[pa-info] Asylum update (03/19/08)

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Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. Spring arrives this week and with it a
hope for better weather. Come join us, rain or shine, for some great poetry
every week.
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Ballard Street Poetry Journal Winter '08 Release
Thursday, March 20th

Please join Ballard Street Poetry
Journal<http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/>for the release of
their Winter 2008 issue on Thursday, March 20th. The
release will take place at 1 Ekman Street, Worcester and starts at 7 p.m.

The open mic including poets from their latest effort, followed by our
feature, Gary Hoare. Free and open to the public, refreshments served.
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Coming up on Sunday, March 23th

This week at the Poets' Asylum touring poet *Brandon Stepien* will be our
feature. Brandon is a member of two Denver youth slam teams that competed at
the National Youth Poetry Slam. In 2007 his team competed on the semi-finals
stage. He has released two books and a CD of his work.

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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March 16th Revisited

Sunday night our very own *Erin Jackson* took the stage. She performed a
wonderful mix of older and newer pieces that got the crowd laughing and
contemplating. Erin reminded us why she is one of our best.
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24 hour Poetry Feature

*Bill MacMillan* will undertake a 24-hour poetry feature starting Saturday,
April 5th at 8:00 p.m. Bill will read poetry, his own work and covers, over
the following 24 hours, wrapping up as the weekly Asylum open reading gets
underway. The Q Cafe <http://theqma.com/> has generously agreed to stay open
all night long so that Bill may undertake this endeavour.

Bill is taking part in a coordinated national
movement<http://www.wideopenwest.com/%7Eefavers0976/24n_front.htm>to
have 24-hour readings across the country happening at the same time.
The
Poets' Asylum will be using this as a fundraising opportunity. Visit our
Fundraising <http://poetsasylum.org/fundlink.html> page to make a donation.

Make plans to come down for an hour or two and keep Bill company as he makes
his way through 24 hours of poetry.
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Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.

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