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August is Biker Poetry Month

Here is your Poetry News for the week of August 13, 2007.
Spoken word events are shining like summer sun throughout the Pioneer Valley and beyond.
Please email [email protected] if you would like to be added to the mailing or are interested in featuring at Jester's. We need poets!
Peace through poetry - Lori

Word in Westfield:

Community Voices Poetry Open Mic
EVERY MONDAY NIGHT at Jester's Cafe and Deli
124 Elm Street (route 10/202) in Westfield, MA
NEW START TIME: Sign up is at 6:30 and open mic starts at 7:00PM
followed by a guest feature.
All are welcome. This venue is PG 13 due to the kids' taking lessons
at the music store next door

Monday August 13 - featuring Danelle Fiorentino (Westfield poet reading from her new chapbook)
Monday August 20 - featuring the one, the only Sympetalous

We're now booking features for November.
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 at Jester's.

Poetry Workshop for Kids
Lori Desrosiers will be giving a FREE poetry workshop for children
at the Westfield Athenaeum
Friday, August 17 at 11AM for kids 6-10 years old.
This will be a fun, hands-on workshop.
Sign up at the Boys and Girls Library or call 413-568-7833

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Chicopee/Holyoke/Springfield Poetry

GUMBOLIVE
Open Mic poetry and music
3rd Friday of every Month
Days Inn, 450 Memorial Drive, Chicopee, MA
Doors open at 8:30- Showtime 9:30
$9 tickets at http://www.gumbolive.com/$13 at the door
Want to be their feature act?
Email

El Poder de la Palabra
The Power of the Word - Open Mic
Encuentro de Poetas
Salsarengue Restaurant
Fecha (Date): 18 de agosto(August)
Hora (Time): 6 pm
Lugar (Place): Salsarengue Restaurant
392 High Street
Holyoke, MA
413-533-1894

Springfield Library Poetry Events:
2007 Poetry in the Park series!
This summer's open mic series will be on Wednesday evenings:
August 22.
6:00 - 7:30ish.
Under The Tent - behind the the Central Library, 220 State Street.
Your gracious hostess will be Crystal Senter Brown
http://www.crystalsenterbrown.com/

POETRY IN THE PARK
Wednesday, August 22, 6:00pm
Central Library, 220 State St., Springfield MA
All ages and languages are encouraged, and readings should be family-friendly.
Free parking across the street from the library or in the Elliot St. Museum lot.
Accessible parking can be found by driving around to the right of the library,
and immediately to the north of the Smith Museum.
Advance sign-ups are not necessary, but are accepted!
For more info, call or email Anna
at or 413.263.6828 x426.

all ages - all languages - all forms of creative writing are encouraged

Bring some food to share, for a picnic potluck.
Plates, forks, napkins, and drinks will be provided.

Fore more information, e-mail , or call Anna at 263-6828 x426.
Advance sign-ups are welcome but not necessary.
http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/poetry/poetrypage.html

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

New! Free Poetry Workshop!
Poetry of the Senses: Writing the Imperfect Poem
Wednesdays, September 5 – October 24, 7-9 p.m.
at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, 525 South Pleasant Street, Amherst

“... irregular perfection, the imperfect perfection of the plant and of the insect ...” This aphorism by Octavio Paz will inspire our eight weeks of writing, observing, and exploring together. Play with language, strengthen your writing, and create new work through a combination of in-the-moment exercises, selected reading, and compassionate critique. Encounters with various species of poems and ideas will inspire your creativity as we explore diversity in writing and in nature. This workshop is open and suitable for experienced poets, new writers, and anyone with a sense of adventure.

There is no charge but pre-registration is required. Please call 413-695-8251 (evenings) or e-mail with questions and to register.

Kathryn (Kat) Good-Schiff is a poet, prose writer, and student in the M.F.A. in Writing program of Goddard College. She has taught poetry workshops to children and teenagers, and is excited to branch out into teaching adults. Her writing has appeared in various journals and magazines, including Kalliope and Ithaca College Quarterly.

