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Here is your Poetry News for the week of April 23, 2007.
Spoken word events are blooming like spring flowers in 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
Sign up is at 7 and open mic starts at 7:30PM
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

Here are our next features:
Monday, April 23 - Adam Rubenstein (former local poet in a long overdue repeat performance)
Adam Rubinstein hails from suburban Boston. At 18, he took over hosting at a tiny and awesome coffee shop reading south of Boston. At Hampshire College, he ran the Slam Collective for one year and studied the interactions between poetry, typography, and performance. He may have coached the 2004 Hampshire/Smith College Unions slam team. He's been writing for twelve years and designed for five, and worked with poet Martín Espada in several classrooms. His undergraduate thesis, Back Away Closer, was a 78-page hand-bound poem-book exploring the loss of home and the search for identity. For a brief time he served as Art Director for a local Albuquerque culture/life magazine.

Monday, April 30 - Ashlee Hazeltine and Bob Hoey (Westfield State College student poets.
Ashlee is the WSC slam champion!)

We're now booking features for July and August!
Please email [email protected] 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 for Teens at the Westfield Athenaeum
Saturday April 28th 2-3PM
Lori Desrosiers, Westfield Poet and editor of Poetry News
assisted by Christel Warren, award-winning teen poet,
will be giving a workshop for teens 13-17
at the Westfield Athenaeum Boys and Girls Library
Free
Sign up at the Boys and Girls Library desk.


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Chicopee/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 [email protected]

Open Mic at the Springfield Library
Spoken Word Sunday, May 20th, 2:00 pm ,
in the Central Library Community Room,
220 State St.
Open to all ages and styles of creative writing -
please keep it "family friendly"!
Bring a friend, and spread the word!
http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/poetry/poetrypage.html

* WRITING GROUP - open to new members *
The Central Library Writing Group will be gathering at 12:30,
as they do each month before the Open Mic.
Newcomers are welcome.

Crystal Senter Brown www.crystalsenterbrown.com is your
gracious and talented MC, and she'll have copies of
her newly released book available.

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

WRITE ON!
Spoken Word OPEN MIC for writers and poets
on Thursday evening, April 19.
Hosted by the Equinox, a small press journal featuring
stories, poems, essays and art by local creatives and
supported in part by a grant from the Williamsburg
Cultural Council on behalf of fostering the book/word arts,
promoting connections in the writing community.
Meekins Library, 2 Main Road, Williamsburg at 7:00 pm.
Sign up begins at 6:30. Light refreshments.
Free and open to all. Info: 413 625 6728

Catalyst Cabaret at The Blue Guitar Gallery Easthampton
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
Open poetry night at 7pm
the first Thursday of the month
May 3rd at
Cafe Evolution
22 Chestnut Street
Florence Mass
phone 413.586.0200


FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY
The next meeting of Florence Poets Society is May 10, 2007
From 7-9PM at the Lilly Library
19 Meadow Street
Florence, MA

Annual Contest - submissions being accepted now,
through July 1 visit their website for more information
http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/

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

Florence Poets Society Readings:

Florence Poets team up with other area poets for a good cause!
New Beginnings fund raiser
April 27, 2007
7-9 pm
Brick House
24 3rd street
Turners Falls, 01040
7 of the best poets in Western Mass come together to stand for
the next generation. This is definitely going to be an intergenerational,
multicultural, multi-poetic styled masterpiece. Poets scheduled to appear
include Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor, Tommy Twilite,
Crystal Senter Brown, Stephen Lindow, Lori Desrosiers,
Carl Russo and Karen Johnston.

For more information contact;
Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor or Tom Sanders
413 868-9559
Hot Spot Entertainment

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April 28, 2007 at the Lilly Library, Florence - 1-3 pm
Kidz Poetry Workshop with Tommy Twilite
This intensive workshop will seek to instill in your child
the discipline necessary to create the perfect poem-
Brrrrrrrzzzzttt, WRONG!!!
The only ingredients needed for this workshop are
FUN and IMAGINATION!!! Tommy, and children's librarian
Kim Perez, will encourage the kids to express themselves using
magnetic words and cookie sheets (and maybe actual cookies, too).
After that, we hope to capture these unique creations for posterity
in a special book designed to be circulated in the library collection.
Pre-register by calling the library at 587-1500.
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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!
Next show - April 18th

May 18- Arms Library- Shelburne Falls
Florence Poets Society will feature at the
Arms Library monthly open mic.
7PM

June 24 -Bryant Homestead- Cummington
Florence Poets Society group reading-2 pm
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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 April 22, 6-9PM
Sunday May 6, 6-9PM

SABINA MURRAY
Thursday, April 19, 8:00pm
Memorial Hall, UMass Amherst, Amherst MA
Murray's books include Forgery: A Carnivore's Inquiry, Slow Burn, and The Caprices, which was awarded the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award. This reading is sponsored by the MFA Program for Poets and Writers at UMass Amherst. For more info, visit www.umass.edu .

