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THIS WEEK check out:
Nikki Finney, Tara Betts and Poets from the Holyoke Care Center at
Collected Poets, Shelburne Falls. Benefit for the Care Center - Thu Mar. 5
Springfield Library Reading/open mic Sat. March 7
Westfield State College Women Write reading Mon. March 9
Paul Richmond at Benefit in Greenfield Sun. March 8
Leslea Newman at Bart's Bards Greenfield Thu. March 12

Also, there are a plethera of wonderful poetry events in Northwest CT, the Berkshires
and in the Boston area to check out below!

Here is your Poetry News for the week of March 9, 2009.
Spoken word events are budding like trees in anticipation of Spring in the Pioneer Valley and beyond.

Please email if you would like to be added to the mailing
or are interested in featuring at Word in Westfield open mic on Tuesdays.
Peace through poetry - Lori


Spoken Word in Westfield:


WORD IN WESTFIELD
Note: Change of time - Now 6-8pm followed by music
EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 7PM
at Teapot Gallery
22 Elm Street (route 10/202)
in Westfield, MA
Hosted by Eli Baenziger and Lori Desrosiers

Sign up is at 5:30 and open mic starts at 6:00PM
followed by a guest feature.
All are welcome.
every Tuesday night at 6

Upcoming Features:
Tue. March 10 - Chris O'Carroll
Tue. March 17 - Kat Good-Schiff
Tue. March 24 - Martina Robinson

Please email if you haven't featured in at least 6 months
and would like to return, or if you would be interested in featuring for the first time.

Poetry, Prose,
Verse, Yarns

Come to listen, come to speak,
Your words, words for our times,
Immortal words, mortal words...

Call 562-6966 (Teapot) or 348-7218 (Eli B.)

for info and encouragement,
or email to feature.


Westfield State College Women Write
WSC Faculty and Staff Reading
for Month Celebrating Women
Monday, March 9, 5:30pm
Scanlon Living Room
Westfield State College
Readers include:
Leah Nielsen
Joyce Hayden
Lori Desrosiers
and others
More information at http://www.wsc.ma.edu/


Hershman R. John at Westfield State College
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Scanlon Banquet Hall 6 pm

Hershman John is both a poet and a short fiction writer. He will read from his 2007 poetry collection, "I Swallow Turquoise for Courage" published by The University of Arizona Press. John says of his poetry, "My writing reflects who I am and where I come from. I am Navajo, and I am from Sand Springs, Arizona. My clans are of the Deer Spring People (my Mother's clan) and the Bitter Water People (my Father's clan). Other stories and poems come from my travels and from my friends and family who tell some of the greatest tales."

He received his BA in English and MFA in Creative Writing, both from Arizona State University. As a full time faculty member at Phoenix College, Arizona, he teaches composition, poetry and American Indian Studies courses.His works have been widely published by anthologies and literary journals: Arizona Highways, Flyway-A Literary Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Journal of Navajo Education, Puerto del Sol, Wicazo Sa Review, O Taste and See: Food Poems, Family Matters: Poems of our Families.



Chicopee/Holyoke/Springfield Area Poetry

Starving for Art Presents
open mic Mondays
@ Blue Fusion Bar and Grille
487 St. James Ave
Springfield, MA
doors open at 6pm for social hour.
Showtime is 7-9pm
All poets, musicians, singers, and visual artists are welcome.
This event is free
For more info visit http://www.brendaschild.com/


SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY POETRY

Spoken Word this Saturday!
Please join us this Saturday, March 7th, 2:00 pm for Spoken Word Saturday!
Central Library, 220 State Street.

Please note that this month's event will be held in the Rotunda - the acoustics aren't the best, but it's an inspiring space… the cozy Community Room is being used for another program.

Advance sign-ups for the Open Mic are welcome, but not necessary.
Please call Anna (number below) with any questions.

Our featured poet for this month is Najmah Ibrahim.

Najmah was born in Brooklyn NY, but now resides in Springfield. She is a mother and a caretaker. She learned about life and love the hard way and uses her pen and paper to heal her deep hurt inside. She writes constantly about her experiences in life and is presently working on her first book.

Najmah has been a regular reader at the Open Mic events over the past few months - come show your support as she "features" here for the first time.
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Another spoken word event will be happening right across the Quadrangle, on Saturday morning - check it out if you can! Our friends Brenda's Child and Carl Russo are serving as judges for this event, and Brenda's Child will be doing a short feature performance.

Light refreshments provided.
Advance sign-ups are welcome, but not necessary.

Please call Anna (number below) with any questions

Anna Brandenburg Program Coordinator and Training Librarian Springfield City Library 220 State Street Springfield MA 01103
(413) 263-6828 x 426

2:00 pm
All languages, all forms of creative writing, and all ages are welcome. This is a family friendly
event, so please keep that in mind as you prepare your readings.
Advance sign-ups are welcome, but not needed.
For more information, call Anna at 263-6828 x426
or e-mail [email protected].
Springfield City Library — A Place for You

The Library Creative Writing Group will continue to meet
throughout the summer… although the times may change a bit!
No advance sign-ups needed,
but if you'd like more information, contact
Anna at .

Shariff's, Daisy's, and Maurice's
April 12th performances are on youtube -
http://www.youtube.com/user/springfieldlibrary ]

Questions? Or to sign up,
contact Anna at
or 263-6828 x426.
Free parking is available in the State Street lot across from the library,
or in the Elliot Street lot next to the Springfield Museums Welcome Center.

http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/poetry/poetrypage.html
Or contact Anna at
or 413.263.6828 x426.

Bookmark the Poetry Page
http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/poetry/poetrypage.html
for updated information, and to read the work of some of our poets
(anyone who's read at events here, send a poem to be posted!)


Word in the Valley and Beyond

Journey on the Page
a Proprioceptive Writing® workshop
with Tzivia Gover

Four Sunday afternoons: 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
April 12, 19, 26 and May 3
Holyoke, Massachusetts
$75 for four sessions
To register: ˜ (413) 532-8354

Proprioceptive Writing® is a meditative form of writing that allows participants to know themselves more fully by exploring on paper the territory of their minds, memories and emotions.

