From pa-info at poetsasylum.org  Thu Aug  7 10:50:40 2008
From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:50:40 -0500
Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (08/07/08)
Message-ID: <a90f51500808070750x28117cd6h119f615df4a8b258@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. The 2008 Nationals may be underway however
there is still great poetry in central Massachusetts. Go check it out for
those who are in Madison this week.
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Chris Fortin Tonight
@ The Ship

This week *The Spot*, the weekly poetry reading at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly
Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a feature by *Chris Fortin*.
The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic run by stunt host Tony
Brown. No cover; bring a few bucks to throw in the captain's hat and to buy
a $1 draft. 21+
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Worcester Storyteller's Friday Night

>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 extended open mic with the theme of *The Dog Days of
Summer*. Worcester Storytellers never charges a cover. They ask you throw
some money into the basket to support the artists who feature. For more info
please contact Dave Macpherson <davemacp at aol.com>.
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NPS '08 Update

Greetings from Madison. Updates from the 2008 National Poetry Slam will be
posted to the Poets' Asylum LiveJournal. You can check it out at
http://community.livejournal.com/poetsasylum/.

You can also check the results
page<http://nps2008.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=70>to
see the current ranking of all your favorite 2008 slam teams.
Worcester
competes in their second bout tonight. Look for the results sometime in the
wee hours of the morning.
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The Poets' Asylum returns on August 17th

The Poets' Asylum is super pleased to announce that we have a new venue...
Jumpin' Juice & Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The owners and
management loved what they heard on Sunday night at the NorthBeat Regional
Slam. The organizers are psyched to have such a great new space to call home
and we look forward to restarting the weekly reading the week after
Nationals.

The first night for the Poets' Asylum weekly reading at Jumpin' Juice and
Java will be Sunday, August 17th. In addition to a new venue we will also
have a new start time - 6:00 p.m. We have an awesome feature already booked,
Molly Meacham, to christen our new space.

So mark your calendars and plan on joining us on August 17th for the return
of the Poets' Asylum weekly reading. We're looking forward to it and we hope
you are too!
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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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From pa-info at poetsasylum.org  Wed Aug 13 10:50:11 2008
From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:50:11 -0400
Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (08/13/08)
Message-ID: <a90f51500808130750ib512a7hbeb018bd7c1840fe@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings from the Poets' Asylum.
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Lea Deschenes Book Release - Thursday, August 14th

The Worcester County Poetry Association <http://wcpa.homestead.com/> will
celebrate the release of Lea Deschenes <http://quantumredhead.com/>' new
book *The Constant Velocity of Trains* with a *release reading* tomorrow
night, August 14th. Join the author for a reading at the main branch of the
Worcester Public Library (3 Salem Square, Worcester). The reading starts at
7:00 p.m. and Dorinda Wegener will open. Free and open to the public.
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Harlym125 @ The Ship

This week *The Spot*, the weekly Thursday night poetry reading at the Hotel
Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a feature by *
Harlym125*. Harlym125 is a member of the 2008 Boston Cantab slam team which
finished fourth out of 76 teams at NPS '08. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m.
with an open mic run. No cover; bring a few bucks to throw in the captain's
hat and to buy a $1 draft. 21+
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Coming up on Sunday, August 17th

[image: Molly Meacham] The Poets' Asylum returns to our regular schedule
starting August 17th at a new venue and new start time. Please join us for
an open mic followed by a feature from *Molly Meacham*. The new venue is
Jumpin' Juice & Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester), where the NorthBeast
Regional Slam was held in July. The new start time is *6:00 p.m.*

Molly Meacham left her Tennessee home to avoid an MRS degree and wound up in
Chicago with a double degree of theatre and poetry. She recently returned to
school to get a master's degree in Education. Since becoming part of the
Spoken Word scene in 2005, Molly made the 2005 and 2006 Mental Graffiti Slam
Teams, qualified as the Mental Graffiti IWPS 2006 representative, and is
part of the Green Mill Slam Team this summer.

Please join us for the return of the Poets' Asylum weekly reading. We're
looking forward to it and we hope you are too!
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NPS '08 Wrap-up

Congratulations to SlamCharlotte for winning the 2008 National Poetry Slam.
For the second year in a row the team from Charlotte, NC took the top spot
at NPS.

The final results<http://nps2008.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=70>from
the qualifying rounds have been listed on the
nps2008.com website. The hometown team, Worcester, finished in 30th place.
They performed excellent work on stage and were featured in a showcase
before one of the semi-final bouts.

Updates during the week in Madision can be found in the Poets' Asylum
Blog<http://community.livejournal.com/poetsasylum/>.
Everyone is home now and resting up for the next great poetic thing. Thanks
to everyone for their well wishes and support. We couldn't have done it
without you!
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2008 Poets' Asylum T-shirt

[image: 2008 shirt front] The 2008 Poets' Asylum T-shirt premiered at the
Team Send-off Feature on July 31st. The shirts will next be available at the
Poets' Asylum reading on August 17th at Jumpin' Juice and Java . We'll work
on getting them set-up online after that.