Women's Science Fiction/Fantasy Writing Group
Have you been writing science fiction or fantasy, and want a supportive
environment to get feedback on your writing? Do you want encouragement
and support to write? Have you thought about writing scifi or fantasy,
but haven't yet tried it?
We want to form a peer group of women in the Pioneer Valley who are
interested in delving into science fiction and/or fantasy writing. We
would meet regularly to write and share our writing and ideas.
Please email or call Michelle Murrain: or
413-367-0064

Wrapped In The Woven Word,
Creative Writing Workshops for Young Girls (5th-8th grade)
There are stories and poems that belong to each of us alone.
This workshop is designed to create safe space to develop each
girl’s unique voice. The workshop focuses on creativity, not
grammar or spelling. It is well-suited to those who write often,
and those who are just beginning to explore creative writing.
The Amherst Writers & Artists method takes writers to both
unexpected and familiar places, while supporting them in
affirming space among their peers.
Workshop leader Lynn Bowmaster is a published poet who
leads workshops in her home, schools, and colleges.
2007 Sessions To Begin September 18 in Hadley, on Tuesdays, 4:00-6PM:
Call Lynn at 584-3373 or email:
to register or inquire.

The Blue Guitar Gallery
is open Sat/Sun 12 - 4, Mon. 9-1, and by appointment.
We invite you to come see the art work,
and if inspired, share something at the Catalyst Cabaret.
We will have Openings in conjunction with Art Walk Easthampton
(www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org)
every second Saturday of the month, 5 - 9 pm,
with a short performance at 7 pm.
Allowing two weeks for people to prepare something,
The Catalyst Cabaret
will take place every 4th Saturday, at 7 pm.
A donation of $5 - 10 is requested to keep our programs running.
For further information, please contact Christina Svane:
Christina Svane
[email protected]
The Blue Guitar Gallery
186 D Northampton St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
413-247-9454/413-348-5288
http://www.theblueguitar.org/


EVOLUTION OPEN MIC
The first Thursday of the month
September 6
Open poetry night at 7pm
at
Cafe Evolution
22 Chestnut Street
Florence Mass
phone 413.586.0200


FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY
The next meeting of Florence Poets Society is September 13, 2007
Florence Poets Society Picnic - August 19th
Go to website or call for more info
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"
on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Weds from 9-10 am on 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.
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.
Admission is free, and supper and drinks are available for purchase.
The next dates -
Sunday August 19, 6-9PM
Sunday September 2, 6-9PM

POETRY A LA CARTE
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM
Fridays 4:30-5:00pm
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.

Shelbourne Falls Poetry

Open Mic at the Arms Library
The Third Friday Reading Series
at the Arms Library
welcomes you
Bridge and Main Streets,
Shelburne Falls, MA
7—9pm, 3rd Friday of each month
Open reading of poetry and prose.
Come early and sign up for a 5 minute reading.
When a writing group is featured,
the 2nd half of the evening will be an open reading.
Please plan to stay for the entire event.
Refreshments will be served.
(now in its twelfth year!)

For more information, please call Arms Library 625-0306
or Lisa Merrill 625-9765

News from Mo and Ginger Cat Press
102 Mechanic Street, Shelburne Falls (413 625 6728)
Ginger Cat Press has a new website: http://gingercatpress.com/


Pittsfield/Lenox/Stockbridge/Great Barrington Poetry

Special Poetry Events at The Mount in Lenox

Students and Educators enjoy $5 off all tickets to the following events, each featuring a booksigning and wine and cheese reception provided by Nejaime’s wine sellers and Rubiner’s Cheese mongers.

· Thursday, August 16 at 4 PM – Music: Poetry’s Muse
Music and poetry come together at The Mount with readings from Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Robert Frost, Ogden Nash, Billy Collins and others.

The Mount hosts a very special poetry reading on Thursday, August 16th, at 4 pm. Featurimg pieces by poetry’s most renowned voices, all of which were directly inspired by an unforgettable musical encounter. The readings will include moving tributes by Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and others, to performers, composers, the magic of live performance, and the intimate moments that music can create. Poetry scholars J.D. McClatchy and Christopher Benfey, and London Royal Academy actor Gillian Seidl, will read poems from the soon-to-be published ( Persea Press) The Music Lover’s Poetry Anthology, co-edited by Helen Houghton and Maureen Draper, with a foreword by J. D. McClatchy. The performance will be followed by a wine and cheese reception on the terrace of The Mount.