“Proprioception” comes from the Latin, proprius, meaning “one’s own,” and this writing method, pioneered by Linda Trichter Metcalf, Ph.D. and Tobin Simon, Ph.D., helps synthesize emotion and imagination, generating authentic insight and joy. Proprioceptive Writing® is not formal writing, nor is it automatic or stream-of-consciousness writing. A regular, disciplined practice in a quiet environment, the method uses several aids to deepen attention and free the writer within: Baroque music, a candle, paper and pen.

Proprioceptive Writing® can help:
Focus awareness, dissolve inhibitions, and build self-trust
Unburden your mind and resolve emotional conflicts
Connect more deeply with your spiritual self
Write and speak with strength and clarity
Enhance the benefits of psychotherapy
Awaken your senses and emotions
Liberate your creative energies
Bring increased energy and power to the creative process
Focus and deepen the though process

Tzivia Gover is an author, educator and certified Proprioceptive Writing Teacher. Visit http://www.tziviagover.com/




The Juniper Summer Writing Institute
and the Juniper Institute for Young
Writers are now accepting applications for
the June 2009 session. Both sessions are held
concurrently from June 21-27, 2009 at the
UMass campus.
Please check out our website at
http://www.umass.edu/juniperinstitute/ for
more information.



New Writing Group
Wednesdays at 2pm,
Windhorse Associates,
211 North St, Noho.
Chaya Grossberg and David Stark.
Lots of poetry, lots of humor.



FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY .
Next business/sharing meeting Thursday March 12
ALL POETS OF ALL TYPES AND AGES are welcome, bring one of your original works to share,
(12 to 15 copies will usually be enough for all to share) The meeting is held at Lilly Library community room and begins at 6:30 PM. Poetry presentation and discussion begins at 7PM


OPEN MIC at Evolution Cafe
1st Thursday evening of each month.
We are now facilitating the open mic at Evolution Cafe,
it is basically an Evolution Cafe event that florence poets will help facilitate using
the resources we have for contacting poets. This venue is open to poets and aimed
at the entire local poetry community. We had a fine turn out on Thursday evening.
IT IS THE FIRST THURDAY EVENING OF EACH MONTH
AT EVOLUTION CAFE, SIGN UP AT 6:30 PM.
Bring a poet friend and tell other poets about this great cafe reading venue.
AND REMEMBER TO PATRONIZE THIS FINE CAFE.!!!!!



Valley Writers School:
Now Accepting Applications for Poetry Workshop
The Valley Writers School offers (variously) fiction, non-fiction, and poetry workshops for writers seeking to generate new work, refine works-in-progress, read and discuss great literature, and join a supportive writing community. Poetry workshop begins February 24, 2009 and runs for 10 weeks. Tuition is $290.
Workshop will be serious, fun, eye-opening, and supportive. Location is Northampton. Please contact us at [email protected] or at 413-636-5088 if you have any questions or if you'd like to apply.



WRITING GROUP
Rich Puchalsky and friends meet every 3rd Thursday
at Lilly Library community Room
at 6:30 PM.
See Rich for details, this group is currently open to join.

LASTLY PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING AS A MEMBER
OF FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY. THE FEE IS $15.00 FOR THE YEAR
FROM SEPTEMBER TO AUGUST. Your membership supports our Fall festival,
SILKWORM our annual journal, (these first two items also are supported in part
by the Northampton Arts Council via a grant)
our website http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/,, our po box, the annual contest,
the JAN SLAM, our spring art gallery reading. and our summer reading
at William Cullen Bryant homestead.

For more information:
Email us at or check out our web
page at http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/



Florence Poets Society Readings:

Listen to "Twilite's Poetry Pub" now Weekly!
Enjoy the "Pub" with Carl and Tom every Wednesday from 9-10 am
on Valley Free Radio, WXOJ 103.3 fm, Northampton and now
with improved streaming at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/ !!!
Poetry to the people!
WXOJ-FM LP 103.3 and streaming at www.valleyfreeradio.org.
Bringing to you a variety of interesting poetry and music!

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All events are free and open to the public except as noted
For more information, Call Tom at (413) 584-5914
or email at: [email protected]
or: [email protected] or visit:
www.florencepoetssociety.org
or visit: http://www.tommytwilite.com/



Poetry Nights in Northampton:

Writer's Group at Packard's in Northampton:
Northampton Writer's Group is an ongoing writer's group
for any kind of written word. We currently have several openings
for new members.
For information please contact Lori
It meets in the library room at Packard's restaurant/bar at
14 Masonic St. in Northampton.
Participants bring copies of their work to read and have
critiqued in a supportive, gentle, constructive environment.
The next dates -
Sunday March 15, 6:00pm
Sunday March 29, 6:00pm



POETRY A LA CARTE
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM
6pm to 6:30 pm on Mondays this semester,
streamed live at http://www.wmua.org/.
The program, hosted by Daisy Mathias,
includes reading aloud from past
and contemporary poets, and occasionally
features live interview and
poetry-reading with a local poet.


Greenfield/Shelburne Falls and North

A Benefit For Healing
at the Hope and Olive in Greenfield MA
March 8, 2009
from 3-5
44 Hope Street - a great restaurant and bar

Performers Annie Hassett - singer songwriter
Paul Richmond - Poetry - Stories
Peter Saltghon - guitar player
Lee Shur and Greg Bechle - Music and Poetry
$5 suggested Donation
These will be about 20 minute sets with time to talk and
enjoy the food, drinks and friends



Spoken Word Greenfield
Always the third Tuesday of the month
March 17th
Greenfield Spoken Word
9 Mill St
Greenfield, MA
Doors open at 7:00
Open Mic starts at 7:30
Open Mic will be 10 - five-minute slots
Donation - Sliding Scale $1 - $5
Feature Readers
TBA
Book signing and selling of local writers works will be available

Thanks
Paul Richmond

Directions
If you come up 91
Come into the center of Greenfield
At the lights of Federal and Main
Where the Common is
You take a right
Down the hill
Toyota will be on you left
You go under the railroad bridge
Come to a light
Take a RT
and you are there
That is Mill St
9 is on the corner
You can park in the Art Space next door
or on the street



ARMS LIBRARY READING
Third Friday Prose and Poetry Readings.
7 p.m. at The Arms Library,
Corner of Main and Bridge Streets,
Shelburne Falls, Mass.
413-625-0306.
February 20 is our Third Friday Prose and Poetry night, emceed by the lovely and now-famous Susie Patlove. (Garrison Keillor read Susie's "First Cutting" on air last month!!!
We'll be in the upstairs meeting room. If you have students, of any age, who are writing and would like to read their work, please invite them.

