August 29th: John Sturm Performs at Stone Soup
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On August 29th, the Boston poetry scene's star reciter, John Sturm, the Orator Extradinor, will be featuring some of his most popular recitations at Stone Soup. Audience members are encouraged to recite their own favorite poems on the open mike.
John Sturm has been performing at open mikes for the last few years at The Cantab, Club Passim, Out of The Blue and other venues. He has also performed at Forsyth Chapel for e.e. cummings' birthday anniversary.
8/21/11
August 29th: John Sturm Performs at Stone Soup
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On August 29th, the Boston poetry scene's star reciter, John Sturm, the Orator Extradinor, will be featuring some of his most popular recitations at Stone Soup. Audience members are encouraged to recite their own favorite poems on the open mike.
John Sturm has been performing at open mikes for the last few years at The Cantab, Club Passim, Out of The Blue and other venues. He has also performed at Forsyth Chapel for e.e. cummings' birthday anniversary.
August 22nd: Diana Saenz and Marshall Harvey and Lowell Poets Galore at Stone Soup
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On August 22nd, Bill Perault hosts an open mike filled with a contingency of poets from his hometown of Lowell, followed by his requested feature poets, Diana Senz and Marshall Harvey.
Diana Sáenz is a native of Los Angeles California, and has been writing poetry since the age of 15. Her plays have been produced around the country, and she is has three books of poetry presently for sale: An Ordindary Life Discussed, The Book of Eve, and Just This side of the 3rd Millenium. Diana and her husband, Marshall Harvey, whom she met in 1995 at Stone Soup Poetry when it was at TT The Bears, are the editors of Boston Poet Publication.
Marshall Harvey has been published in numerous journals and is the the author of Painted Light, published in 1994. He has also written a novel (The Psychic Lover) and an acclaimed study on iambic pentamet ("Iambic Pentameter from Shakespeare to Browning"). He is currently working on a theory on art.
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On August 22nd, Bill Perault hosts an open mike filled with a contingency of poets from his hometown of Lowell, followed by his requested feature poets, Diana Senz and Marshall Harvey.
Diana Sáenz is a native of Los Angeles California, and has been writing poetry since the age of 15. Her plays have been produced around the country, and she is has three books of poetry presently for sale: An Ordindary Life Discussed, The Book of Eve, and Just This side of the 3rd Millenium. Diana and her husband, Marshall Harvey, whom she met in 1995 at Stone Soup Poetry when it was at TT The Bears, are the editors of Boston Poet Publication.
Marshall Harvey has been published in numerous journals and is the the author of Painted Light, published in 1994. He has also written a novel (The Psychic Lover) and an acclaimed study on iambic pentamet ("Iambic Pentameter from Shakespeare to Browning"). He is currently working on a theory on art.
8/3/11
Regarding The Caller on Today's On Point Radio Featuring Slam Poetry
Let it be known that "Susie" who called WBUR today was NOT representing Stone Soup Poetry as a group. If you are going to make a comment about slam poetry, please stand on your own two feet and not on behind any banner you think we might be holding. In the last few years, Stone Soup has featured and appreciated poetry in all its forms and will continue to do so. Such comments made allegedly on our behalf do nothing but hurt us and the poetry scene as a whole.
7/18/11
7/4/11
August 15th: The Highway Poets Return
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On August 15th, Stone Soup celebrates Biker Poetry Month with the return of The Highway Poets.
K.Peddlar Bridges is the co-founder of the Biker Poets & Writers Association and founder of the ROADPOET online magazine. He also serves as a columnist for CT Cruise News and motorcyclegoodies.com. An occasional writing workshop teacher, his work has appeared in numerous publications and has made many radio and television appearances.
Gypsypashn publishes in print and on the web regularly, she is well-known for her monthly column... in New England's Motorcyclist Post. She and Colorado's Gypsyrose produce 'Biker Bits,' a daily Biker Rights e-zine. In 2004, Gypsypashn published A Samplng of Soul, a collection of poetry.
Marc D. Goldfinger has been published by Ibbetson Street Press, The Aurorean, Pegasus, The Boston Poet, Clamor magazine, Earth First! and the Crooked River Press among others. He is currently the poetry editor of Spare Change News, a paper put out for the benefit of homeless people. He is a counselor for people with Substance Use Disorders and some of his work has been used to augment courses at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. His newest works include Essays On Major Mental Illness with a Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder or What Came First: The Chicken or The White Horse.