Dorothy Allison at Smith
Thursday, April 19, 7:30 pm,
If you've missed hearing the women from Voices from Inside read their work
(or want to hear them again!), here's another opportunity:
VFI will be the opening act at the upcoming reading by the renowned
fiction writer Dorothy Allison,
Greene Hall, Smith College.
(Come early, as there will be a big crowd!)
Voices from Inside works to bring the words of women who have experienced
incarceration into the larger community.

Writing Workshop
This is a FREE group that is sponsored by a grant.
There will be a publication at the group's commencement in the spring of 2007.
Florence Community Center
Wednesdays from 7pm - 8:30.
(please call Ellen. at 413.695.9830.
or contact at [email protected]

LIVE LIT
An ongoing series - students from the UMass MFA Program
read fromrecent work; readings usually include a mix of poetry and fiction.
Reading currently scheduled for April 20.
These events, all beginning at 8:00pm on Friday evenings,
will take place at:
Amherst Books
8 Main St.
Amherst, MA
You can check their website (http://www.amherstbooks.com/) for details now and
throughout the coming months.--Don't forget to mark your calendars!


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.

MICHAEL EARL CRAIG and CATHY PARK HONG
Sunday, April 22, 3:00pm
Jones Library, 43 Amity St., Amherst MA

Craig is author of Yes, Master and Can You Relax in My House. Hong is the author of Translating Mo'um, which won a Pushcart Prize. This event is part of the Jubilat poetry reading series. For more info, visit www.amherstbooks.com .

JAY LADIN
Sunday, April 22, 7:00pm
Amherst Books, 8 Main St., Amherst MA

Ladin will read from his new collection of poetry, The Book of Anna, a series of long narrative poems interspersed with prose diary entries written in the voice of a fictional poet. For more info, visit www.amherstbooks.com .


NOT TO MISS!!!
GALWAY KINNELL and JOSEPHINE DICKINSON
Tuesday, April 24, 7:30pm
Weinstein Auditorium (Wright Hall), Smith College, Northampton MA

For more info, visit www.smith.edu/poetrycenter or call (413)585-4891; or look for a reminder email from us later this week!


Wendell MA Reading
April 30th
DEJA BREW 57 LOCKE'S VILLAGE RD. WENDELL, MA
Open Mic signup: 7:15 Open Mic: 7:15-8
Followed by features
Matthew Klane, Adam Golaski, Candace Curran
ALL SMALL CAPS
A NIGHT OF SPOKEN WORD
Last Monday of each month Déjà Brew Pub, Wendell MA
Doors open 7:00 p.m.
Open mike 7:15 - 8:00
Featured readers 8:15 - 9:30
All comers are invited to read from their own
work or the works of others, poetry or prose
Admission sliding scale $1 -$5
Deja Brew, between the country Store and Post Office in downtown Wendell
*If you would like to be one of the two presenters call 978-544-8784
www.allsmallcaps.blogspot.com


Slate Roof Poets Reading
The Berkshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club
is sponsoring a reading by two Slate Roof poets:

Susan Middleton and Susie Patlove
will read their own work and the work of other writers
Influenced by Nature
Sunday April 29
7:00-9:00 pm
at the Woodstar Cafe,
60 Masonic Street
Northampton, MA

Free and open to the public.
The cafe is wheel-chair accessible.
Afterward the reading, refreshments** will be served, you can learn more about the Appalachian Mountain Club, and Susan's and Susie's newly published poetry books (as well as other Slate Roof books) will be available for sale and signing.

(**The Woodstar closes to the general public at 6 pm on Sundays with the kitchen closing around 5 pm, so if you want dinner beforehand, plan to eat elsewhere.)

For more information about this event,
contact Deborah Levine,
413.584.6065.