On February 19, Richard Todd will be giving an Author's Talk in the Langford Room at 7 p.m. at the library. His 2008 book, "The Thing Itself: On the Search for Authenticity" has been widely, and quite favorably, reviewed by the likes of Ploughshares (/www.pshares.org), Chicago Tribune (www.chicagotribune.com/), The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com/)... Even Oprah's reviewers caught hold of it. (www.oprah.com)

Held in the upstairs Reading Room, readers should arrive a
couple of minutes early to sign up for a reading slot, and then
have five minutes to share their work.
The building is accessible by entering at lower level
and taking the elevator upstairs.



ALL SMALL CAPS:
A NIGHT OF SPOKEN WORD. READINGS
AT THE DEJA BREW PUB,
57 LOCKES VILLAGE ROAD,
WENDELL, MA.
THE LAST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH
Open Mic Sign Up 7-7:15
Open Mic Readings 7:15-8:00
February 23
Featured Readers: Deborah Poe, Joel Sloman, and Chris Janke
$1-$5 sliding scale admission
This program is supported, in part, by the Wendell Cultural Council, a local agency, The Massachusetts Cultural Council, a
state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

$1 - $5
Sliding scale admission
For directions and additional
information see our website
http://allsmallcaps.blogspot.com


Deja Brew Pub
& Cafe
57 Lockes Village Rd.
Wendell MA
(978) 544-2739

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Bart’s Bards

Second Thursdays Open Microphone for Writers

Next meeting:

March 12, 2009

Bart’s Café of Greenfield
286 Main St.
Greenfield, MA
7:00- 9:00 P.M.
(Sign up to read at 6:45)

Featured Reader:

Leslea Newman

Free to All
(Open Microphone readings of 5 minutes or less, sign up at 6:45)

For more information, please contact:
Larry Fader, (413) 475-3321

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Collected Poets Series
Features Nikki Finney, Tara Betts and poets from the Holyoke Care Center for Teen Mothers
Thursday March 5, 2008
7:30pm
at Mocha Maya’s Coffee House,
47 Bridge Street,
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370,
413-625-6292.
Wheelchair accessible. Free.

The 2009 Series
Jan. 8 - Patrick Donnelly, Jeffrey Levine, Art Opening by Liz deNiord: Art + Poetry = Excitation
Feb. 5 - Mary Clare Powell and Diane Lockward
Mar.5 - Nikki Finney, Tara Betts and poets from The Holyoke Care Center for Teen Mothers
Mar.29 - Martha Collins and Lynne Thompson
April 2 - Carey Salerno and Anne Marie Macari
May 7 - Genie Zeiger, Dorianne Laux, and Kerry O'Keefe
June 4 - Two Massachusetts Poet Laureates: Gertrude Halstead of Worcester and Lesléa Newman of Northampton
July 2 - Dara Wier, Lesle Lewis, and Elizabeth Hughey
~ no CPS for August and Sept. ~
Oct. 1 - Patricia Smith and Annie Finch
Nov. 5 - April Ossman, Peter Waldor, and Pamela Stewart
Dec. 3 - Mary Koncel and Kate Greenstreet

The Collected Poets Series highlights the work of established and emerging poets. Each event showcases the remarkable local poets of Western Massachusetts and the finest regional, national, and international talent. The series is usually held every first Thursday of the month. See http://www.collectedpoets.com/ for more info about upcoming events.


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New Poetry-Sharing Group
"Growing Younger Toward Death Every Day: Poetry To Inspire Our Lives"
is a new group that focuses on recorded poet David Whyte reciting and discussing his own and others' poetry, and inspiring us to live a fully present and engaged life.
The group's 7th biweekly gathering is Monday February 16, 6:15 to 9pm at a participant's home in Greenfield. Participants may attend occasionally or regularly. They will listen to parts of Whyte's CDs, then discuss his message. His line "Growing younger toward death every day" appears in his best-known poem, 'The Faces at Braga'. Participants can also bring and share poems, prose, songs, or other material created by themselves or others, that moves and inspires them deeply. Whyte is a British/Irish poet, author, and public speaker who has lived in the Seattle area for over 25 years. He travels the country and world reading his and others' poetry, and galvanizing listeners to explore their lives and destinies through poetry. He has published 5 books of poetry, and recorded 12 CDs of various readings and talks he's given. Some of his CDs that we will use are: "The Poetry of Self-Compassion"; "A Change for the Better: Poetry and the Re-imagination of Mid-life"; and "Thresholds: Navigating the Difficult Transitions of Life". Some of his recent poetry books include "Everything Is Waiting For You" and "The House of Belonging".The group will also read and discuss parts of the series of recent books edited by Roger Housden, such as Ten Poems To Set You Free and Ten Poems To Change Your Life. For more info, contact John Berkowitz at 413-625-6374,

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New Writing Groups
for beginning and experienced writers

led by Ann McNelly

a.. Come write in an encouraging supportive environment
b.. Experience the deepening and growth of your own writing
c.. Contribute to the deepening and growth of others' writing
d.. No writing experience necessary--only the willingness to put pen to
paper

Groups meet weekly in Greenfield, are ongoing, and open to all genres.
We follow the Amherst Writers & Artists method, emphasizing:
a.. writing together (prompts and exercises offered each week)
b.. positive, supportive comments in response to new work
c.. balanced, constructive critique and discussion of revised work
d.. the development of each writer's unique voice
e.. a safe place where your writing and creativity can flourish.

Introductory fee: $125 per 5-week session, groups limited to 6 - 8 people.

To join, or for more information call 413 772 2375, or email


Ann McNelly, BA, MSN, is an Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) trained
Writing Workshop Leader, a published poet, and has written in local creative
writing and poetry workshops based on the AWA method for the last six years.

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News from Mo and Ginger Cat Press

The web site can be accessed with this address:
http://www.thebooksmyth.com/
Maureen
Web site: http://www.thebooksmyth.com/ submission guidelines now available

The Equinox is available at http://www.thebooksmyth.com/


18th Annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest *
*Open to residents of Franklin County*
*Two categories: Adult and Young Poet (ages 12-18)*
Submit up to three poems of your choice.
Indicate “Adult” or “Young Poet,” and Young Poets write poet’s age in lower right hand corner of front page, circled. Write name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (if available) on reverse. No personal identification on front. Submit on white paper, printed clearly in ink or type; title of poem on each page, no staples. Poems will not be returned. Include SASE for notification of receipt of entry, or notification will be via email.// Only unpublished poems may be submitted. Previous winners may not submit./

* First Prize, Adult: Poet’s Seat Chair for one year, name engraved on plaque; hand-crafted, poet’s ceramic platter, $20 book store gift certificate, and gift certificate for one night’s stay at Poetry Ridge B&B, Greenfield

* All other prizes: 2nd and 3rd Place Adult, as well as top 4 Youth Poems (Youth poems judged in separate categories, ages at time of submission 12-14 and 15-18): hand-crafted poet’s ceramic mug, $20 book store gift certificate

* Awards Ceremony: Wednesday, April 29, 2009,
Capen Room, Stoneleigh-Burnham School,
574 Bernardston Rd., Greenfield

* * *Send poems to:
POET’S SEAT CONTEST*
*Greenfield** Public Library,
402 Main St., Greenfield, MA 01301*
*Deadline: March 6, 2009 (in hand, not postmark)*

Word in the Berkshires

Power of Words, Open Mic
Tuesday March 17, 2009 AT 7PM,
Hosted by Garfield Reed.
This is an open opportunity to share poetry,
readings, music and other spoken word.
Free and open to the public
Berkshire South Regional Community Center
Crissey Rd. Great Barrington, MA
Every third Tuesday of the month.
Please call Garfield at 528 4127 for more information.

In Words, Out Words in Housatonic
In Housatonic, MA there is an open mic for poets and performers
of all styles and ages.
1st Tuesday of each month at
the Deb Koffman Gallery
137 Front Street,
Housatonic, MA 01236. “In Words, Out Words.”
is hosted by John Meeks and there is usually
a $7 suggested donation for heat and electricity.
There are snacks there provided by whoever wants to bring them.
The sign up technically is at 6:30 however the way it works is a
lottery system. If you go to check it out once, then you can put
your name on the contact email list. The following month you
get an email reminding you of the upcoming event.
If it’s your first time performing at In Words, Out Words,
you are guaranteed a spot on the roster as long as you reply
to the reminder email. If you’ve performed there before then
you are put into the lottery system and randomly names are selected.
Sometimes there are still slots open at the door.
The open mic begins at 7 and the featured performer goes on
for about 20 minutes. It usually lasts until between 9 and 9:30.


Zeitgeist Gallery Pittsfield

Monday Poetry Nights
6 to10pm
648 North Street in Pittsfield
call Alan Nidle, the Director at (857) 991-8448 for details

Letters to the World – Women, Poetry, and Community
A poetry reading from the international anthology,
Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-po Listserv

at Chapters Bookstore, Pittsfield,
Saturday, March 21 at 2:30 pm.
Hosted by Berkshire writer Rosemary Starace,
co-editor, featuring six contributors to the book.

As part of the Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts, Berkshire writer Rosemary Starace will host Letters to the World – Women, Poetry, and Community. This reading features the international anthology of women’s poetry, Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-po Listserv (Red Hen Press, 2008), which Starace co-edited with Moira Richards and Lesley Wheeler. Starace will introduce the book, a unique global Internet collaboration presenting the work of over 250 poets from around the world.

Six local and regional contributors will read their poems and others from the anthology:
Lisken Van Pelt Dus
Lori Desrosiers
Ellen Goldstein
Joyce Heon
Diane Kendig
Evie Shockley

The range of experience covered in the book is vast. Iranian poet Farideh Hassanzadeh-Mostafavi speaks of war’s cost: “I leave the frightened moon in the sky” and “I feel night by night more real / and old,” while Evie Shockley asks that poetry “be / a wail of a sound, surfacing / to fountain dark water.” Hindi poet Rati Saxena illuminates the experience of Alzheimers: “I am pulling her / she is becoming a little girl / again and again.” Ellen Goldstein describes a kiss: “the shocking taste of your mouth on mine like / sharpened light.” Romanian-born Ana Doina writes of poetry in a totalitarian state: “our resistance, our vindication,” while Joyce Heon revels in pure sound: “hilarious, glorious, rock us / gregarious us, us, us!”

FREE WRITING WORKSHOPS
AT CHAPTERS BOOKSTORE

In honor of Small Press Month, Ledgetop Publishing will offer a series of free writing workshops during March, at Chapters Bookstore, 78 North Street, Pittsfield.
Under Your Nose: Writing the Personal Essay, taught by Bob Gray, will take place on Saturday, March 7, from 1:00-4:00pm. This workshop will help students develop their skills of observing, journaling, and writing narratives about everyday events and encounters with the natural world. Using their own research and observation, assisted by the instructor’s experience and insights, participants will create essays that reveal the unusual, wonderful, and universal in events that seem ordinary on the surface.

Writing Poems about Loss, taught by Aaron M. Beatty, will take place on Tuesday, March 10, from 5:00-8:00pm. This workshop will explore the art of expressing loss through poetry and will examine a variety of contemporary and classic poems that deal with loss effectively. The workshop will provide a safe and supportive forum for participants to share their own original work and receive constructive feedback. There will also be a few writing exercises designed to generate and discuss new work. Participants are asked to bring 10 copies of a poem that deals with loss for which they wish to receive feedback.

Turning Life into Fiction (or Memoir), taught by Vivian Dorsel, will take place on Saturday, March 28, from 1:00-5:00pm. Participants in this workshop will discover how their own experience can inspire and inform their writing, whether they work in fiction or creative nonfiction. Participants are encouraged to bring journals, letters, photographs, or other mementos that will stimulate memories of the people, places, and events that have been important in their lives. Through the use of examples and exercises, this workshop will help give students’ writing a richness of detail and a unique voice.
Each workshop is limited to 15 participants, and pre-registration is required.

To register, please e-mail or call 413-441-9702

Lee Writers Group
(every 2nd Tuesday of the month)
at the Lee Library Conference Room.

Develop and hone writing skills through constructively critiquing
others as well as receiving helpful hints and suggestions.
This forum will host a variety of short stories, poetic compilations,
insightful and original essays, and other varieties of writing similarly
tangible in length. The purpose of this group is to embody character
and narrator through obsessive directive fervor with written and
spoken words.
The group will meet every second Tuesday sharing original works
via recitation and distribution and should be prepared to accept
constructive feedback and be able to, in return, deliver such
feedback in a respectable and deliberate manner.
Contact
or call 413 243-8116 for further information.

Writing Group at Bartholomew's Cobble in Sheffield
A nature-inspired writing group begins this winter at Bartholomew's Cobble on the second Sunday of each month. Sessions combine outdoor walking with indoor writing. Emerging and experienced writers of poems, songs, memoirs, essays and fiction are welcome! The group will be facilitated by local writing instructor and poet Pauline Clarke with Trustees of Reservations naturalist Tammis Coffin. They will share techniques for tuning into moment and place with the senses and the imagination.

Former New York Times nature columnist Hal Borland lived just down the road from Bartholomew's Cobble, and many of his fine pieces of writing center around the hills, forests, fields, and river of the Weatogue Valley that this group of writers will explore. It is a place of great interest and beauty, with winter ducks and eagles appearing along the river, the tracks of bobcat and coyote in the fields, and some very large trees. The Cobble is registered as a National Natural Landmark for its exceptional scenic value and natural diversity.

Pauline Clarke holds a Masters Degree in Writing from Vermont College . From 1990-2005, she published a column of nature related and local color essays in the Berkshire Record. She is a writing tutor and has taught writing workshops through Berkshire Community College . Tammis Coffin, M.A. has led nature-inspired writing workshops for Inkberry, The Thoreau Society, Massachusetts State Parks , and National Fish & Wildlife.

The cost of the writing group is by donation to The Trustees of Reservations. The location is at the Bartholomew's Cobble Visitor Center on Weatogue Rd. , Sheffield . The group meets January 11, February 8, and March 8 from 1-4pm. To learn more, or to register, contact Tammis at The Trustees of Reservations at 413-298-3239 x3003 or send an e-mail to .



Word Street
is a youth literacy project and creative writing center located at
163 North Street in downtown Pittsfield.
Since 2003, Word Street has offered homework help, tutoring,
MCAS and SAT test prep, creative writing instruction,
mini-magazine publishing, summer camps, and much more to
Berkshire County youth ages 7-18 absolutely free of charge.

"Poets are the theoretical physicists of language.
Rivers of literary magma are flowing just under the
surface all over Berkshire County.
This reading is a volcano."
--Steve Dew

For more information, please contact:
Steve Dew
Development Director
Word Street
163 North Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
( 413) 458-5171 home
(415) 407-3664 mobile
( 413) 997-3307 office
http://www.blogger.com/http://www.blogger.com/

Check out this website for information on
spoken word events in Pittsfield:
There are some great events so check it out.
http://www.wordstreet.org/



Word in Ware/Palmer:

Carpe Stylum! (Latin for Seize the pen!)
meets every Wednesday 6-8pm, usually at the Ware Library
but some meetings are held elsewhere.
This group includes poets, short story writers and novelists.
All are welcome.
Call LuWanda Cheney (413) 277-9676 for a schedule.



Word in Worcester:
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Worcester Storytellers
Second Friday of each month at Vasa Hall
(1 Ekman Street, Worcester).
The reading starts at 8:00 p.m.
There will be an open mic followed by a feature from Emily Ferrara.
Ferrara is the author of The Alchemy of Grief, a collection of poems selected to win the 2006 Bordighera Poetry Prize. The book was published in bilingual edition (English and Italian) by Bordighera Press in 2007. The Alchemy of Grief is her first full length book. A long-time member of Poem Works: Workshop for Publishing Poetsin Brookline, Ferrara is Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Massachusetts Medical School, where she teaches creative writing and directs the grants and special projects division for the school's Office of Educational Affairs.
Worcester Storytellers never charges a cover. They ask you throw some money into the basket to support the artists who feature. For more info please contact dave...@.

The d'Alzon Arts Series: Poetry Reading
takes place at Assumption College (500 Salisbury Street, Worcester) in the Emmanuel d'Alzon Library on the third Friday of each month during the academic year. The format is an open mic for the first half-hour or so, a short break with refreshments and then 2 featured poets. The reading starts at 7:00 p.m. and typically runs for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Readings run throughout the school year.
Upcoming 2008 features include:
03/20 -- poets from Adastra Press
04/17 -- Assumption student writers

The Spot at the Kelly Square Yacht Club
The reading meets every other Thursday night at the Hotel Vernon (1 Millbury Street, Worcester) in the Ship Room bar. 7:30 p.m. sign-up with the show starting at 8ish. The format is an open mic and then a features. The occasional slam is thrown in for fun as well.
Upcoming dates & features include:
02/26 -- Jenith Charpentier
No cover but bring some money to buy beverage and to put in the captain's hat!!

Speakout! Youth Slam Saturday Night
The Speakout! Youth Poetry Slam returns from the winter hiatus and is back to meeting every Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The format is an open mic, youth slam (ages 13-19 welcome) and a feature. This week their feature will be 2008 Worcester Slam team member Trevor Byrne-Smith. Come share a poem at the open mic or come to see slammers. Join them in The Bisto in Higgins Student Center (950 Main Street, Worcester).

Poets Asylum
Sundays:

March 8
Join the Asylum this week for a former regular, Seren Divine. Divine is a feminist, educator, published writer, performance artist, visual artist, producer, and award winning poet. She has toured and competed across the country, with over ten years of involvement in the National Poetry Slams; from competition to volunteering, organizing and hosting (four of those years on the Worcester Team). Seren earns a living as a Professional Performance Poet, leading Performance & Writing Workshops for youth from Queens to Brooklyn, and in colleges and universities along the east coast. She has five collections in print, two recordings & is widely anthologized; most recently in Bowery Women Poems (Bowery Arts & Science, Ltd.) Seren recently debuted her first multi-media one woman show at New York City's historic WOW Cafe Theater; Be Here Now.

March 15
This week the Poets' Asylum welcome Jenith Charpentier as our feature. Jenith Charpentier writes poetry and fiction. A Worcester resident, she is also a mother, wife, volunteer, soccer player, beetle hunter, hiker, gardener, and avid watcher of other people. Her work has appeared in various publications including The Orange Room Review and November 3rd Club. She is an assistant editor for Ballard Street Poetry Journal.

