From pa-info at poetsasylum.org Thu Oct 2 08:31:08 2008 From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 08:31:08 -0400 Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (10/02/08) Message-ID: Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. ------------------------------ Anaiis Azure @ The Ship Tonight This week *The Spot*, the weekly poetry reading at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a feature. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic. This week their feature will be Lizard Lounge '08 slammer *Anaiis Azure*. No cover; bring a few bucks to throw in the captain's hat and to buy a $1 draft. 21+ ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, October 5th Please join the Poets' Asylum tonight for our regular open mic and a feature from *Jon Sands*. Sands' poetry is a genuine look into the mind of a moment wrapped up neatly into an anvil, then dropped from a sixty story building. A Cincinnati native, Sands now resides in New York City's legendary poetry scene where in his first year of slam competition he captured a slot on the LouderARTS New York City poetry slam team, the youngest person ever to do so; then, upshot through the nation as a finalist at the National Poetry Slam in Austin, TX. Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at *6:00 p.m.*. No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the features. ------------------------------ NorthBEAST Regional - October 3 & 4 [image: NB logo] The second annual *NorthBEAST Regional Poetry Slam* will take place on October 3rd and 4th in Cambridge's Central Square neighborhood. Teams from across the northeastern U.S. will take part in this huge regional competition. All participants will face off in four-team bouts on Friday, October 3. On Saturday, October 4th the top-scoring individuals from Friday will advance to the three round 2008 NorthBEAST Indy Championship. Schedule, location and more info available at http://slamnews.com/northbeastregional/. ------------------------------ September 28 Revisited It was a busy night at the Poets' Asylum this week with a handful of new readers, an overflowing open mic and a feature from *Susan Elizabeth Sweeney *. Family was the theme for the beginning of the set with poems about her father's teeth, her mother's hair and an older sister's voracious reading habit. The second half included an eclectic mix including a bit of erotica and Beth's only political poem. Thank you Beth for all the words. Thanks too to all who joined us this week. Please come again! ------------------------------ The Poets' Asylum is in its seventeenth year of bringing the best in Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond. Find us online at http://poetsasylum.org/. This message was sent to you from the pa-info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum (poetsasylum.org). If you would like to no longer receive updates please click hereto unsubscribe. If all else fails please send an e-mail to webmaster at poetsasylum.org and we'll do our best to remove your e-mail address from the list. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pa-info at poetsasylum.org Thu Oct 9 09:33:56 2008 From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:33:56 -0400 Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (10/09/08) Message-ID: Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. Amazingly packed weekend of poetic goodness coming up with a little something for everyone. Visit The Week In Poetry on poetsasylum.org for all the events coming up and links to their websites. ------------------------------ Dianne Lockward @ The Ship Tonight This week *The Spot*, the weekly poetry reading at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a feature. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic. This week their feature will be *Dianne Lockward*. A Rock-Paper-Scissors Slam follows the feature. No cover; bring a few bucks to throw in the captain's hat and to buy a $1 draft. 21+ ------------------------------ Worcester Storytellers - Friday, October 10th *Worcester Storytellers* meets on the second Friday of each month at the Vasa Hall (1 Ekman Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. There will be an open mic followed by a feature from *Victor Infante*, who will read selections from his recently released book, "City of Insomnia". 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... @aol.com. ------------------------------ Mass. Poetry Festival - Oct. 10-12 The inaugural *Massachusetts Poetry Festival* will take place October 10-12 in Lowell. Friday night there will be a featured reading with Rhina Espailla, Nick Flynn & Regie Gibson. Saturday afternoon Marjorie Agosin & Ed Sanders will perform. Saturday night Lucie Broke-broido, Martin Espada & Robert Pinsky will feature. A variety of workshops, side readings, performance poetry events and more will fill the schedule. Visit masspoetry.org for the full schedule, locations and more info. ------------------------------ Kunitz Home Tour - Saturday & Sunday A *Footsteps in History Tour* of the childhood home of Stanley Kunitz will take place on Saturday, October 11th and Sunday, October 12th. Tours, readings & discussion of the poet's work will take place between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on both days. The home is located at 4 Woodford Street in Worcester. Hosted by members of the Worcester County Poetry Association . ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, October 12th [image: iWPS '08 logo] This Sunday night (October 12th) the Poets' Asylum will hold a *Four Round Slam* to select a representative to send to the 2008 Individual World Poetry Slam. Up to 12 performers will compete in a 4 round poetry slam and be judged by 5 randomly chosen audience members. Visit our slam pagefor more info on the format for the slam. Please join us at Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at *6:00 p.m.* . No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the reading. This is sure to be a night of top notch poetry so you don't want to miss it. ------------------------------ October 5th Revisited There was a packed house this week with another overflowing open mic and a feature by *Jon Sands*. A broad mix of styles & topics filled the open, from haiku to free verse, from the humorous to the ponderous. Jon Sands took to the mic after the open for an animated set. Moving with practiced ease from religion to accidents to a Midtown love note Jon captured the imagination and attention of the audience. Thanks for the great work Jon. ------------------------------ The Poets' Asylum is in its seventeenth year of bringing the best in Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond. Find us online at http://poetsasylum.org/. This message was sent to you from the pa-info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum (poetsasylum.org). If you would like to no longer receive updates please click hereto unsubscribe. 