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</font><p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greeting
from the Poets' Asylum. Our 20th Anniversary Celebration is taking place on Sunday. We hope you'll join us.<br></font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Poetry Round-up</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here's a
quick snapshot of the poetry events taking place in
Central Massachusetts during the next week.</font></p>
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<td valign="top" width="135"><font size="2">Thursday, May 27</font></td>
<td valign="top" width="70" align="right"><font size="2">6:30 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Worcester Youth Slam Team</b> @ Rutland Public Library (280
Main
Street, Rutland)
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<td valign="top" width="70" align="right"><font size="2">8:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Michelle Mancone</b> @ The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr.
Gonzo's
All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street,
Worcester)</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Friday, May 28</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">10:00 a.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center (100
Maple
Avenue, Shrewsbury)</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Sunday, May 30</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">6:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>20th Anniversary Celebration</b> @ the <a href="http://poetsasylum.org/http;//poetsasylum.org/" target="_blank">Poets'
Asylum</a></font>
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<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">Gary Hoare @ Kitchen Sessions (contact <a href="mailto:ilikemike@gmail.com" title="Click here to e-mail Mike
McGee">Mike McGee</a> for more info)
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Monday, May 31</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">9:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Christopher Johnson</b> @ the <a href="http://dirtygerund.com/" target="_blank">Dirty Gerund Poetry Show</a></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">Thursday, June 3</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="right"><font size="2">8:00 p.m.</font></td>
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<td><font size="2">The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's
All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street,
Worcester)</font></td>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sunday, May 30th @ the
Poets' Asylum</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="http://poetsasylum.org/images/20ann1.gif" alt="20th Anniversary
logo" title="Help us celebrate 20 years of the Poets' Asylum on May
30th!" align="right" hspace="5">
Join the Poets' Asylum this Sunday, May 30th, as we celebrate our 20th
Anniversary with a <b>Big Old Open Mic</b>. Twenty years ago the first
National Poetry Slam fielded just 2 teams and the world wide web was
just a
glimmer of an idea. Big things start out small and we think twenty
years of
bringing the best in performance poetry to central Massachusetts is
worth a
shout or two. The mic will be hot, the audience will be amped and we'll
be
waiting for you to share your words. We are expecting a special guest
or two
to approach the mic and we'll have some give-aways as well.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It should
be a great night and we hope you'll be a part of it.
Come down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). <b>We
plan
to start 6:00 p.m. sharp</b>. Come early and stay through the entire
open
mic. No cover however please put some money in the bucket; it is how we
meet
our expenses.</font></p>
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<h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">May 23rd Revisited</font></h3></center>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Take one
part awesome open mic, add two new readers bravely
taking to that same mic for the first time, stir in a fabulous frenetic
feature
from <b>RC Weslowski</b> and you almost have the recipe for this past
Sunday
night. RC brought a tower of energy to the last New England feature.
With
a focus on love he gave us his all leaving an appreciative audience
craving
more. Thanks RC.</font></p>
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