March 22
Tim Mason has been actively promoting poetry and folk music in greater Boston since the mid 1980's. A member of the first National Poetry Slam Team from Boston in 1991 and the first Worcester Team in 1993, he honed his performance style around the campfires of the fabled Kerrville Folk Festival giving the songwriters a run for their money. Currently he resides in Fort Point, South Boston. He supports himself by booking folk music into Club Passim, the legendary Harvard Square coffeehouse, and recently at Capo's in Lowell MA. 2003 saw the release of Bones and Breath, a compelling collaboration of poetry and song produced by Frank Coakley that fully merges the arts of songwriting and poetry.
Check out his work by visiting http://www.timothydmason.com/ or his MySpace page.

Head over to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 6:00 p.m. No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the features.

The Dirty Gerund
There's a new poetry reading in town! The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show will be held every Monday night starting at 8:30 p.m. The reading is being held at Ralph's Chadwick Square Diner (148 Grove Street, Worcester) and is hosted by Rushelle Frazier. There will be an open mic every week with a mix of poetry slams and featured poets.
No cover; donations accepted. 21+
Please join us at our new home,

Shakti Women's Writing Pact
The Shakti Women's Writing Pact meets
every Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. at
the Java Hut (1073A Main Street, Worcester).
Shakti was created with the intention of enhancing women's
sense of belonging within the poetry community through the
an unmoderated writing circle.
For more information please contact Sou MacMillan at
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Upcoming BSPJ Workshop Series
Workshops are free and limited to 10 participants. Suggested donation of $3-5 dollars. Refreshments provided. Workshops meet at the Worcester County Poetry Association Office at 1 Ekman Street, Quinsigamond Village, Worcester, MA.

Registration is now open for the following workshop series:Poetry Writing from Life with Heather J. Macpherson. This three-workshop series will focus on finding the heightened and mundane moments from our lives to become poetry on the page. This series meets on the following Sundays: March 1st, 8th, & 15th.How do you make the poem on page reflect the poem on stage? with Tony Brown. In this series of three workshops, participants will take two poems from initial conception to public unveiling at a poetry reading. The first session will involve a couple of intensive writing prompts and exercises to create the first drafts of two very different poems. The second will focus on refinement of the poem with an eye toward making line breaks, punctuation, stanza breaks, etc., reflect the actual "voice " of the poem and the poet, while the third will be devoted to refinement of the delivery of the poem in public performance. In all three workshops, oral recitation will be used as a key tool for editing and (more importantly) deep exploration of how to make the poem say what the poet wants it to say. This series meets on the following Sundays: April 12th, 19th and May 3rd.E-mail
Please visit http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/ for more upcoming events and workshops. Check our new blog for updates at http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.wordpress.com/.

THE ECLECTIC WORD, Radio Show
Poet and journalist Victor D. Infante hosts The Eclectic Word, an
Internet radio show that will delve into literature's fringe with poets,
satirists, alternative journalists and even (gasp!) bloggers. We'll be
stepping off the beaten path of literature, taking a close look at the odd,
the eccentric and the cutting-edge. Should be fun.

The show will run at 7 p.m. EST the first and third Friday of every month,
as part of The World Wide Word Radio Network. You can listen to the
shows live, or you can download it later for your listening convenience.
So give it a listen! It's going to be a blast!


CT POETRY
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Visit the CT Poet Online calendar,
updated weekly: http://www.poetz.com/connecticut

Silas Bronson Library Poetry Series
Calling All Poets ( and Poetry Lovers)
Hosted by Victoria Muñoz
Wednesday, March 11th 6:30 p.m.
Open mike theme: Hope and change
Open mike sign-up begins at 6:20 p.m.
Silas Bronson Library
267 Grand St.
Waterbury, CT
http://www.bronsonlibrary.org/

Featured poets
Brian Clements, is the author of two print books, Flesh and Wood and Essays Against Ruin, and two online collections, Ions and Burn whatever will burn: a book of Common Rituals. He edits the small press Firewheel Editions and its Sentence: A Journal of Prose Poetics, and he coordinates the new MFA in Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University. Mr. Clements will be bringing students who will also participate as features.



Wintonbury Poetry Series & Open Mike
Third Thursdays 7:00 PM

Joining us on March 19 is John Popielaski. His recent book, A Brief Eureka for the Alchemists of Peace has garnered much praise. As one critic says, "these poems are by turns solemn, comic, earnest, ironic, wistful and hopeful...Popielaski explores the small (and not-so-small) kindnesses and brutalities of humanity." He teaches at Xavier High School.
Open mike theme: “Dreams”

Finally, on April 16 Dana Sonnenschein will be our special guest for National Poetry Month. An author of three full-length collections of poetry, she is a professor of literature and writing at Southern Connecticut State University. Her poems have appeared in The MacGuffin, Seneca Review, The Briar Cliff Review, and The Spoon River Poetry Review.
Open mike theme:
“Memory”

An open mike follows the featured guests each evening. Themes are optional.

Wintonbury Branch Library
1015 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860-243-8855

PROSPECTUS: WORD-ART

In the fall of 2003, the Canton Artists' Guild and the Writers' Asylum
presented the first Word-Art show at the Gallery on the Green. It was an
extremely successful venture and the show is now a biennial fixture in the
Gallery's program calendar. This year, in an effort to overlap (somewhat)
with National Poetry Month, Word-Art will be held from mid-March through
mid-April.

The concept for the "Word-Art" show is to explore the synergy between
writing and the visual arts. The show may include paintings or sculpture
that incorporate text or were inspired by the written word; It may include
written pieces inspired by visual arts; or it may include pieces of video art, dance, or theater. We envision a show that will exhibit all media, and
may include screenings, readings, and the publication of a chapbook of the
written work.

The show is an open show: you do not need to be a member of either
organization to participate. As a writer, you may ask any visual artist to
collaborate with you. Likewise, as a visual artist you may pair with any
writer. If, however, you would like to be paired by the show's curators, the
Canton Artists' Guild and the Writers' Asylum maintain members' contact
information and you may reach the curators at the phone numbers listed
below.