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On August 15th, Stone Soup celebrates Biker Poetry Month with the return of The Highway Poets.
K.Peddlar Bridges is the co-founder of the Biker Poets & Writers Association and founder of the ROADPOET online magazine. He also serves as a columnist for CT Cruise News and motorcyclegoodies.com. An occasional writing workshop teacher, his work has appeared in numerous publications and has made many radio and television appearances.
Gypsypashn publishes in print and on the web regularly, she is well-known for her monthly column... in New England's Motorcyclist Post. She and Colorado's Gypsyrose produce 'Biker Bits,' a daily Biker Rights e-zine. In 2004, Gypsypashn published A Samplng of Soul, a collection of poetry.
Marc D. Goldfinger has been published by Ibbetson Street Press, The Aurorean, Pegasus, The Boston Poet, Clamor magazine, Earth First! and the Crooked River Press among others. He is currently the poetry editor of Spare Change News, a paper put out for the benefit of homeless people. He is a counselor for people with Substance Use Disorders and some of his work has been used to augment courses at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. His newest works include Essays On Major Mental Illness with a Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder or What Came First: The Chicken or The White Horse.
August 8th: Paul Boutchia Features
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On August 8th, Stone Soup introduces fiction and poet Paul Boutchia to a new audience.
Paul Boutchia began writing eleven years ago, starting first with short stories and moving to poetry soon after. As a short story writer, Paul sought to explore themes such as redemption and forgiveness, religiousness and relationships. His poetry expands upon those themes and seeks to expose and elevate the strangeness and seemingly odd intersections that occur in everyday life.
Paul has studied with Cambridge poet Tom Daley in both his Boston Center and advanced poetry workshop for the past several years. Paul has participated in readings and open mic’s in Cambridge and recently featured at the Goba Salon.
Paul lives with his wife and two daughters in Melrose, MA
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On August 8th, Stone Soup introduces fiction and poet Paul Boutchia to a new audience.
Paul Boutchia began writing eleven years ago, starting first with short stories and moving to poetry soon after. As a short story writer, Paul sought to explore themes such as redemption and forgiveness, religiousness and relationships. His poetry expands upon those themes and seeks to expose and elevate the strangeness and seemingly odd intersections that occur in everyday life.
Paul has studied with Cambridge poet Tom Daley in both his Boston Center and advanced poetry workshop for the past several years. Paul has participated in readings and open mic’s in Cambridge and recently featured at the Goba Salon.
Paul lives with his wife and two daughters in Melrose, MA
7/3/11
August 1st: Laura Kiesel Features
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On August 1st, welcome local poet, journalist and activist Laura Kiesel to her first Stone Soup feature.
Laura Kiesel was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She received her B.A. in English (with a double minor in creative writing and journalism) from SUNY New Paltz in 2001, and a Master's in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont in 2009.
Laura started writing poetry at the age of 10, when her much older teenage cousin egged her into a poetry contest between the two of them and the adults in the family declared her the winner. Though she has gone on to write and publish in many other forms and genres, she still considers poetry her first and truest love, as well as her initial instinctual reaction to the world. Laura's articles have appeared in numerous outlets, including Vermont Woman, E Magazine, Earth Island Journal, MotherJones.com, Z Magazine, and SolveClimateNews.com. Her poems have been featured, or are forthcoming, in 12th Planet, Gin Bender, upstreet, Naugatuck River Review, and Amethyst Arsenic.
She presently resides in Somerville and works part-time as a freelance writer and editor and the other half of the time coordinating and instructing writing workshops and environmental programs for kids, teens and adults at various venues in the greater Boston area. She also has a popular blog called "Writing for Survival," which is about "sustainability, social justice, and scraping by as a scribe" at survivalwriter.blogspot.com.
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On August 1st, welcome local poet, journalist and activist Laura Kiesel to her first Stone Soup feature.
Laura Kiesel was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She received her B.A. in English (with a double minor in creative writing and journalism) from SUNY New Paltz in 2001, and a Master's in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont in 2009.
