[pa-info] Asylum update (11/09/07)

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Welcome to the weekly Asylum newsletter.  There's lots of things to share
this week.  Hope to see you at a poetry event or two!


 Tonight - Worcester Storytellers

*Worcester Storytellers* meets on the second Friday of each month at the
Village Arts Gallery (1 Ekman Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 8:00
p.m. There will be an open mic followed by a feature from *Jenith
Charpentier*.

Free & open to the public. They will pass the hat so bring some money to
support the artists! For more info please contact Dave
Macpherson<davemacp at aol.com>
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Worcester First Poet Laureate

Gertrude Halstead was recently honored by Mayor Lukes as the first Poet
Laureate of Worcester. You can more about this amazing woman at the Worcester
Telegram website<http://www.telegram.com/article/20071106/NEWS/711060651/1116>.
Congratulations Gertrude!
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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 earthlink.net>.
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Coming up Sunday, November 11th

[image: Poetic Boxing] This at the Asylum we'll hold the next *open
qualifying slam* of the 2007/2008 Slam Season. A poetry slam is a
performance poetry competition. Anyone can participate. Poets are given
three minutes to step up to the mic and perform one original poem of their
own construction. Folks chosen from the audience judge the performance and
the poetry. The top 2 finishers in this weeks competition move onto the
Winter Semi-final in December.

Join us at the Java Hut (1073A Main Street, Worcester). The open mic sign-up
list goes out around 7:00 p.m. and the reading starts closer to 7:30 p.m. No
cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the feature.
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November 4th Revisited

After a jam-packed open mic (that included a herd of poets from Hampshire
College & surprise visits from New Jersey) our feature Rob Ceriani from
Denver stormed the stage. Rob rocked the room with a high energy &
well-crafted set that left the place buzzing. Thanks again to Rob for a
wonderful feature.
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Winter Craft Bizarre and Art Sale

Save the date: Sunday, December 2nd we will run a crafts fair to benefit the
Poets' Asylum. Area crafters are invited to rent a table, display their
crafts and sell to their hearts content. The event is being held at the Java
Hut (1073A Main Street, Worcester) and will run from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
A month long art sale to benefit the Asylum starts that day as well.

More info available on our
Fundraising<http://poetsasylum.org/fundlink.html>page.
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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.

Find us online at http://www.poetsasylum.org/.

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