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The format is an open mic for the first half-hour or so, a short break with refreshments and then the featured poets. The reading starts at 7:00 p.m. This month their features will be *Lea Deschenes* and *David Surette*. ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, October 19th [image: Ryk McIntyre] This week the Poets' Asylum welcomes member of the 2008 Worcester Slam team, *Ryk McIntyre*, as our feature. He is a co-host at The Cantab Poetry Reading in Cambridge, MA and GotPoetry Live! in Providence, RI. He has toured nationally and in Canada, opening for acts as varied as Leon Redbone, Andrei Codrescu and Jim Carroll. McIntyre read at venues such as Boston's ICA, New York's New School and Lollapalooza 1994. He was featured at the very first "Legends Of Slam" showcase reading at NPS 2006. He has been published in Short-Fuse- An Anthology Of New Fusion Poets, 100 Poets Against The New World Order, Nth Magazine and The Worcester Review. Please join us at Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at *6:00 p.m.*. No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the features. ------------------------------ October 12th Revisited Congratulations to *Alex Charalambides* on winning the iWPS Selection Slam tonight. Alex will represent Worcester and the Poets' Asylum at the 2008 Individual World Poetry Slam this December in Charlotte, NC. Many thanks to all the poets who came out to perform: Danny, Tony, Rushelle, Bobby, Alex, Jeff, Nick, Dave K., April and Big Poppa E. Thanks too to the judges, host Bill MacMillan and most importantly the audience. We couldn't do this stuff without you. ------------------------------ The Poets' Asylum is in its seventeenth year of bringing the best in Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond. Find us online at http://poetsasylum.org/. 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The slam will include performers who have made a Worcester semi-final or final but have never been on a Worcester Slam team. If you've ever seen an invitational slam at The Ship you know they are high energy poetic lovefests and this one is sure to be no different. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic. $3 cover this week. 21+ Don't forget the $1 drafts at the bar. Proceeds from the slam will start the fundraising needed to field a team for the 2009 National Poetry Slam. The Poets' Asylum is grateful to Bobby Gibbs for his ongoing commitment to poetry slam in Worcester. ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, October 26th [image: Andrea Gibson] The Poets' Asylum is pleased to bring *Andrea Gibson*back to our stage. Rousing audiences throughout the United States and Canada with her poignant message and genuine interest in generating change, Andrea Gibson is a poet/activist whose work deconstructs the foundations of the current political machine. A four time Denver Grand Slam Champion, and winner of the 2008 Women of the World Poetry Slam (Detroit), Gibson has placed 3rd in the world for the last 3 years of the iWPS. HBO Def Poet Andres Gomez has called Gibson both deeply haunting and profoundly inspiring. "Her words cut so sharply and completely they cannot be shaken. To call her one of the best poets would be a gross understatement." Please join us at Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at *6:00 p.m.* . No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the readings. ------------------------------ October 19th Revisited *Ryk McIntyre* was our feature this week. He brought a mix of long-time favorites and new work to the stage, giving a well appreciated performance. With a catchy rap version of Shakespeare's finest and a new ABCs primer for sixteen year olds he offered fresh examples of what made him a member of the 2008 Worcester Slam team. 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URL: From pa-info at poetsasylum.org Thu Oct 30 11:43:02 2008 From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:43:02 -0400 Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (10/30/08) Message-ID: Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, November 2nd [image: Samantha Barrow] Please join the Poets' Asylum for a feature by *Samantha Barrow*. Samantha Barrow rides her motorcycle around this country putting poetry where it doesn't belong. She has received multiple grants from the Leeway Foundation to tour and to facilitate *Sound / Body / Love / Poem; gently erotic poetry workshops* for survivors of sexual abuse. You can find out more about our feature by visiting her website, SamanthaBarrow.com . Join us at Jumpin' Juice and Java (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. ------------------------------ October 26th Revisited Crazy energy night at the reading this week. Some great work in the open with a couple of new voices joining the mix. We love to hear new voices; please come again. Following the open *Andrea Gibson* took the stage for a rollicking set of work. Known for heavily political work Gibson stayed away from that touchstone with the exception of one piece. The rest of her set hit on relationships, love and life. The audience was enthusiastic and the applause was heavy. ------------------------------ Stay In Touch The Poets' Asylum has a number of ways for you to keep up with our activities besides this website. We have this e-mail list, a LiveJournal community , a public Google calendar, a listing on the Social Web and a MySpace page. The handy *Stay In Touch * page at poetsasylum.org details all of that info. Please check it out. We are always looking for new methods of spreading the word about the Asylum. If you have an idea or suggestion, or are willing to help with maintaining the Asylum presence on the Internet, please drop an email to webmaster @ poetsasylum.org . ------------------------------ The Poets' Asylum is in its seventeenth year of bringing the best in Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond. Find us online at http://poetsasylum.org/. This message was sent to you from the pa-info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum (poetsasylum.org). If you would like to no longer receive updates please click hereto unsubscribe. If all else fails please send an e-mail to webmaster at poetsasylum.org and we'll do our best to remove your e-mail address from the list. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: