[pa-info] Asylum update (06/03/10)

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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, June 3 8:00 p.m.   The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's
All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street,
Worcester)  Friday,
June 4 10:00 a.m.   Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center
(100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury)  Saturday, June 4 10:30 a.m.
*David Daniel*, *Susan Cattaneo* and *Peter LaGoy* @ Wake Up and Smell the
Poetry! <http://www.hcam.tv/series/wakeup/>  Sunday, June 5 6:00 p.m.
*2010 Worcester Youth Poetry Slam Team* @ the Poets'
Asylum<http://poetsasylum.org/http;//poetsasylum.org/>  Monday,
June 6 9:00 p.m.
*COle Rodriguez* @ the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show
<http://dirtygerund.com/>  Thursday,
June 10 8:00 p.m.   The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's All-Natural
Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street, Worcester)
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Sunday, June 6th @ the Poets' Asylum

[image: 2010 Worcester Youth Poetry Slam Team] The Worcester Youth Poetry
Slam recently complete their most successful season to date and this week
they will be our feature. Please come out to hear *Kendel Joseph*, *Alice
Beecher*, *Anna Meehan*, *Devin Samuels*, *Taylor Liljegren* and *Eric
Devenney*. Gaining grant support from the Worcester Cultural Commission and
collaborating with the newly reformed Clark University Poetry Slam Club
allowed the Worcester Youth Poetry Slam to reach more teen competitors,
audience and supporters this year. The youth team is proud to be
participating in their sixth Brave New Voices International Youth
Festival<http://www.bravenewvoices.org/>,
slated for July 19th-25th in Los Angeles, California.

We hope you'll come down to Jumpin' Juice & Java (335 Chandler Street,
Worcester) on Sunday night. 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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May 30th Revisited

[image: 20th Anniversary logo] The Poets' Asylum 20th Anniversary *Big Old
Open Mic* was a lot of fun. We had a full list of 36 slots and kept the
triple-J open later than normal get all the way through. We welcomed back a
couple of long ago regulars, heard from a couple of new voices and caught up
on the poetic work of those who continue to support the reading. It was a
heck of a night and we are so thankful to all those who have made the Poets'
Asylum a sanctuary for poets over the past 20 years.

Photos from the 20th Anniversary Open Mic can be viewed by clicking the Photo
Gallery <http://poetsasylum.org/photo.html> link on the left side of
poetsasylum.org. Or visit the Facebook
album<http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=8464&id=100000870653203&l=8c0720bf06>of
the same pictures.
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The MassPOP Poetry Retreat for High School
Teachers at the Boston Athenaeum

The event below is sponsored by the Massachusetts Poetry
Festival<http://masspoetry.org/>.
If you are interested or would like more info please contact chloe @
masspoetry . org <chloe at masspoetry.org>.

The MassPOP high school teacher poetry retreat and professional development
training will take place on August 12 and 13th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
and will be led by Jill McDonough and Maggie Dietz, Boston-area poets and
teachers. This two-day workshop will provide teachers with an opportunity to
work on their own writing in the luxurious and storied environment of the
Boston Athenaeum--and develop innovative and engaging ways of teaching
poetry to high school students. Facilitators will demonstrate classroom
activities based on a range of texts covering a variety of different
experiences and subject matter, including meter, tone, voice, and
incorporating historical materials into creative work. The workshop will
include writing exercises, modeling exercises, poetry readings, class
discussions, and plenty of quiet time for teachers to work on their own
poems in the beautiful environment of the Athenaeum. Teachers will be
presented with a packet of lesson plans developed with the class as well as
other supplementary materials to use in the classroom. For more information
or to register, please email Chloe Garcia Roberts, at chloe @ masspoetry .
org <chloe at masspoetry.org>.
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