[pa-info] Asylum update (05/20/10)

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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, May 20 8:00 p.m.   The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's
All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street,
Worcester)  Friday,
May 21 10:00 a.m.   Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center
(100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury)  Saturday, May 22 10:30 a.m.
*Eve Rifkah* @ Saturday Evening Open
Mic<http://socialweb.net/Events/109765.lasso>  Sunday,
May 23 1:00 p.m.
Poetry Reading for Kids 12 and Under @ the Rabbit Hole Bookstore (805 Main
Street, Fitchburg)
6:00 p.m.
*RC Weslowski* @ the Poets'
Asylum<http://poetsasylum.org/http;//poetsasylum.org/>  Monday,
May 24 9:00 p.m.
*Puma Perl* @ the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show <http://dirtygerund.com/>  Tuesday,
May 25 6:30 p.m.
*Eve Rifkah* @ Marlborough Public Library (35 West Main Street, Marlborough)
 Thursday, May 27 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 23rd @ the Poets' Asylum

[image: RC Weslowski] The Poets' Asylum welcomes Vancouver, BC poet *RC
Weslowski* as our feature this week. RC is the 2009 Vancouver Poetry
Slam-Grand Slam Champion and he was also the 2008 Poet of Honour at the '08
Canadian Festival of Spoken Word, 2007 runner up at the World Cup of Poetry
in Bobigny, France, 2006 Canadian National Poetry Slam Team Champion and a
multi-team member of the Vancouver Poetry Slam. He's toured the UK and
Europe with performances at many different festivals in England and Canada.
He also has plans to be your friend.

We hope you'll check out this great international poet 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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May 16th Revisited

The gathered had a great time this week hearing *Gordo Elliott* perform his
poetry as our feature. His poems hit a variety of topics ranging from family
to nature, from the value of the poet to life as a senior citizen. His work
was strong and well presented. Thank you for sharing your word Gordo.
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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 central Massachusetts 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 night of the reading,
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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