[pa-info] Asylum update (02/22/08)

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Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. Visit poetsasylum.org for the scoop on the
week in central Mass. poetry.
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Coming up on Sunday, February 24th

This week at the Poets' Asylum *Sean Conlon* will be our feature. Already
notorious in the New England slam circuit, Conlon was named the Boston
Poetry Slam's Rookie of the Year for 2005. He has read all over the country,
touring Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, and California after performing his poetry
for only a single year. He is the author of two books, "Unfinished Work,"
and "evening.is.a.letter.to.the.heart." Sean is also the slam master for the
famous Hampshire College Slam Collective and a member of the 2008 Hampshire
College Slam team.

Please join us at The Q Cafe <http://theqma.com/> (362 Chandler 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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WCPA Annual Meeting - Sunday, February 24th

The Poets' Asylum is not the only poetic entity in the region. On Sunday,
February 24th, the Worcester County Poetry
Association<http://wcpa.homestead.com/>will hold their
* Annual Meeting* at Worcester Public Library (3 Salem Street, Worcester).
The meeting starts at 2:00 p.m. and is being held in the Saxe Room.

All are welcome to attend their business meeting, elections and reception.
Following the business meeting & reception poet *Kate Chadbourne* will
perform. You can get a preview of her work at
katechadbourne.com<http://www.katechadbourne.com/>.


Come check out the bounty of Worcester poetry.
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February 17th Revisited

This week we held an *open qualifying slam* for the 2008 Worcester Slam
team. Thanks to Dave, Candice, Melissa, Nick, Jeff, Elyse and Artie for
competing and to our brave judges for their hard work. Congratulations go to
*Artie Moffa* and *Nick Davis* for winning the top two spots. They move on
to the Spring Semi-finals which will take place on May 4th.

Score info can be found on the slam
page<http://www.poetsasylum.org/scorelink.html>.

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Feedback is always appreciated. Drop a note to your dutiful webmaster, Bob
Gill <webmaster at poetsasylum.org>, with your comments and suggestions.


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