SCHEDULE:
March 2, 5 p.m. Written work due for formatting and printing
March 8, 2-7 p.m. Drop off visual art pieces at Gallery
March 13 - April 12 Show Dates
March 14, 6-9 p.m. Opening Reception for Word-Art
April 11, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Evening of Readings from Word-Art
April 12, 5-7 p.m. Pick up visual art pieces at Gallery

Canton Artists' Guild
Kent McCoy (693-8478)

Writers Asylum
Annie Barrett (693-9391)


Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series
NOW IN ITS 3RD SEASON!

at Manchester Community College
Learning Resource Center, Fireside Commons
Great Path, Manchester, CT 06040

Sponsored by MCC Foundation / Hosted by Stephen Campiglio
3rd Thursday of each month from 7-9 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public


THURSDAY, MARCH 19

Featured Musicians: KANGHO LEE, cello, and THEODORE ARM, violin – 7:00 p.m.
Cellist Kangho Lee has been a sought-after soloist and chamber musician worldwide since his orchestral debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at the age of twelve. He has performed in Korea, the United States, and Europe with leading orchestras, such as the Korean Symphony, the Euro-Asia Symphony, and the Sofia National Academy Orchestra, among others. An active chamber musician, Lee has collaborated with world-renowned musicians and is a member of the Kumho Chamber Music Society, the Tonus Piano Trio, and the New England Piano Trio. He received his master of music degree from the Yale School of Music and doctor of musical arts degree from the New England Conservatory. Lee is associate professor of music (cello) and coordinator of applied music at the University of Connecticut, as well as director of the UConn Cello Festival and UConn Chamber Music Festival.

Violinist Theodore Arm has appeared as soloist, recitalist, and guest artist with such well known organizations as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Group for Contemporary Music, and Bargemusic, Ltd. Arm has been a member of the highly acclaimed chamber group TASHI since 1976 and has performed with Lukas Foss, Chick Corea, and Gary Burton, among others. He is a favorite of summer chamber music festival audiences, and has performed with Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon, Music from Angel Fire in New Mexico, and the "Bravo" Festival in Vail, Colorado. Arm earned a doctorate in performance from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Christine Dethier and Joseph Fuchs, and is professor of music (violin) at the University of Connecticut.

Featured poets: ELIZABETH THOMAS and BRIAN JOHNSON – 8:00 p.m.
Elizabeth Thomas is a widely published poet, performer, advocate of the arts, and teacher. Her most recent book of poetry is From the Front of the Classroom (Antrim House Books, 2008). She has also published two previous poetry collections. She has read her work throughout the United States and has been a member of three Connecticut National Poetry Slam teams. As an advocate of youth in the arts, Elizabeth is a coach and organizer with Brave New Voices: International Youth Poetry Slam and Festival. She is also the founder of UpWords Poetry, a company dedicated to promoting programs for young writers and educators.
She hosts a website at http://www.upwordspoetry.com/.
Elizabeth also teaches poetry courses for MCC’s Credit-Free Programs.

Brian Johnson is the author of Torch Lake and Other Poems (Web del Sol, 2008) and a chapbook of prose poems, Self- Portrait (Quale Press, 2000). His poems have appeared in American Letters and Commentary, The Prose Poem: An International Journal, Quarter after Eight, Sentence, Drunken Boat, West Branch, and many other journals. He is the recipient of a CT Commission on the Arts Fellowship and two Pushcart Prize nominations. Brian received an M.F.A. in Rhetoric and Composition Studies from Brown University and is associate professor of English at Southern Connecticut State University.
For more information on the Series or directions to MCC, please visit the Mishi-maya-gat web page at: www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php or call (860) 512-2824.

The Monday Night Windsor Poets
are still meeting for serious poets interested in critique
at 6:30 PM on the second and fourth Mondays
at the Windsor Library, Windsor CT
Call Alice Ahrens Williams at 860-668-6142
or Janet Henderson at 860-688-5770.
Alice and Janet are both on the staff of the Common Ground
Review, an international poetry magazine.


First Tuesday Poetry Series
at Broad Street Books in Middletown

On the first Tuesday of every month, Broad Street Books hosts a featured poet followed by an open mic when all are welcome to come and read, recite, perform their work!

Broad Street Books45 Broad Street Middletown, CT 06457

For more info: Brian Mitchard (860)685-7323

WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
Every Wednesday 7:30
at: 102 Greenwood Ave,
Bethel CT
Open mike sign up begins at 7:30. The open mic begins at 8
open for people to read their work 3-5 minutes.
The first 8-10 poets will read before the feature
who will read for 30 minutes followed by a
Q & A. Open mic will continue till closing time.
WNPS represents a varied community of people with
a common interest and appreciation for poetry.
The open mic is open to poetry, stories and musician (5 minute time limit).

WNPS, going on 12 years has been the longest
CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING WEEKLY Poetry Open MIC
and featured poet reading series in Connecticut!
For more details and updates: http://www.wedpoetry.net/
Or http://www.wednesdaypoetry.com/
and http://www.wednesdaypoetry.org/


HARTFORD HAPPENINGS


Freestyle Hip-Hop Open Mic
Tuesdays
in Hartford
Filthy Kleen host Sully’s Hip-Hop Open Mic night
every Tuesday in Hartford
Sully’s Pub
2071 Park St.Hartford, CT
860-231-8881
http://www.sullyspub.com/



Boston Area Poetry Info:

Dire Literary Series
""Best Undiscovered Reading Series 2008, Boston Phoenix""
Host: Timothy Gager
Friday, February 6 at 8:00pm
Out of the Blue Art Gallery
106 Prospect St.
Cambridge, MA



The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts
Presents
Poetry Series: at the Brockton Library
304 Main Street. New website!! http://www.gbspa.org/

Celebrating Poetry One Saturday Every Month

Sat., February 21, 2009

Jason Tandon http://gbspa.homestead.com/JasonTandon.html
Jose Gouveia http://gbspa.homestead.com/JoseGouveia.html

This is a Free Event
with really comfortable chairs and divine refreshments

12:00 - 2:00 Poetry Writing Workshop
1:30 - 2:00 Sign up for Open-Mic Reading
2:15 - 3:15 Open-Mic Reading
3:30 - 4:30 Feature Poets

During Open-Mic Reading share your own poetry
or read from works of your favorite poets

Upcoming Features (For information on the following poets click on our website)
Sat.Mar 21 - Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
Dawn Gabriel
Sat. Apr 18 - "Poetry Host Showcase"
Tony Brown
Bill McMillan
Sheila Mullen Twyman
Mary Ellen Redmond
Sat.May 16 - Patricia Fargoli
Jean Tupper
Brockton Library Poetry Series
Sheila Mullen Twyman

WEDNESDAYS at the CANTAB
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Central Square's world-famous Cantab Lounge
presents weekly performances from local and national poets, as well as a
chance to present your own work in the open mic or poetry slam.
DJ Muse spins before the show and between poets.
Upcoming features include:

• Wednesday, March 11
Almost three years ago, James Lindsay made the final round of the Cantab’s first-ever Head-to-Head Haiku slam with a pocketful of sharp haiku and enough whiskey smarts to improv a dozen more on the spot. Since then, he’s garnered a reputation on our open mic for his knack with the deadpan metaphor and elegant pairing of the unusual and mundane. Open poetry slam in the 8x8 series.

