[pa-info] Asylum update (08/20/09)

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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.
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Poetry Round-up

Here's a quick snapshot of the poetry events taking place in Central
Massachusetts during the next 8 days.
 Thursday, Aug. 20 7:00 p.m.
Liz Heath @ The After Nine Poetry Series
<http://myspace.com/theship0906>  Friday,
Aug. 21 7:00 p.m.
poetry reading @ Starry Night Cafe (201-205 Main Street, Webster, MA)
Saturday,
Aug. 22 11:30 a.m.
Bill MacMillan @ the Saturday Evening Open Mic
(Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Plaza, 541D Lincoln Streeet, Worcester)  Sunday,
Aug. 23 6:00 p.m.
David Perez & iWPS Qualifier @ the Poets' Asylum
<http://poetsasylum.org/>  Monday,
Aug. 24 7:00 p.m.
The Little "a" Poetry Series (362 Chandler Street, Worcester)
8:30 p.m.
Sean Conlon @ the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show (148 Grove Street,
Worcester)  Thursday,
Aug. 27 8:00 p.m.
Naomi Christianson @ The After Nine Poetry
Series<http://myspace.com/theship0906>


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Coming up on Sunday, August 23rd

It's going to be a busy night at the *Poets' Asylum* this Sunday, August
23rd, with the regular poetry open mic, a feature and a slam on the docket.
Tonight we will host a feature by *David Perez* and hold the second *iWPS
Qualifying Slam*.

[image: David Perez] *David Perez* enjoys jet skiing, racquetball and
starlit walks on the beach with the Queen of Denmark. In 2008 he represented
San Jose at the Individual World Poetry slam. In 2009 he is pried again from
the bosom of the Bay Area to compete at the National Poetry Slam with team
San Jose. For the past two years he has coached San Jose's youth slam team
and worked as Performing Arts Program Coordinator for MACLA, Movimiento de
Arte y Cultura Latino Americana.

After the feature we'll hold the second *iWPS Qualifying Slam*. Up to eight
poets will compete in the Slam tonight. It will be two 3-minute rounds with
the usual rules <http://poetsasylum.org/slam.html#SPIEL>. The top two poets
tonight move on to the iWPS Selection Slam next Sunday night. You can find
out more info on iWPS by visiting http://iwps.poetryslam.com.

Please join us at Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester).
We'll have a shorter than normal open this week since we have a busy night.
The reading starts at 6:00 p.m. and we hope to start much closer to that
time than usual, again due to the busy night.  Come early and plan to stay
until the end of the slam.  You won't be sorry.

No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to pay the feature.
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August 16th Revisited

The Poets' Asylum this week was full of good words with a packed open mic
and a feature by *Lara Bozabalian*. Lara brought a quiet strength to the mic
with a no-nonsense performance style and power words. Delving deep into the
psyche of relationship she pulled out great nuggets of truth. Thanks for
sharing your words with us Lara.

Welcome and thanks to the handful of first time readers in the open. We hope
you'll read for us again.
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Stay In Touch

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that one), a LiveJournal
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The handy *Stay In Touch <http://poetsasylum.org/stay-in-touch.html>* page
details all of that info. That page also has a contact
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fundraising, the slam, and so on. Please check it out.

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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 <webmaster at poetsasylum.org>.
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