For more information about Slate Roof, see www.SlateRoofPress.com
For information about the Appalachian Mountain Club, go to www.amcberkshire.org (Berkshire Chapter) or www.outdoors.org (AMC organization as a whole).


Wide Awake Writing: Experiments of Attention
a Workshop with Anne Waldman
May 11th-13th, 2007
Rowe Camp and Conference Center
22 Kings Hwy, Rowe , MA 01367
413-339-4954 www.rowecenter.org
Register Online
https://rowecenter.qwknetllc.com/cgi-bin/RoweCCC/Register-conference.pl?conference
Join internationally recognized poet and teacher Anne Waldman for an
exciting foray into "experiments of attention," which will include work with
journals, dreams, performance strategies, and traditional and invented
forms. For beginners as well as accomplished writers, Anne brings a vast
array of gnosis and experience to working with the writer's mind.
We will participate in writing exercises that focus on ritual
objects and memory, the erasure of the dominant first person "I", narratives
of intervention, practices that involve the minute particulars of sense
perception and investigation, surrealist cut-ups, collaboration, and oral
modes of presentation-the litany, chorale, Sprechstimme (spoke-sung
performance). On Saturday night, we hope to have a public performance with
Anne, a noted performer of her own work.
Anne Waldman, co-founder, with Beat legend Allen Ginsberg, of the
Jack Kerouac School at the Buddhist-inspired Naropa University, is
Distinguished Professor and Chair of Naropa's celebrated Summer Writing
Program and core faculty member of New England College's MFA program. She
was the director of the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery. A
poet, performer, professor, curator, and cultural activist, she is author
and editor of over 40 books and interviews, including Fast Speaking Woman,
Vow to Poetry, Marriage: A Sentence, In the Room of Never Grieve, and her
most recent book of essays and poems, Outrider. She inherited the mantle of
the Beats (Allen Ginsberg called her his "spiritual wife") and the New York
School (Frank O'Hara told her to "work for inspiration, not money"). She has
collaborated with students, dancers, videographers, visual artists,
musicians, composers. She has received numerous awards, prizes, and
residencies and has taught at universities, colleges, and centers here and
abroad.


Shelbourne Falls Poetry

Mocha Maya Open Mic
Open Mic at Mocha Maya's Coffee House
47 Bridge Street Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
May 3, 7:30 PM.
We have our Open Mics the first Thursday of every month.
Bring Poetry or prose, your own or another's that you
fell in love with and wish to share with others.
All are welcome.


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
Next Open Mic: April 20th
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

Sunday Salon
Come on
April 29th, Mocha Maya's
47 Bridge Street Shelburne Falls, MA 01370

This is a special salon to give back to the
Town of Shelbourne for their grant to the Equinox.
625-6728 for info/directions
more information will be forthcoming in the next issue of Poetry News.


Open Mics brought to you by THE EQUINOX
the literary journal devoted to publishing the stories,
poems, essays, and art by the wordsmiths and artists
of Western MA (and sometimes beyond)

TO: VERBIVORES (PEOPLE WHO LOVE WORDS SO
MUCH THEY JUST EAT'EM UP, metaphorically speaking, of course)

EQUINOX APRIL OPEN MIC SCHEDULE:
plan to join your fellow
wordsmiths at one or more of the following April gatherings
for sharing our work, discussing the writing life, enjoying
good stories, poems, and word play

April 19: Thursday evening at 7pm
in Meekins Library, 2 Main Street, Williamsburg

April 26: Thursday evening at 6:30pm in
Slate Library, 332 Main Street, Gill

April 29: Sunday afternoon at 2:30
in Mocha Maya's Coffeehouse,
47 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls
(note: this open mic is in lieu of the
month-end Equinox Salon)

The open mics are free and open to the public;
in most cases they are accessible, call first.
Sign up begins 20 minutes before the posted start time.
Light refreshements are offered, either free or for
purchase, depending on the venue
More info from Maureen at 625-6728.