Laura started writing poetry at the age of 10, when her much older teenage cousin egged her into a poetry contest between the two of them and the adults in the family declared her the winner. Though she has gone on to write and publish in many other forms and genres, she still considers poetry her first and truest love, as well as her initial instinctual reaction to the world. Laura's articles have appeared in numerous outlets, including Vermont Woman, E Magazine, Earth Island Journal, MotherJones.com, Z Magazine, and SolveClimateNews.com. Her poems have been featured, or are forthcoming, in 12th Planet, Gin Bender, upstreet, Naugatuck River Review, and Amethyst Arsenic.
She presently resides in Somerville and works part-time as a freelance writer and editor and the other half of the time coordinating and instructing writing workshops and environmental programs for kids, teens and adults at various venues in the greater Boston area. She also has a popular blog called "Writing for Survival," which is about "sustainability, social justice, and scraping by as a scribe" at survivalwriter.blogspot.com.
July 25th: The Bagel Bards Invade Stone Soup
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On July 25th, we welcome the local writers group The Bagel Bards as they celebrate the 6th volume of their annual anthology.
Infamous Somerville Bagel Bards to invade Stone Soup! A host of well-known, well-published Boston area writers will be reading from the recently published Bagel Bards #6. The Bagel Bards, who meet every Saturday morning at the Au Bon Pain in Davis Square, are an avante-garde group of writers who may or may not be considered “camp.” Award-winning poet, Lawrence Kessenich was this year’s editor. The introduction to the phenomenal work was written by Kathleen Spivack, also an award winning poet! The Bagel Bards are a group of wonderful, eclectic poets that you will not want to miss!
Kitty Beer
Molly Bennett
Barbara Bialick
Heather Campbell
Louisa Clerici
Adrienne Drobnes
Timothy Gager
Harris Gardner
Elizabeth Hanson
Doug Holder
Abbott Ikeler
Anne Ipsen
Irene Koronas
Linda Larson
Limin Mo
Luke Salisbury
Jack Scully
Zvi Sesling
Manson Solomon
Bert Stern
Paul Stone
Barbara Thomas
Amy Tighe
Chris Warner
Dan Lynn Watt
Molly Lynn Watt
Purchase a copy before the reading.
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On July 25th, we welcome the local writers group The Bagel Bards as they celebrate the 6th volume of their annual anthology.
Infamous Somerville Bagel Bards to invade Stone Soup! A host of well-known, well-published Boston area writers will be reading from the recently published Bagel Bards #6. The Bagel Bards, who meet every Saturday morning at the Au Bon Pain in Davis Square, are an avante-garde group of writers who may or may not be considered “camp.” Award-winning poet, Lawrence Kessenich was this year’s editor. The introduction to the phenomenal work was written by Kathleen Spivack, also an award winning poet! The Bagel Bards are a group of wonderful, eclectic poets that you will not want to miss!
Kitty Beer
Molly Bennett
Barbara Bialick
Heather Campbell
Louisa Clerici
Adrienne Drobnes
Timothy Gager
Harris Gardner
Elizabeth Hanson
Doug Holder
Abbott Ikeler
Anne Ipsen
Irene Koronas
Linda Larson
Limin Mo
Luke Salisbury
Jack Scully
Zvi Sesling
Manson Solomon
Bert Stern
Paul Stone
Barbara Thomas
Amy Tighe
Chris Warner
Dan Lynn Watt
Molly Lynn Watt
Purchase a copy before the reading.
July 18th: John Landry and Jake St. John Feature
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 sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On July 18th, the venue welcomes the return of poets John Landry and Jake St. John.
John Landry has been reading for Stone Soup since 1973. He hails from New Bedford, where he ran a reading series and served as poet laureate. Bob Creeley named John his "memory guide" during his last teaching gig at Brown University. He served as contributing editor for the 50th anniversary anthology of Beatitude, and is a poetry editor for Newport Review. His book who will prune the plum tree when i'm gone/quién va a podar los ciruelos cuando me vaya was published in Chile in February 2010. He will read at the Gloucester Writers Center August 3. He resides in California.
