[pa-info] Asylum update (08/31/07)

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Welcome to the weekly Asylum newsletter. In addition to the wonderful poetry
in Worcester please check out the Kerouac tribute events taking place in
Lowell this coming week. Visit www.ontheroadinlowell.org for the details.
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Shakti Women's Writing Pact - Every Saturday Afternoon

If you are a woman who writes you should join the Shakti Women's Writing
Pact. Shakti was created with the intention of enhancing women's sense of
belonging within the poetry community through the an unmoderated writing
circle.

Shakti meets every Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m.at the Java Hut (1073A Main
Street, Worcester). For more information please contact Sou MacMillan
at twobunny
at earthlink.net <twobunny at eathlink.net>.
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Coming up on Sunday, September 2nd

[image: Dawn Saylor] This week the Asylum is pleased to welcome *Dawn Saylor
* back to our stage. Saylor is an eloquent spokesperson for the human heart
in all its fragile beauty and resilience. She has captained three poetry
slam teams (from Kalamazoo, MI) all the way to the National Poetry Slam
championships and is a master of the "group piece," or multi-voiced poem.
Taking cues from Janis Joplin, Sandra Cisneros, and Liesel Mueller, she
weaves the vivid patterns of her tremendous mythology into pure magic.

Come on down to the Java Hut (1073A Main Street, Worcester). Open mic
sign-up goes up around 7:00 p.m. with the reading starting somewhere there
after. The feature follows the open mic. No cover; please throw some money
in the bucket to support the feature.
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August 26th Revisited

Once again new voices took to the stage along with some of our regulars to
kick off the night with a diverse open mic. Please do come again. After the
open our feature, *Karen Ladson*, took the stage. She offered us
"behind-the-poem" view of her work, giving us some of the back story for the
poems. And what great poems they were with a quiet, simple delivery of
powerful themes. This sampling of her work seemed to dwell on relationships:
crushes, break-ups, weddings, family and more. Thank you for your strong
words Karen.
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Calling All Artists

For 20 years AIDS Project Worcester <http://aidsprojectworcester.org/> has
been providing critical services throughout Central Massachusetts to those
infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

On November 2, 2007 APW will host its largest fundraiser of the year, *Art
for AIDS Sake*, at the Worcester Center for Crafts. They are seeking artists
to submit work for consideration for inclusion in an art show and silent
auction. All mediums of artwork will be represented. Paintings, drawings,
photos, sculpture, mixed media, digital prints, and more.

Detailed info for artists who might be interested in donating their work can
be found at the Art for AIDS Sake website <http://www.artforaidssake.org/>.
Please check it out.
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The Poets' Asylum is in its fifteenth year of bringing the best in
Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.

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