[pa-info] Asylum update (05/06/10)

Thu May 6 08:26:40 EDT 2010

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, May 6 8:00 p.m.   The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's
All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street,
Worcester)  Friday,
May 7 10:00 a.m.   Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center
(100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury)  Saturday, May 8 8:00 p.m.
*The Encyclopedia Show* @ Brown University, Salomon 101, Brown & Waterman
Streets, Providence, RI  Sunday, May 9 6:00 p.m.
*Bob Gill* @ the Poets'
Asylum<http://poetsasylum.org/http;//poetsasylum.org/>  Monday,
May 10 9:00 p.m.
*Matt Gano* @ the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show <http://dirtygerund.com/>
Wednesday,
May 12 6:30 p.m.   *Worcester Youth Poetry Slam meets Dickinson's Ribbons* @
Beaman Memorial Public Library (8 Newton Street, West Boylston)  Thursday,
May 13 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, May 9th @ the Poets' Asylum

[image: Bob Gill] This Sunday, May 9th, the Poets'
Asylum<http://poetsasylum.org/http;//poetsasylum.org/>will hold our
usual poetry open mic followed by a feature from
*Bob Gill*. Bob began attending the Sunday night reading in '99 and soon
discovered that performance poetry was a heck of a lot more interesting than
channel surfing his way through the evening hours. As time went by Bob began
to help organize the reading and currently serves as treasurer & webmaster
for poetsasylum.org. He has featured in venues in central & western
Massachusetts and Providence, RI. His work has been published in Ballard
Street Poetry Journal <http://ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/> and the
anthologies of the Poets' Asylum.

We hope you'll check out one of our regulars by coming 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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20th Anniversary Celebration - May 30th

[image: 20th Anniversary logo] Twenty years ago the first National Poetry
Slam fielded just 2 teams and the world wide web was just a glimmer of an
idea. Oh yeah, and some fans of performance poetry started to meet in
Worcester and founded the Poets' Asylum. While we've been packing 2010 with
local features to celebrate the diverse voices that the Poets' Asylum has
produced we decided to set aside one day, May 30th, to give as many people
as possible a chance to take to the mic.

Whether you once considered yourself a regular at the Poets' Asylum or if
you read only once and remember the cheer when you were asked if it was your
first time we invite you to come back. If, like your webmaster, listening is
your thing we hope you'll join us as well. If you are visiting from out of
state or coming a long distance to take part please let us know in advance
so we can save a spot for you. Drop an e-mail to webmaster @ poetsasylum .
org <webmaster at poetsasylum.org> and let us know your plans.
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May 2nd Revisited

We had a good reading this week at the Asylum where our feature was one of
our co-hosts, *Liz Heath*. Liz capped both ends of her set with solid,
off-page work and filled the middle with tasty paper & screen readings other
pieces. From "Size 26" through "Battlecry" she shared her words and emotions
with us. Along the way she passed along a few anecdotes about her work, her
family and her love of poetry. It was a fine night from not only a heck of
an organizer but a strong poet. Thanks Liz.
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What We've Been Up To

If you haven't made it to the Poets' Asylum in a while check out the video
we posted on our website and Facebook to get a quick look at the features
you've missed. Also we uploaded seven new photo sets of features from the
past several months to the 2010 Albums. Check out the photos of Marc Marcel,
Khary Jackson, Tony Brown, Gary Hoare, Alex Charalambides, Lea Deschenes and
Jackie Morrill.

All these photos, and many more, can be found by visiting
poetsasylum.organd clicking the Photo Gallery button on the left.
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