The regular price for the 2008 t-shirts is $15. Unisex sizes range from
small to 2XL and we have just a couple women's sizes left (1 each of medium
and large). We've already sold out of unisex 3XL and women's small and extra
large.

Thanks to Bill MacMillan for this years design. The image to the right
appears on the front of the t-shirt. The back lists Worcester, MA and
poetsasylum.org. A generous donor covered most of the cost of printing the
2008 t-shirts and we are grateful for their support.
------------------------------

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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From pa-info at poetsasylum.org  Thu Aug 21 11:02:00 2008
From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:02:00 -0400
Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (08/21/08)
Message-ID: <a90f51500808210802qe7b5baaq4804a600090eef9c@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings from the Poets' Asylum.
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Christopher Johnson @ The Ship

Tonight *The Spot*, the weekly Thursday night poetry reading at the Hotel
Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a
feature by *Christopher
Johnson*. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic run. No cover;
bring a few bucks to throw in the captain's hat and to buy a $1 draft. 21+
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Coming up on Sunday, August 24th

The *Poets' Asylum* is pleased to welcome *Eric Urban* as our feature. Eric
Urban is Poet Laureate of his mind. Recently, he was possessed by the soul
of TchTchZiggleZiggle BammaBam Floglesworny CreampieRagnarok, the Third,
when he invented the first trans-universal microwave oven. TV Dinners have
never tasted the same. He enjoys long walks on short piers and candlelight
flag burnings. He recently invented a tasty new confection called
Poopsicles; they will be on sale after the show. And, o yeah, he did some
sort of slam thing too.

Please join us at our new home, Jumpin' Juice and
Java<http://www.poetsasylum.org/venuelink.html>(335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The reading starts at
*6:00 p.m.*. No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the
feature.
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August 17th Revisited

We enjoyed a marvelous night at Poets' Asylum Sunday night with a packed
open mic and excellent feature by *Molly Meacham*. The new venue, Jumpin'
Juice and Java, was ready for us and we pretty well took over the place.
There were a lot of new faces in the audience as well, we hope you'll join
us again. Molly Meacham's feature mixed her own work with a handful of
covers. She shared poetry about her family, her students and how women
connect to their bodies. It was a great first feature at our new home.
Thanks for the words Molly!
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2008 Poets' Asylum T-shirt

[image: 2008 shirt front] The 2008 Poets' Asylum T-shirt premiered at the
Team Send-off Feature on July 31st. The shirts will next be available at the
Poets' Asylum reading on August 24th at Jumpin' Juice and Java . We'll work
on getting them set-up online as time permits.

The regular price for the 2008 t-shirts is $15. Unisex sizes range from
small to 2XL and we have just one women's sizes left (it's a large). We've
already sold out of unisex 3XL and women's small, medium and extra large.

Thanks to Bill MacMillan for this years design. The image to the right
appears on the front of the t-shirt. The back lists Worcester, MA and
poetsasylum.org. A generous donor covered most of the cost of printing the
2008 t-shirts and we are grateful for their support.

Proceeds from the sales support the Poets' Asylum.
------------------------------

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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From pa-info at poetsasylum.org  Thu Aug 28 08:26:28 2008
From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:26:28 -0400
Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (08/28/08)
Message-ID: <a90f51500808280526td2af57fqd60794e6099f4df0@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings from the Poets' Asylum.  Hope to see you over the weekend.
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Carrie Rudzinski @ The Ship Tonight

This week *The Spot*, the weekly Thursday night poetry reading at the Hotel
Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a
feature by *Carrie
Rudzinski*. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic run. No cover;
bring a few bucks to throw in the captain's hat and to buy a $1 draft. 21+
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Coming up on Sunday, August 31st

Join the Poets' Asylum this week for our regular open mic and a feature by *Jen
Mahon*. Jen Mahon is a poet, karateka, ceramist, yogini, nurse, artist,
healer, and former somnambulist. After writing some atrocious poetry in
Philly, she moved to Massachusetts and learned to write better poetry under
the tutelage of professors and nationally renown slam poets. In 2005, she
trekked to Austin with nothing more than her car and her cats. One year ago,
she moved back to Massachusetts to fulfill her dream of becoming a
veterinarian, and started school last week. Since the Poets' Asylum is where
she got her start in performance poetry seven years ago, she is thrilled to
be the feature here tonight.

Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and
Java<http://www.poetsasylum.org/venue-info.html>(335 Chandler Street,
Worcester). The reading starts at
*6:00 p.m.*. No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the
feature.
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August 24th Revisited

Our second week in a new space and another amazing feature. This week *Eric
Urban* brought an action packed, multi-media performance and thrilled the
gathered audience to a standing ovation. The *Alphonso Rigatoni Show part II
- Quest for Mars* represents the sort of high energy for which Urban is
known for. At times loud, almost always unexpected, filled with great
laughs, pratfalls and snacks, this was a feature that won't soon be
forgotten. Thanks for the words & creativity Urban!
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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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