[pa-info] Asylum update (07/08/10)

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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum.  There is a lot of poetry happening
tonight.  Hope you'll check out one of the many readings this week.
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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, July 8 7:30 p.m.   *Lea Deschenes* & *Victor Infante* @ The
Street Beat (WCPA Offices, 1 Ekman Street, Worcester)
8:00 p.m.   North Beast Battle
Fest<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113543365340994&index=1>@
Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester)
8:00 p.m.   *Kirk Morgan* @ The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's
Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street, Worcester)  Friday, July 9 10:00 a.m.
  Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center (100 Maple
Avenue, Shrewsbury)  Saturday, July 10 9:00 p.m.
*Ken Arkind* @ Kitchen Sessions (Worcester)  Sunday, July 11 9:00 p.m.
*Dawn Gabriel* @ the Poets' Asylum <http://poetsasylum.org/>  Monday, July
12 9:00 p.m.
*Sara Brickman* @ The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show
<http://dirtygerund.com/>  Thursday,
July 15 8:00 p.m.   The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's Comestible
Emporium, 122 Main Street, Worcester)
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Sunday, July 11th @ the Poets' Asylum

[image: [Dawn Gabriel]] Our feature this week has been a part of the Poets'
Asylum since the early days of the reading. *Dawn Gabriel* has been
performing her poetry for over 15 years, including stints with
Lollapalooza's Spoken Word stage, the Seattle Poetry Festival, and Boston's
First Night. Dawn has competed at the National Poetry Slam with teams from
Boston, Worcester, and Providence, R.I. She is an occasional co-host for the
Boston Poetry Slam. She was instrumental in the success of the Asylum-hosted
2005 Individual World Poetry Slam championships and we can't wait to hear
her work again.

We are pleased to also have a spotlight performance by *Sara Brickman*. She
is a ten year veteran of the spoken word stage and has competed nationally
representing the youth community of Ann Arbor, the Hampshire College Slam
Collective, the Seattle Poetry Slam, and the great state of Brickmania.

Please come down to the Nu Cafe (formerly Jumpin' Juice & Java, 335 Chandler
Street, Worcester). The sign-up list goes out at 6:00 p.m. and the reading
starts by 6:30. No cover; donations accepted to pay the feature.
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Life After Slam - an essay by Victor Infante

[image: 20th Anniversary logo] Asylum friend Victor Infante has an essay up
on GotPoetry.com <http://gotpoetry.com/> titled "Life After Slam: One poetry
venue's 20th anniversary shows there's life for poetry slammers when the
competition's done". Victor examines the happenings at the Poets' Asylum and
the greater performance poetry community with quotes & comments from
numerous poets and poetry organizers.

http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=55837.html

Victor will be the feature at the Poets' Asylum on July 18th.
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