC Grant, from curating & co-hosting the
weekly Monday Night Dirty Gerund Series at Ralphs Diner to co-judging
the recent WoMag Poetry Contest, from setting up fundraisers, running
weekly workshops, gigging wherever, Alex still tries to write poetry
between dizzy fits. Charalambides was the Worcester iWPS rep in 2008,
he's been on Worcester, Boston & Providence slam teams and he's a damn
fine writer to boot. Come check out the man wearing all those cool
hats and hear what he has to offer at the mic. 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 is how we pay the feature.