[pa-info] Asylum update (07/30/08)

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Greetings from the Poets' Asylum.  Hope to see a whole bunch of you at the
team send-off tomorrow night.
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Team Send-off August 31st
@ The Ship

The 2008 Worcester Slam Team will be the feature next Thursday, July 31st at
the weekly reading at Hotel Vernon (1 Millbury Street, Worcester). *Trevor
Byrne-Smith*, *Bobby Gibbs*, *Erin Jackson*, *Ryk McIntyre* and *Adam
Stone*have spent the time since May finals honing their words,
practicing their
work and developing group pieces. Please join us for this a showcase of
their efforts. Plus we'll have the 2008 Asylum t-shirt available for sale so
bring some extra cash - these are bound to go fast.

The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. Since this is a bar it is a 21+ event so
bring your ID. $5 cover with proceeds supporting the slammers in their
efforts to get to Madison, WI.
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2008 Poets' Asylum T-shirt

[image: 2008 shirt front] We will have the 2008 Poets' Asylum T-shirt
available at the Team Send-off Feature on July 31st. The regular price for
the 2008 t-shirts will be $15 however for one night only we will sell them
for $12 each. Unisex sizes range from small to 3XL and we have women's sizes
in small to XL.

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 a grateful for their support.

Proceeds from the sales support the 2008 Worcester Slam Team and their trip
to the National Poetry Slam <http://nps2008.com/> next month in Madison, WI.
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The Poets' Asylum has a New Home!!!

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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July 27th Revisited

Thanks to everyone who came out to Jumpin' Juice and Java tonight for
the *Worcester
Regional Slam*. Team from the Hampshire and Emerson Colleges competed
against the hometeam (that'd be Worcester) in a four round slam for glory,
groupies and bragging rights. We heard some interesting work including a
couple of group pieces. At the end of the night the scores were tabulated
and Emerson took first, followed by Worcester and Hampshire. Everyone seemed
to have a great time in Worcester's newest coffeehouse and the folks at
Jumpin' Juice and Java enjoyed having us in the house.
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Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.

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