The FallEQUiNOX
Greetings to you all: got a story to tell? in rhyme, meter or prose -- maybe chapter and verse too? lyrics perhaps with some notation, or in images painted or photoed. I would like to add reviews to this issue; I hope to have space for three to five brief ones. Please share this information with fellow creatives Mo (Note that "non-fiction" can include travel tales, takes on the creative life, social/political commentary, humor and satire too.)

published by Ginger Cat Press:
interesting tales for curious readers
102 Mechanic Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
[email protected]
Submission Guidelines
Submission limits
Poems, lyrics: Three to five poems or lyrics with music notation (approx 50 lines/spaces max),
and/or Fiction: 2-3 short (250-500 words double-spaced) fictions, and/or
Non-fiction: 2-3 concise (500-1000 words double-spaced) non-fictions. and/or
Art/photos: line art, block prints preferably black/white suitable for 5x7 or less sizing.
NEW: Reviews of journals, books, film: incisive but fair, 250-300 words.

Starting in 2007 the journal will be published annually, in the Fall of the year. There is no guarantee that publication will be timely since natural and man-made disasters, illness, or the occasional disorganized spell may intervene.

Submission deadline: June 1st
NOTE: Electronic submissions preferred, as it saves me time. Either paste into e-mail or attach a .doc file; please, NO zip or mime files Be sure to check grammar, punctuation, line breaks, paragraphing, apt use of transitions, effective word choice etc etc. Include your full name on every page of hardcopy submissions, in case materials flutter wildly around the room, the way parakeets do, and must be recaptured and restored to their original order and completeness. Always keep a copy for your records in case they are lost in transmission and because your submitted copy will not be returned. Most, but not all edits, will be subject to author’s approval.
THEMES/GENRES: The Equinox is eclectic thematically. Its goal is to offer a forum for the many voices of our region, even at the risk of “cacophony.” Political commentary, controversial topics handled with care, history, humor, etc are all welcomed as is art work, music notations and lyrics and more. Acceptance depends totally on the subjective, arbitrary decision of the editor, who is a sucker for a thoughtful message crafted into life with well-chosen words and imagry. Simple charm or complex angst — & all points between — equally considered.
Short stories and non-fiction are especially encouraged to maintain a prosaic balance to the poetics; else wise, the excess of paddling poets will have our literary vessel turning in circles. And the wordsmiths would benefit from the tuneful and artful contributions of those who craft meaning from sounds and sights.
Previously published work OK; author responsible for obtaining written permissions. Never before published writers are welcome. Contributors’ rewards are fame and one free copy; additional copies at cost or by donation. This represents a change in policy: contributors were awarded two free copies of the biannual issue to which they contributed. The costs of publication, whether biannual or annual, are such that I must be more frugal i.e., less generous; however, in the interests of distribution, I will accept payment on a sliding scale for all copies in excess of the contributor copy -- no reader will be denied!

NOTICE: the Fall Equinox: an excursion of stories, poems, essays, and art an annual, was formerly known as the Equinox:an excursion of stories, poems, and essays a bi-annual production


Pittsfield/Stockbridge Poetry

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


Stockbridge Booksellers

The regular open mike THE POWER OF WORDS
will take place every other month on the third Thursday of the month
I hope you can all come!! For more info call or email us or call
Garfield at 413 528 4127 after 5pm

Upcoming Events:

Will Alexander
“The $64 Tomato”
Saturday April 28 @ 2PM

John & Molly
Stockbridge Booksellers
10 Elm Street
Stockbridge, MA 413-298-3329
[email protected]


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:

The d'Alzon Arts Series: Poetry Reading
meets May 18th at Assumption College
(rescheduled from March)
(500 Salisbury Street, Worcester)
in the Emmanuel d'Alzon Library.
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.
This month their features will be Dave Keali'i and Tony Brown.

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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 April 22
This week we welcome Barbara Adler to our stage.
In 2002, Barbara Adler was the youngest performer to win a spot on the acclaimed Vancouver Poetry Slam team, at the age of 18. Now a four-time member, Barbara has toured the world performing poetry both as a solo performer, and as a member of the spoken-word music band, The Fugitives. Known for her ability to mix intellectual poetics with entertaining observations about the quirkier moments of everyday life, Barbara has collaborated with composers, dancers, filmmakers and theater artists, creating smart, funny, and often deeply moving poetry around questions of history, identity, and self-image (Georgia Straight). This Spring, she finished a double major in Art and Culture Studies and Fine and Performing Arts at Simon Fraser University. Her new CD is titled Flusterblush.