Special Price: $11 in advance/$13 at the door


· Friday, August 24 at 4 PM – Amy Clampitt Poetry Series
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Levine to read at The Mount

The fourth annual Amy Clampitt Poetry Series will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Levine reading from his work.

upstreet Writers Read at Barnes & Noble in Pittsfield
Three writers whose work appears in upstreet, the national
literary magazine published by Ledgetop Publishing, will be the featured
readers in the second event of the reading tour celebrating the publication
of the magazine's third issue.
The reading will take place at
Barnes & Noble,
555 Hubbard Avenue,
Pittsfield, MA
on Thursday, August 23, at 7:00 p.m.
The readers will be poets Aaron M. Beatty of Becket,
Michelle Gillett of Stockbridge,
and creative nonfiction writer Kiki Smith of Shelburne.
The host for the event will be upstreet editor
Vivian Dorsel of Richmond, founder of Ledgetop Publishing.
upstreet, which is published annually, includes new fiction,
poetry, and creative nonfiction. The third issue features an interview
with best-selling Connecticut author Wally Lamb, author of the novels
"She's Come Undone" and"I Know This Much is True,"
and editor of "Couldn't Keep it to Myself" and the upcoming "I'll Fly Away,"
collections of work from Lamb's creative writing workshops
for inmates of the York Correctional Institution,
Connecticut's maximum-security women's prison.
Refreshments will be available, and admission is free and open to the public.

Stockbridge Booksellers
Garfield Reed hosts our bi-monthly open mike poetry night
every other month on the third Thursday of the month.
...The Power of Words. P.O.W. is open to all poets,
writers and performance artists of all types.
We also welcome those less dramatic types who prefer
to watch from the audience. recently we have seen some
amazing young poets come out and wow their audience. Don't miss out!!

Award Winning Poet Moira Linehan
will read from her new book of poetry If No Moon at Stockbridge Booksellers.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
If No Moon by award-winning author Moira Linehan documents the effects of profound loss and the dark withdrawal into grief. Wherever the author turns—the landscape of her backyard in Massachusetts, a Trappist monastery in Kentucky, the museums of Florence, or the cliffs of Inishmor in Ireland—she sees only the geography of emptiness. Crossovers between craft and art, form and voice, knitting and memory, recur throughout the poems. Lying within the tradition of narrative poetry, elegy, and the lyric, the collection reveals the mysterious journey of return. Coming full circle to find again the lyrical and the transcendent within the everyday, beauty eventually wins out. If No Moon, accessible to all who have or will experience loss, is the voice of one who has come to understand that there is no other work but starting over.

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:

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, novelists,
historians, political satirists, video game designer and others.
All are welcome.
Call LuWanda Cheney (413) 277-9676 for a schedule.


Word in Worcester:

Sacred Fools Press Submission Call-Out:
Americana Poetry
Send us your poems about American icons and experience.
Drive down that road in that classic car.
Retell the tales of Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan.
Deconstruct American Gothic . Get nostalgic. Get
bitter. Show us humor. Political poems given
consideration, but should have a general audience appeal.
Submit poems as text in email and 20 word or less bio
to:
Deadline: January 15th, 2008.

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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
[email protected].

POET'S ASYLUM
Join us at the Java Hut
(1073A Main Street, Worcester).
Open mic sign-up every Sunday night at 6:30 p.m.
with the reading starting somewhere around 7:00p.m.

The feature follows the open mic.
Please throw some money in the bucket when it comes your way;
everything collected goes to the feature.

Sunday August 12
Come out and hear a variety of poetic voices this week at the Ballard Street Poetry Journal Release Party! The editors and some of the contributors to the Summer 2007 issue will be on hand as they bring out the third volume of this exciting local poetry journal. Following the open mic there will be a select reading from the journal and a spotlight feature by Asylum webmaster, Bob Gill.

The Poets' Asylum -- in its fifteenth year of
bringing the best in Performance and Slam poetry
to Central Massachusetts and beyond.
http://poetsasylum.org/mailman/listinfo/


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

Spoken Palabra Spoken Word Open Mic
Every Monday evening starting at 8:00pm
Hosted by MIRA & Mind Evolution
at La Paloma Sabanera Coffee House
405 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel 860.548.1670(on the corner of Babcock St & Capitol)
for more information:
http://www.lapalomasabanera.com/Events.html


Windsor Workshop:
A workshop for serious poets interested in critique
at the Windsor Library, Windsor, CT
each second and fourth Monday at 6:30 PM.
For information call Alice Ahrens Williams 860-668-6142
or Janet Henderson 860-688-5770


HARTFORD HAPPENINGS

SOUL SESSIONS at The Art Space Gallery

The creator of the Monday Night Love Jones brings you--
"Soul Sessions" every Monday night at 8:00 PM

Join us for live Jazz Jams & share your Poetry and Song
backed by a live band or just come and chill in the vibe
of Hartford’s Hottest Open Mic Event.
Hosted By Charmagne

$5.00 donation. B.Y.O.B.
For more info, call 860-874-8797
or email mailto:[email protected]

The Art Space Gallery
555 Asylum Street
Downtown Hartford


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/


ARTS SERIES AT MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

“The Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series”
On the 2nd Thursday of Each Month from 6:00 - 8:30pm in MCC’s Fireside Commons.
Featuring Live Music, a Spoken Word Open Mic, and a Featured Poet/Writer for
each event.
Sign up for the Spoken Word Open Mic upon arrival.

Manchester Community College
Great Path
Manchester, CT
For more information, and for directions, please visit the Mishi-maya-gat web
page at:
www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php


Boston Area Poetry Info:

POETRIBE
DANIEL TOBIN
Saturday, September 15, 2007
7:30 Open Mike Sign Up
8:00 Open Mike
9:00 Feature Poet
The Community Room
East Bridgewater Public Library
32 Union Street East
Bridgewater, MA http://www.poetribe.org/

Daniel Tobin is the author of four books of poems, Where the World is Made, co-winner of the 1998 Katherine Bakeless Nason Prize (University Press of New England, 1999), Double Life (Louisiana State University Press, 2004), The Narrows (Four Way Books, 2005—finalist for the Foreword Book Award in Poetry), and Second Things (Four Way Books, 2009), as well as a book of criticism, Passage to the Center: Imagination and the Sacred in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney, and numerous essays on poetry. He has also edited The Book of Irish American Poetry from the 18th Century to the Present (Notre Dame University Press 2007). Among his awards are the "The Discovery / The Nation Award," The Robert Penn Warren Award, the Greensboro Review Prize, a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Robert Frost Fellowship from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference.

FUTURE FEATURES
September 15 Daniel Tobin
September 29 Jeffrey Harrison
October 13 Martha Rhodes

Hosted by David R. Surette and Victoria Bosch Murray
For info and bookings, contact

Directions to Poetribe
(from the East Bridgewater Public Library website) http://www.sailsinc.org/ebpl/ :
Take Route 24 to Exit 16A, Route 106 East towards West Bridgewater.
Follow Route 106 for about 4 miles to Route 18. Take a left onto
Route 18 North. At the 6-way intersection in East Bridgewater
center stay straight on Route 18. The red brick library building is
one block north on the left, at the corner of Union Street and Route 18.

CAMBRIDGE READINGS

Central Square’s world-famous Cantab Lounge
presents performances from local and national poets, as well as a
chance to present your own work in the open mic or poetry slam.