Jake St. John currently writes out of New London, CT, where he also coordinates poetry readings in and around the New England area. He is the co-editor of Flying Fish and the editor of Elephant, two small press poetry magazines. His work has appeared in several print publications including Chronogram, Unarmed Journal and Fell Swoop. He has published five collections of poetry. His latest chapbook, Subterranean Skyline (Blasted Press), is set to be released in summer 2011.
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 sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On July 18th, the venue welcomes the return of poets John Landry and Jake St. John.
John Landry has been reading for Stone Soup since 1973. He hails from New Bedford, where he ran a reading series and served as poet laureate. Bob Creeley named John his "memory guide" during his last teaching gig at Brown University. He served as contributing editor for the 50th anniversary anthology of Beatitude, and is a poetry editor for Newport Review. His book who will prune the plum tree when i'm gone/quién va a podar los ciruelos cuando me vaya was published in Chile in February 2010. He will read at the Gloucester Writers Center August 3. He resides in California.
Jake St. John currently writes out of New London, CT, where he also coordinates poetry readings in and around the New England area. He is the co-editor of Flying Fish and the editor of Elephant, two small press poetry magazines. His work has appeared in several print publications including Chronogram, Unarmed Journal and Fell Swoop. He has published five collections of poetry. His latest chapbook, Subterranean Skyline (Blasted Press), is set to be released in summer 2011.
July 11th: Brandon Amico and Derek Avila
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 sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On July 11th, we have the pleasure of featuring young writers from northern New England on tour, Brandon Amico and Derek Avila.
Brandon Amico is a writer from Manchester, NH who hates writing bios but strangely enjoys talking about himself in the third person. His first chapbook, Sleepwalking, was published by Sargent Press in May 2011. He is frequently referred to by his friends as "that guy who won't shut up about poetry" or for short, "that guy who won't shut up." His poetry has been published or is forthcoming in a handful of literary magazines, including Northern New England Review, Borderline, and Midwest Literary Magazine. Brandon is a business student at the University of New Hampshire, where he is an editor of the school's literary magazine, Aegis, and has spent a semester abroad in Japan.
Derek Avila has been performing his writing for a little over two years now. In that time he has been a selected regional champion for the Poetry Out Loud competition, a finalist for the NH nationals team, Slam Free or Die, and will have a chapbook released through Sargent Press when money isn't so rare.
7/1/11
July 4th: Stone Soup Welcomes Back James McCoy
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 sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On July 4th, Stone Soup welcomes back one of the more elaborate participants on the open mike, James McCoy.
His work, including "Don't Quit Your Day Job" – the most viewed video on Chad Parenteau's FreakMachinePress YouTube website – has been described as "fearless ... moving from the workaday to the mythical."McCoy will tell other original rhyming narratives, including "Thompson Was My Only Failure", the story of Francis Thompson, a 19th-century poet, Catholic and failed boot-maker. "Poignant and sweet, as only James can be." By incorporating meter, McCoy gives his poems a heartbeat. "Let's talk about your performance and your poem! BOTH really amazing."
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 sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On July 4th, Stone Soup welcomes back one of the more elaborate participants on the open mike, James McCoy.His work, including "Don't Quit Your Day Job" – the most viewed video on Chad Parenteau's FreakMachinePress YouTube website – has been described as "fearless ... moving from the workaday to the mythical."McCoy will tell other original rhyming narratives, including "Thompson Was My Only Failure", the story of Francis Thompson, a 19th-century poet, Catholic and failed boot-maker. "Poignant and sweet, as only James can be." By incorporating meter, McCoy gives his poems a heartbeat. "Let's talk about your performance and your poem! BOTH really amazing."
6/24/11
June 27th: Deborah Priestly Features
Photo by Bill Perrault
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On June 27th, Out of The Blue co-founder Deborah Priestly returns to feature.
Deborah M. Priestly is co-founder of the Out of the Blue Art Gallery located in Cambridge, Mass at 106 Prospect Street with Tom Tipton, (founder, owner). She runs the Open Bark Poetry reading every Saturday night at the gallery. Her publication credits include Ibbetson Street, Spare Change, Poesy, Fresh!, Boston Poet, The Boston Herald, The Boston Girl Guide and Out of the Blue Writers Unite (which she also co-edited). She is the author of The Woman Has A Voice from Ibbetson Street Press, an eclectic combination of healing poetry and images of women in transition.
Photo by Bill Perrault
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On June 27th, Out of The Blue co-founder Deborah Priestly returns to feature.
Deborah M. Priestly is co-founder of the Out of the Blue Art Gallery located in Cambridge, Mass at 106 Prospect Street with Tom Tipton, (founder, owner). She runs the Open Bark Poetry reading every Saturday night at the gallery. Her publication credits include Ibbetson Street, Spare Change, Poesy, Fresh!, Boston Poet, The Boston Herald, The Boston Girl Guide and Out of the Blue Writers Unite (which she also co-edited). She is the author of The Woman Has A Voice from Ibbetson Street Press, an eclectic combination of healing poetry and images of women in transition.
6/19/11
June 20th: Chad Parenteau Features at Stone Soup (wait, what?)
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On June 20th, the host of Stone Soup takes center stage just this once (probably).
For one night only, the host of Stone Soup comes from behind the podium to...go back behind the podium for an extended reading of his work. This feature was brought about by popular demand (even before Chad did a whiny "why me" post), so don't miss out on this opportunity to see Stone Soup with Chad as a full feature for the first time since 2004. Hosted by Person or Persons yet unknown. Possibly some kind of robot.
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On June 20th, the host of Stone Soup takes center stage just this once (probably).
For one night only, the host of Stone Soup comes from behind the podium to...go back behind the podium for an extended reading of his work. This feature was brought about by popular demand (even before Chad did a whiny "why me" post), so don't miss out on this opportunity to see Stone Soup with Chad as a full feature for the first time since 2004. Hosted by Person or Persons yet unknown. Possibly some kind of robot.
6/15/11
Bruins Haiku
Gloria Monaghan, poet and future Stone Soup feature, recently brought her class to Stone Soup to read on the open mike just before the Bruins game. They were challenged to send in their Bruins poems (haiku or otherwise) to be printed on this page. Here is what we were sent.
Boston ice brings strength.
The Bruins will take it home.
The Cup is waiting…
--Kevin Gebo
Swiftly gliding side to side
the Bruins soar, the fans pride
forever fighting, let's get the cup!
-Rebecca Cowee
Gloria Monaghan, poet and future Stone Soup feature, recently brought her class to Stone Soup to read on the open mike just before the Bruins game. They were challenged to send in their Bruins poems (haiku or otherwise) to be printed on this page. Here is what we were sent.
Boston ice brings strength.
The Bruins will take it home.
The Cup is waiting…
--Kevin Gebo
Swiftly gliding side to side
the Bruins soar, the fans pride
forever fighting, let's get the cup!
-Rebecca Cowee
6/10/11
June 13th: Linda Lerner Returns
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On June 13th, we welcome back New York poet and Stone Soup friend Linda Lerner.
Linda Lerner was born and educated in New York City; her next full length collection will be published by New York Quarterly Books in the Spring, 2011.
She’s published thirteen collections of poetry. The most recent: Something Is Burning In Brooklyn (http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif2009, Iniquity Press/ Vendetta Books) Living In Dangerous Times (Presa Press, 2007) and City Woman (March Street Press, Fall, 2006, both Small Press Reviews’ Picks). Two previous collections also had that honor; she’s been nominated twice for a pushcart prize.
In 1995 she and Andrew Gettler began Poets on the Line, the first poetry anthology on the Net for which she received two grants. She is also a contributing editor of Home Planet News.
She’s published in the New York Quarterly, Onthebus, Louisiana Review, Paterson Literary Review, Ragged Lion Anthology, Chiron Review, Tribes, Van Gogh’s Ear, Home Planet News, New Verse News, Danse Macabre, Rusty Truck, et.al. She has given readings at the Bowery Poetry club (the Beat Hour) hosted by George Wallace, Smalls Jazz Club, Cornelia Street Cafe, and various other venues around NYC and throughout the country.
5/30/11
5/27/11
June 6th: Michael F. Gill Features
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On June 6th, we welcome Michael F. Gil with his debut feature.