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/

2007 Poets' Asylum Anthology
The Poets' Asylum is calling all local poets to submit their work for inclusion in the upcoming 2007 Poets' Asylum Anthology! This year, Heather Macpherson, Erin Jackson and Eric Urban will be editing the anthology, and they want you to submit your poems!
Submission deadline: May 1, 2007. Additional info, including a list of ways to submit your work, can be found on the 2007 Asylum Anthology webpage. Please submit. We want you to be included in our annual anthology.***

For more information on this and our previous anthologies visit
www.poetsasylum.org


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

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

WINTONBURY LIBRARY POETRY SERIES

April 19 (Thurs) 7:00 P.M. Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series
We are honored to be hosting Patricia Fargnoli as our special guest for National Poetry Month. She is author of several books and chapbooks, including Necessary Light, winner of the 1999 May Swenson Poetry Award. Ms. Fargnoli is currently the Poet Laureate of New Hampshire.

An open mike follows the featured poets.

Join the Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series in celebrating
ten years of great poetry!

Wintonbury Branch Library
1015 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002


THE SPOKEN WORD SERIES
at the Wood Memorial Library and Museum
South Windsor, CT

April 26th 6:30
Robert saunders and the Greater Poetry Ensemble

May 24 6:30
New Voices of Poetry
featuring Greg Scott, Sympetalous, Nancee Cheffet, June Mandelkern, and Lina Garber.

Admission is free. Refreshments provided.

Wood Memorial Library and Museum
783 Main Street
South Windsor, CT 06074
860-289-1783

For more information, visit the website:
http://www.woodmemoriallibrary.org
Or email: mailto:[email protected]


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


Monday Night Love Jones Experience
The Russell
103 Pratt Street Hartford,CT
Join The Russell for this Smooth Poetry and Spoken Word Event.
Bring your poems and rhymes and share them backed by a live band.
Relax and release with This Love Jones Experience.....
Hosted by Charmagne Tripp. Want to share?
Amateurs welcome and encouraged to perform.
Please call 860-874-8797 or email
[email protected]
Mondays : 7 p.m.

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/


NEW ARTS SERIES AT MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Announcing a New 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:

CERVENA BARVA PRESS CELEBRATES
TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY
McIntyre & Moore Booksellers
255 Elm St. (Davis Square) Somerville, MA 02144-3222
April 26th, 7:30 PM, Free, Handicap Accessible
Readers: Andrey Gritsman, Doug Holder, and Don Share


POETRIBE
Wesley McNair
Saturday, April 21, 8 pm
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

FUTURE FEATURES
Apr 28 Barbara Adler
May 12 Jeffrey Thomson
Jun 9 Thomas Lux

Hosted by David R. Surette and Victoria Bosch Murray
For info and bookings, contact [email protected]
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.
Upcoming features include:

April 22, 2007
The Boston Poetry Slam and Dr Brown's Traveling Poetry Show at Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway Theater in Davis Square, Somerville. 7:30-10:00PM

April 25, 2007
We round out National Poetry Month with Vancouver's remarkable poet, storyteller, and vocalist Barbara Adler. Don't miss your chance to see this amazing woman while she tours the east coast.Open slam, time permitting.

May 2, 2007
Chicago hip-hop poet Billy Tuggle.Tentative: first semi-final in this 8x8 series.

May 9, 2007
Local poet and former co-host Valerie Lawson brings us her new book, Dog Watch.Tentative: second semi-final in this 8x8 series.

May 16, 2007
Old school slammers come back to the Cantab: touring Texas duo Susan B.A. Somers-Wilett and Genevieve Van Cleve.

May 23, 2007
A visit from the musicians of our sister slam: The Jeff Robinson Trio backs the open mic tonight.

Don't forget: April is National Poetry Month! The Boston Poetry Slam will be
holding the annual show-stopping Team Selection Slams, plus features from some
of the finest poets slam has to offer. No joke! Keep your Wednesdays free...

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]

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Brockton Library Poetry Series
Brockton Public Library
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 with Danielle Legros Georges
2:15 - 3:30 Open reading
3:45 - 4:45 Feature

Upcoming Features:

May 19th Ryk McIntyre, Lolita Paiewonsky

June 16th Tony Brown, Randall Horton

July 21st Tom Chandler

August 18th an Afternoon with painter, philosopher Arnie Danielson

September 15th Maxine Kumin, Carole Oles

October 20th Dr Jeffrey Thomson

November 17th Joanna Nealon


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. July 20 Sean Theall '
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 Govenor St, corner of Wickenden St
Providence, RI 02903-4429
(401) 273-7278

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

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