The Boston Poetry Slam
Downstairs at the Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Ave,
Central Square, Cambridge, Mass
(617) 354-2685_
(mailto:) _
www.slamnews.com_ (http://www.slamnews.com/)

Wednesday, 8 pm open mike; 9:30 pm feature; 10:30 pm slam
Hosted by:
Slammaster Simone Beaubien,
Co-hosts: Dawn Gabriel, Ryk McIntyre,
J*me, Adam Stone.
$3 at the door
Please Note:*****18+ everyone must have a photo ID*****

• Wednesday, August 15
Possibly the friendliest poet in Boston, Marlon Carey has slammed for both the Cantab and the Lizard Lounge at the National Poetry Slam; this month, he embarks on a mammoth east coast tour! A clever freestyler and hip-hop artist with a sweet singing voice, Marlon consistently produces performance work that is sincere, fresh, and will engage any audience. After Marlon’s feature, semi-finalist slammers face off: Shira Erlichman, Erich Hagan, Adam Stone, and Jamei Bauer.

• Wednesday, August 22
What’s Blair been doing since he won the 2003 National Poetry Slam Individual Championship by singing opera on the finals stage? Between winning Detroit’s Best Folk Artist award, featuring on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and producing his own one-man show, this multi-talented artist has also been touring the U.S. and South Africa with his poetry and music. A remarkable performance poet and folk musician, this is Blair’s second feature at the Cantab in as many years; come and welcome him back in what will surely be a standing-room only show.

Doors for the show open at 7:30. The open mic begins at 8:00, the feature performs at approximately 9:30, and an open poetry slam follows. The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3.

The Boston Poetry Slam at The Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass.

http://www.slamnews.com/ [email protected]



Legendary Boston Poet Jack Powers Celebrates 70th.
On Sept 15, 2007 at 5P.M
at the International Community Church in Allston (30 Gordon St.)
celebrated poet Jack Powers will celebrate his 70th birthday
with a potluck dinner and reading.
Jack Powers is the founder of Boston’s legendary “Stone Soup Poets.” Founded in 1971 at the Charles Meeting House on Beacon Hill in Boston, Powers has lead this venue of readings, activism and publishing for well over thirty years. Powers was also influential in establishing the Beacon Hill Free School in the 1970’s, which encouraged people to teach and participate in educational courses for no charge.
Stone Soup Poets is almost as well known for its publishing history. Powers has published over 80 titles , including Powers’ personal favorite “Jack of Hearts,” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Powers has also published such poets under the Stone Soup imprint as the award-winning Franny Lindsay, and the late Black Mountain School poet John Wieners.
Powers has jumpstarted the careers of many well-known poets including the small press doyenne Lyn Lifshin. Folks like Beat bad boy Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg and Robert Bly have passed through Stone Soup’s poetic portal.
Stone Soup Poets has been housed for the last several years at the Out of the Blue Art Gallery in Cambridge, Mass. It meets every Monday at 8PM, and carries on the proud tradition with the help of poet Chad Parenteau.
The well-known Boston street artist and activist Sidewalk Sam, as well as Doug Holder of the Ibbetson Street Press, Rev. Lorraine Cleaves Anderson of the International Community Church, and Margaret Nairn president of Collaborative Artworks Inc, are organizing the celebration.
The reading and potluck dinner will have music provided by Boston -area poet and singer/songwriter Jennifer Matthews, as well as Powers’ sons.
All friends and acquaintances, and anyone who has been touched by Jack in his long literary outreach are invited to come. Bring a poem, a dish for the potluck, and a friend!
* For more information contact: Doug Holder 617-628-2313



A Poetry Reading...
Ed Carvalho and Ibbetson Street Press Poet
Lo Galluccio to read at the Out of the Blue Gallery
Aug 18 8PM
106 Prospect St
Cambridge, Mass.

THE NEW ENGLAND POETRY CLUB
founded in 1915 by Amy Lowell, Robert Frost, and Conrad Aiken
*For more information, please call: 617-491-1955*
Unless otherwise stated, all events are free and open to the public
* The Summer 2007 Poetry Series
Presented By The New England Poetry Club and
Longfellow National Historic Site SUMMER NOTE
In JULY and AUGUST 2007 We return to The Longfellow House
East Lawn for our 4:00 o’clock p.m. readings :
August 5th and August 19th
September - annual Children’s Poetry Day (TBA).

