Poets' Asylum -> The Week in Poetry
The Week in Poetry March 14, 2010 through March 21, 2010
Sunday
03/14
Gary hoare 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.

Monday
03/15
The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show is held every Monday night starting at 9:00 p.m. The reading is being held at Ralph's Chadwick Square Diner (148 Grove Street, Worcester). This week they'll have an open mic followed by a feature from Krista Mosca. Check out the Dirty Gerund Blog for more info. No cover; donations accepted. 21+

Tuesday
03/16
Legendary west coast poet, Gary Snyder, will read at the 10th Annual Robert Creeley Award tonight. The event is being held at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (36 Charter Road, Acton) and will start at 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.

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


Wednesday
03/17
The Boston Slam at the Cantab Lounge (738 Mass Avenue, Cambridge) holds a reading every Wednesday night starting at 8 p.m. This week they hold an open mic followed by a feature from 2010 NorthBeast Indy Champion Megan Thom. An open poetry slam will take place after the feature. For more info please visit their website. $3 cover. 18+

Thursday
03/18
The Little "a" Poetry Series now meets on Thursday nights at The Q (362 Chandler Street, Worcester, MA). The reading gets started around 8:00 p.m. This week their feature will be Sarah Guimond.

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.


Friday
03/19
The Shrewsbury Senior Writers is a group that meets every Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, at the Shrewsbury Senior Center (100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury). The meeting is open to all, and welcome both you and your contributions.

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.


Saturday
03/20

2010 WCPA Poetry Contest
The Frank O'Hara Prize

Prizes: $100 - 1st place, $50 - 2nd place, $25 - 3rd place
plus Honorable Mentions, as merited.
Winning poems published in a future issue of The Worcester Review.

To be judged by Barbara Helfgott Hyett.

Submission deadline is Wednesday, April 1, 2010.

Submission guidelines and additional information available at wcpa.homestead.com.


Sunday
03/21
Alex Charalmabides 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.

Additional information on many of these events may be available in the Other Poetry section of this site.

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