Michael F. Gill started writing poetry on September 3rd, 2007, after a freak accident with perfection on the Boston Harbor Islands. He is the co-founder and the host of the Brighton Word Factory, a bi-weekly writing group in Boston. He enjoys the rare book rooms of libraries, the resonance of dadaist sound poetry, and waking up to bake bread with your name carved in it. He reads regularly at poetry open mics around Boston and Cambridge, and can be read regularly at www.bbtp.net and the Boston 365/365 blog.
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On June 6th, we welcome Michael F. Gil with his debut feature.
Michael F. Gill started writing poetry on September 3rd, 2007, after a freak accident with perfection on the Boston Harbor Islands. He is the co-founder and the host of the Brighton Word Factory, a bi-weekly writing group in Boston. He enjoys the rare book rooms of libraries, the resonance of dadaist sound poetry, and waking up to bake bread with your name carved in it. He reads regularly at poetry open mics around Boston and Cambridge, and can be read regularly at www.bbtp.net and the Boston 365/365 blog.
5/16/11
May 16th: Who Wants to Be A Stone Soup Feature And Kick Off Chad Parenteau?
PLANNED FEATURE GORDON MARSHALL HAS CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS.
As can be expected, noted egomaniac and Stone Soup Host Chad Parenteau has decided to be the stand-in feature for the night.
This must be stopped!!!!!!!!
...
Chad Parenteau has been brazen enough to charge poets for attending a venue that does not sell alcohol. He has been selfish enough to suffer a number of nervous breakdowns in private (tonight being the exception). This self-imposed 11th hour appointment of himself as feature is just the latest in poetry atrocities, not including his actual poems.
WE WANT YOU TO FEATURE IN HIS PLACE.
Tonight on May 16th, open Mikers are encouraged (to the point of begging) to come down and audition on the open mike to win a feature spot for the night, as voted on by those in attendance. Open Mikers, we need your help now more than ever. Critera includes having 15-25 minutes worth of work and NOT being Chad Parenteau. Once we figure out a winner, Chad will just be bludgeoned or something.
(note: there is currently no evidence that Chad put tonight's feature in the hospital in order to have the spotlight for himself, but we decided to put that in in Fox News fashion just so it can be misunderstood and spread as rumor)
OPEN MIKERS UNITE...AGAINST CHAD PARENTEAU!See More
5/9/11
Stone Soup May 9th
From Host/Organizer Chad Parenteau:
Due to circumstances of my own making, I was not able to secure a feature for this week. I hope you will accept my apologies for doing this during the month of Stone Soup's 40th and that you'll consider sharing your voice on the open mike, which has always been an essential part of every Stone Soup for what has now been over 40 years. Features return next week, I promise.
Due to circumstances of my own making, I was not able to secure a feature for this week. I hope you will accept my apologies for doing this during the month of Stone Soup's 40th and that you'll consider sharing your voice on the open mike, which has always been an essential part of every Stone Soup for what has now been over 40 years. Features return next week, I promise.
4/23/11
May 1st: Stone Soup's 40th Anniversary Tribute to Jack Powers, 6:00-9:00 PM
May 1st marks 40 years to the day that Stone Soup began as a weekly poetry series founded by Jack Powers. Join us at the International Community Church (30 Gordon Street in Allston) as members from Stone Soup's history celebrate the life of the man that inspired and spurred so many poetry movements in the Boston area. The time is from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
Performers for the night include:
D.A. Boucher and Ethan Mackler (Da Butcha Shoppe)
David Fillingham
Walter Howard
Lee Litif
Gordon Marshhall
R. Wayne Nickerson
Bill Perrault
Andreas Powers
Sidewalk Sam
Ryan "Rat" Travis
James Van Looy
Carol Weston performing with bassist Jon Voight
More to be announced.
May 1st marks 40 years to the day that Stone Soup began as a weekly poetry series founded by Jack Powers. Join us at the International Community Church (30 Gordon Street in Allston) as members from Stone Soup's history celebrate the life of the man that inspired and spurred so many poetry movements in the Boston area. The time is from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
Performers for the night include:
D.A. Boucher and Ethan Mackler (Da Butcha Shoppe)
David Fillingham
Walter Howard
Lee Litif
Gordon Marshhall
R. Wayne Nickerson
Bill Perrault
Andreas Powers
Sidewalk Sam
Ryan "Rat" Travis
James Van Looy
Carol Weston performing with bassist Jon Voight
More to be announced.
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