Brockton Library Poetry Series,
Arnie Danielson, Painter/Philosopher
Saturday, August 18
304 Main St.
(508) 580-7890 x 207
www.thinkworks.com/bps

Free Event with really comfortable chairs and cool refreshments

12:00 - 5:00 Art Exhibit
12:00 – 2:00 Writing Workshop. Danielle Legros Georges,
2:15 - 3:30 Open reading
3:45 - 4:45 Feature Arnie Danielson

Upcoming Features:
August 18th an Afternoon with painter, philosopher Arnie Danielson
September 15th Maxine Kumin, Carole Oles
October 20th Dr Jeffrey Thomson
November 17th Joanna Nealon, Maria Conley
December 15th Steven Cramer, James G.H. Moore


For park information, call 978-369-3254.

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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the Poetry Session at O’Shea’s
THE CAPE GETS ITS VOICE BACK
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 (Route 28) in the village of West Dennis.

Christine Rathbun Reads at O'Shea's this Thursday.
August 16th, 2007
Please join your hosts Gregory Hischak and Robin Clarke for the Poetry Session at O’Shea’s. The usual open mic & visiting poets showcase happens this week and if you're not there then Robin and Greg will just have to read the phonebook to each other. The rich tradition of poetry on Cape Cod and the excitement of live spoken word come together like chocolate and peanut butter this month with Poet and Performer Christine Rathbun. Christine’s one-woman show Giant Women, recently premiered at Harwich Winter Theatrek.

Christine Rathbun is a writer and performer living on Cape Cod since 1989. Her acclaimed play, Reconstruction, or How I Learned to Pay Attention, an extraordinary chronicle of one woman's breast cancer odyssey, had its Boston premier in 2005 and has since been performed more than 30 times across New England. Her latest play, Giant Women, recently premiered at Harwich Winter Theatre. Both works have been named as Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant Finalists (in 2004 & 2006). As a performer, she is a monologuist in the tradition of Spalding Gray. As a writer, she is a poet whose work begins as narrative poems which are then shaped as performance pieces, becoming chapters in the larger story. She writes and rehearses in her car on her daily commute to and from Fall River (which is easier than it sounds, though sometimes in performance she is tempted to honk the horn). Christine lives in Sandwich with her splendid daughter, Marney, and her helpmeet and sculptor, Michael.
Info: call Gregory Hischak at 508-398-5434

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.
August is Biker Poetry Month,
and celebrated at Besteller's on the 13th.
After this reading there'll be a 2nd annual BBQ at Gypsy's.
Come one come all, come and enjoy a night of poetic delight
in a cozy bookshop setting!

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam
Every Sunday 21+ $5 at door
1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
617-547-0759 Website - http://poetryjam.com/
Blog - http://poetryjam.com/blog/poetryjam.html

Providence Poets

GOT POETRY LIVE
Every Tuesday starting at 7:30 PM
@ Reflections Cafe
8 Governor St, corner of Wickenden St
Providence, RI 02903-4429
(401) 273-7278

http://www.gotpoetry.com/ContactUs.html

Vermont Poetry

The Power of Words:
Liberation through the Spoken, Written and Sung Word
Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2007, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT.
Seek greater freedom and transformation for yourself and your community through the power of words at this unique gathering of people who write, tell stories, perform, and do other language arts. Make community with others in the emerging field of Transformative Language Arts.
Keynoters: David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous;
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, poet, writer, storyteller;
Nehassaiu deGannes presenting her one-woman multicultural show, Door of No Return, plus over 25 workshops and performances.
Organized by Transformative Language Arts at Goddard College , a 48-hour MA degree in social and personal transformation through the written and spoken word.
Conference costs start at $190 for registration plus additional fees for pre- and post-conference workshops.
Lodging and all meals on campus begin at $201/double or $261/single.
Some partial scholarships available including scholarships through the Roxanne Florence Fund for people of color. Work-study positions available. Professional and poetry therapy hours available. Complete schedule and registration at www.goddard.edu/academic/TLAconference.html,
call Denise at 802/454-8311, x204,
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