• Wednesday, March 18
The first poet to win both the National Poetry Slam Individual title (2003) and the Individual World Poetry Slam title (2006), Mike McGee has logged over 300,000 tour miles delivering his poetic sensitivity and unparalleled comic timing all over North America. For his 33rd year on the planet, this ten-year San Jose Slam veteran has decided to settle down in Worcester, Mass. for some focused writing time. Come out and welcome this national slam voice to the NorthBEAST neighborhood. Open poetry slam in the 8x8 series.

• Wednesday, March 25
One of the inaugural members of Emerson College’s Gringo Choir, Carlos Williams earned a nomination for Best Male Poet at his first CUPSI appearance in 2008. A talented Cantab talented regular, you can expect self-effacing sincerity, rough-and-tumble metaphor, and explosive, rapid-fire delivery from this exciting performer. Open poetry slam in the 8x8 series.

• Wednesday, April 1
You’d be a fool to miss international poetry slam icon Shappy Seasholtz! Quite possibly the nerdiest poet in the universe, Uncle Shappy takes a night off hosting at New York City’s famous Bowery Poetry Club to show us some of slam’s best and weirdest comedy. Following Shappy’s feature, eight poets will slam off in the Last Chance Slam, the last open poetry slam to qualify for the April 8 semi-finals.

Doors for the show open at 7:30. The open mic begins at 8:00,
the feature performs at approximately 10:00, and an open poetry slam follows.
The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3 unless otherwise noted.
Simone Beaubien, SlamMaster The Boston Poetry Slam at
The Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, Mass. http://www.slamnews.com/
http://www.myspace.com/bostonpoetryslam


the Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge bringing contemporary
poetry to the community since 1991

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THURSDAYS
Lowell Poetry Slam and Open Mic Every FIRST Thursday at Brew'd
Awakening! Only poets can compete in the slam and win the prize...
but the mic is open to musical performers as well.
Whether you come to perform, compete or just enjoy some coffee
and great local talent, don't miss this event!
7:00pm - 9:30 pm
*Sign-up between 6:30-7:00*
The event is free and open to the public—so come on down for an evening
of good company and some terrific regional voices!
Brew'd Awakening Coffeehaus
61 Market Street
Lowell, MA 978-454-BREW
For more info, please email

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the Poetry Session at O'Shea's
THE CAPE GETS ITS VOICE BACK
7 to 8:30PM Every Third Thursday!
The Poetry Session at O'Shea's is a free monthly all-ages open mic
for poets and lovers of poetry held in the Back Room
at O'Shea's Olde Inne. 348 Main Street,
Rte. 28 West Dennis, MA 02670 Free
Contact Info: Gregory Hischak

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Returning to the Black Spot (formerly the Prodigal Son)
in Hyannis the last Thursday of the month! Cape Poets
Theatre Fourth Thursday Open Mic at The Black Spot.
Free
Mary Ellen Redmond and Jose Gouveia host at the old
Prodigal Son, under new name and ownership, now called
The Black Spot Cafe, 10 Ocean St., Hyannis.
We are the last Thursday of every month, 8PM,
(508) 771-4004

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SATURDAYS

The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts
Presents
Poetry Series: at the Brockton Library
304 Main Street. Map it! New website!! www.gbspa.org

Celebrating Poetry One Saturday Every Month

This is a Free Event
with really comfortable chairs and divine refreshments

12:00 - 2:00 Workshop with Danielle Legros Georges
1:30 - 2:00 Sign up for Open-Mic Reading
2:15 - 3:15 Open-Mic Reading
3:30 - 4:30 Feature Poets

During Open-Mic Reading share your own poetry
or read from works of your favorite poets

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OPEN BARK
meets @ the Out Of The Blue Art Gallery,
106 PROSPECT ST. (the home of Stone Soup)
CENTRAL SQUARE, CAMBRIDGE.
SIGN-UP AT 8:00pm
OPEN MIC STARTS @ 8:15pm,
FEATURE @ 9:00pm
Come and perform or listen!

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SUNDAYS
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday Night!
Cambridge Common
1667 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
$5 Cover Every Sunday
Poetry Slam: 8:00 pm,
Feature: 9:30 pm,
Open Mike: 10:30 pm
617-547-0759 http://poetryjam.org/


_____ MONDAYS
Stone Soup Poetry
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the
Out of The Blue Art Gallery (located on 106 Prospect Street in Cambridge)
with an open mike si gn-up at 7:30 p.m.
http://stonesouppoetry.blogspot.com/

_____ TUESDAYS
Newton Free Library Poetry Reading Series Winter 2008.
The series meets the second Tuesday of every month open mic after features.
Starts 7PM For complete information go to
http://newtonfreelibrarypoetryseries.blogspot.com/
Director: Doug Holder http://authorsden.com/douglasholder

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Cambridge Community Television
Tuesdays at 11:00 PM Saturdays at 10:30PM
Catch the latest from the Boston Poetry Slam I
NFO: [email protected]
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LETRA Poetry Nights
in LAWRENCE MASS
Every TUESDAY at
Julio's 99 Club
99 Essex Street Lawrence, MA
Doors open at 7pm open mic starts at 8pm
Admission $3.00
For more information or for directions please call
Michelle Richardson at 978-423-7045

Gypsypashn's Poetry Caravan
at Bestseller's Cafe
24 High Street
Medford, MA. 02155
Third Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM.
Free refreshments open mic.
The Poetry Man' hosts
The Main St. Cafe, North Easton MA.

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