From pa-info at poetsasylum.org Thu Feb 5 12:53:35 2009 From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:53:35 -0500 Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (02/05/09) Message-ID: Greeting from the Poets' Asylum. Lots of great stuff happening over the next week so read on and join us!!! ------------------------------ Remembering Brenda Moosey Brenda J. Moosey, a founding member of Ozark Poetry Collective, passed away on January 29th. Moosey gave numerous public readings including appearances at the Poets' Asylum @ Eleni's Midnight Cafe in Worcester, the Cantab Lounge in Boston, the Nuyorican Poetry Cafe and The Knitting Factory in New York City, City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, and Cody's Books Poetry Flash Reading Series in Berkeley. A member of the Ozarks Team to the 1995 National Poetry Slam, she also conducted classes and workshops on the craft of poetry to young writers in the Arkansas and New Jersey schools. She was a member of the 2000 Slam America Tour and was published in numerous journals. Hear Brenda perform her poem *Anaconda* at destructibleheart.com . [image: listen] [image: Brenda Moosey] *Brenda Moosey from the 2000 Slam America Tour visit to the Poets' Asylum* ------------------------------ Thursday, February 5th @ The Spot This week *The Spot*, the weekly poetry reading at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a feature, with a twist. In honor of the feature's 37th birthday there will be a *Roast* of and *poetry reading* by *Victor Infante*. Come celebrate or skewer the feature, listen to some good words and have a grand old time. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with a brief open mic. 21+ and proper id is required. ------------------------------ Youth Slam Saturday Night (Feb. 7th) The *Speakout! Youth Poetry Slam* meets every Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The format is an open mic, youth slam (ages 13-19 welcome) and a feature. This week their features will be *Meg Fogerty* and *Richard Edouard-Denor* from 2008 Brave New Voices Semi-Finalist Providence Youth Poetry Slam Team. Join them in The Bisto in Higgins Student Center (950 Main Street, Worcester). Come share a poem at the open mic, catch the feature or cheer on the slammers. ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, February 8th Join us this Sunday night for a feature by *Sam Teitel* and *Steve Subrizi*for a rescheduled feature. Their originally scheduled feature was snowed out back in December. Sam Teitel and Steve Subrizi are both poets from the Boston area. Steve is a member of Emerson College's legendary and award winning CUPSI team, The Gringo Choir. Sam is a student at Hampshire College and a member of Manchester New Hampshire's slightly less legendary or award winning but still perfectly respectable National Poetry Slam team, Slam Free Or Die. They are delighted to be embarking on their first big national poetry tour, and are willing to accept the idea that they will be touring with each other. They will be driving across the country in Sam's 2005 Scion XB because any good buddy story involves a comical automobile. Their collaborative chapbook, "Beet-itude: The Super Deluxe Collector's Edition" will be available soon. No, that's not a typo; it's a book about beets. Like, the vegetable. Beets with attitude. Head 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. ------------------------------ Mike McGee @ The Dirty Gerund on Monday, February 9th The *Dirty Gerund Poetry Show* meets every Monday night starting at 8:30 p.m. The reading is being held at Ralph's Chadwick Square Diner (148 Grove Street, Worcester) and is hosted by Rushelle Frazier. This week they'll have an open mic followed by their first feature, the * Mighty Mike McGee*. It's always a fun night of words when Mike is involved so come down and support Worcester's newest reading. No cover; donations accepted. 21+ ------------------------------ February 1st Revisited Thanks to everyone who came out for the feature by *Kryia Abrahams*. It was a fun filled night of laughter and good words. Kryia started things out with a primer to Jehovah's Witnesses and then moved on to read excerpts from her upcoming book I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales of a Jehovah's Witness Upbringing (Touchstone, 2009). With highly personal anecdotes she shared her introduction to slam poetry, attempts to get out of her marriage and the departure from JW-land. We look forward to getting our hands on the book when it is released in March. Thanks for the words and funny bits. ------------------------------ Photo Gallery Update [image: Photo Album] On February 1st we uploaded six new photo sets of features from the past couple of months to the 2008 & 2009 Albums. Check out the photos of Michael Brown (12/07), Karen Finneyfrock (12/14), Mike McGee (12/28), LV (01/04), Christian Drake (01/11) and Alex Charalambides (01/18). All these photos, and many more, can be found by clicking the Photo Gallery button on the left side navigation menu at 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. 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Her work has appeared in Nerve Cowboy, Real Women Press, Wicked Alice, The Sun, Worcester Review, Pearl and others. She is the publisher and editor of Ballard Street Poetry Journal . 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. ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, February 15th This week the Poets' Asylum welcomes Albany, NY raised, Brooklyn based *Caitlin Meissner* to our stage. Meissner is a poet, performer, educator and graphic designer with a BFA from Pratt Institute. Using her background in visual art, anti-racism work, disability advocacy and youth empowerment, her poems are visually rich testaments to the complexities of the human spirit. As a performer, she has featured for the progressive literary collective louderArts; and has performed on countless stages. 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 feature. ------------------------------ February 8th Revisited Heck of a night at the Poets' Asylum this past Sunday night with an overflowing open mic and a feature by Two Sensitive Guys *Sam Teitel * and *Steve Subrizi*. Thanks to the gang from Lowell who paid us a visit and shared their words in the open mic. Do come again. Sam and Steve performed a well practiced set with quieter work mixed with slam ready performance pieces. Adding a bit of guitar back-up just uped the fun quotient. With pterodactyl, zombie babies, preaching poetry and a call to Batman they filled the our minds with something new and more to think upon. Thanks for the words guys; it was worth the wait. ------------------------------ 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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After the open they will host the next *Open Qualifying Slam* for the 2009 Worcester Slam team. Up to 8 poets can compete and the first place finisher moves on to the Team Final in May. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with a brief open mic. 21+ and proper id is required. ------------------------------ WCPA Annual Meeting - Saturday, Feb. 21st [image: WCPA log] The Worcester County Poetry Association *Annual Meeting* will be held on Saturday, February 21st at the 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 & election *Susan Edwards Richmond* will give a performance. Richmond has been a poet-in-residence at the Fruitlands Museum in Hardvard, MA and currently teaches creative writing at the Shirley Medium Correctional Facility. Her most recent poetry collection, *Purgatory Chasm*, was published by Adastra Press in 2007. ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, February 22nd [image: Poetic Boxing] This week we will hold the next *open qualifying slam * for the 2009 Worcester Slam team. Plus we'll have a spotlight feature by *Jadon Woodward*, two time Jacksonville (FL) Youth Poetry Grand Slam Champion. Poetry slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're saying and how they're saying it. Slam poetry can be moving, funny and deadly serious, sometimes all in the same poem. If that sounds like a good time then join us for some great words. The top finisher tonight moves on to the Team Finals in May. Please visit the Slam pagefor more info on poetry slam and how it's run in Worcester. 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. ------------------------------ February 15th Revisited *Caitlin Meissner* was our feature this week. She brought a bit of a different voice to our stage with a mix of slam influenced rhythm and Yusef Komunyakaa inspired subjects. Her work included work about adolescence, love, Miles Davis, heartbreak and more. A passionate performer she drew the audience into her work and words. Thanks for sharing with us Caitlin. ------------------------------ 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 reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with a brief open mic. 21+ and proper id is required. ------------------------------ Youth Slam Saturday Night The *Speakout! Youth Poetry Slam* meets every Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The format is an open mic, youth slam (ages 13-19 welcome) and a feature. This week their feature will be New Hampshire teacher, published poet and slammer *Matt Gallant*. Join them in The Bistro in Higgins Student Center (950 Main Street, Worcester). Come share a poem at the open mic, catch the feature or cheer on the slammers. ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, March 1st [image: 100 Word Slam] Join the *Poets' Asylum* this week for something a bit different with the *100 Word Slam*. This will be a two round slam meant to stretch the use of words. We'll run it the same of a regular slam (3 minute rounds, original work, no props, etc.) with the catch that the two poems have to be 100 words combined. No more, no less, no repeats. The winner goes home with $50. Come see what the word wizards can do. Head 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 reading. ------------------------------ February 22nd Revisited Busy night at the Poets' Asylum this week with a packed open mic, a spotlight feature by *Jadon Woodard* and a full *open qualifying slam *. Thanks to the fine folks from New Hampshire for adding their words to our open & slam. It was great to have you in the house. Thanks too go out to Jadon for his high energy spotlight set. With powerful wordplay and a strong ear for the flow of his work he captured the audience and left us wanting more. On to the main event: the open qualifying slam. Eight poets took the stage this month with Mighty Mike McGee offering the sacrifice (and the only time penalty of the night). Good gravy there were a lot of poems flying. At the end of the night the final poet to perform, *Danny Balel*, captured first place. Danny moves on to the team finals in May. Thanks to the all the slammers, judges and the audience for their participation. Scores from the slam can be found on the Slam page of poetsasylum.org. ------------------------------ The Poets' Asylum is in its eighteenth 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: