[pa-info] Asylum update (04/08/10)

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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 week.
 Thursday, Apr. 8 7:00 p.m.   *Eleanor Wilmot Vincelette* @ the Street Beat
(WCPA offices, 1 Ekman Street, Worcester)
8:00 p.m.   *Ryk McIntyre* @ The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's
All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street,
Worcester)  Friday,
Apr. 9 10:00 a.m.   Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center
(100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury)
6:00 p.m.
Worcester Youth Slam <http://www.worcesteryouthslam.com/> Workshop @ the
WCPA offices (1 Ekman Street, Worcester, MA)  Saturday, Apr. 10 7:00 p.m.
*"Remembering Mike Duffy"* @ Green Rooster Coffeehouse (United
Congregational Church, 6 Institute Road, Worcester)  Sunday, April 11 2:00
p.m.
*WCPA <http://wcpa.homestead.com/> College Poetry Finalists' Reading* @
Worcester Public Library (3 Salem Street, Worcester)
6:00 p.m.
*Lea Deschenes* @ the Poets'
Asylum<http://poetsasylum.org/http;//poetsasylum.org/>  Monday,
Apr. 12 9:00 p.m.
*Duende* @ the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show <http://dirtygerund.com/>  Tuesday,
Apr. 13 7:00 p.m.
*Carle Johnson*, *Dan Lewis* & *Francine D'Allesandro* @ Southboro Public
Library (25 Main Street, Southboro)  Thursday, Apr. 15 3:00 p.m.   *One Poem
And...* @ Worcester State College, Room S-305 (486 Chandler Street,
Worcester)
8:00 p.m.   *Michael Fisher* @ The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's
All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street, Worcester)
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College Union National Poetry
Slam Championship Tournament

The College Union National Poetry Slam Championship Tournament is happening
at Emerson College in Boston from April 7-10th. Teams from around the
country will descend on the Boston area to compete, including a team from
Clark University in Worcester.

There will be preliminary match-ups on Wednesday & Thursday evening. Friday
evening semi-finals will be held and the Grand Championship event takes
place Saturday night with host Simone Beaubien. Most events are free.

Schedules, locations and more can be found at the CUPSI
website<http://www.acui.org/programs/student/program.aspx?id=10281>
.
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April 11th @ the Poets' Asylum

[image: Lea Deschenes] Join the Poets' Asylum on Sunday, April 11th for our
regular open mic followed by a feature by Asylum co-founder *Lea C.
Deschenes*. Lea C. Deschenes is a Worcesterite by choice, if not by birth.
Her poetry has appeared online, on stage and in print, and she holds an MFA
in Poetry from New England College <http://www.nec.edu/>. A former member of
four National Poetry Slam teams and a coach to two more, she also dusts off
her BA in Theater to perform. Deschenes has received a Jacob Knight Award,
been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and represented Worcester in the 2005
Individual World Poetry Slam. Her first full-length collection The Constant
Velocity of Trains <http://www.quantumredhead.com/book.html> is available
through The Constant Velocity of
Trains<http://www.quantumredhead.com/book.html>is available through
Write
Bloody Publishing <http://www.writebloody.com/>.

Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The
sign-up list goes out by 6:00 p.m. and the reading starts by 6:30 p.m. No
cover however please put some money in the bucket; it is how we pay our
features.
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