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Slightly Off-Beat Poets
September 8, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR FOR THIS OUTDOOR EVENT
WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: Joe Fusco, Jr & Dina Stander
WHERE: Betsy’s Backyard Stage 185 Arvidson Road Woodstock, CT
WHEN: Sunday September 8th, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
WHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 15 minutes. Then we will take a quick break for book sales, snacks and the raffle before starting the open mic. Open mic will be round robin, one poem at a time until 4 PM.
COST: There will be a 50/50 raffle, split between the feature and the winner. 5$ to enter.
SIGN-UPS: There is room for 20 poets/ 40 total guests. To reserve a spot please email: roberteugeneperry@gmail.com
PLEASE NOTE: 185 Arvidson Road is a dirt road. GPS will send you to ways: If you come off Roseland Park Road (right near Roseland Park) onto Arvidson it will begin as paved and a sign will tell you when the pavement ends. Just stay to the right and 185 is about 1/2 mile up on the right side.
If it sends you up Child Hill Rd, you will make a left onto Arvidson dirt road and it will be less than a 1/4 mile on the left.
PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON STREET! Pull in the driveway and you can park on the grass along the edge or pull all the way around. Plenty of parking!
Joe Fusco Jr. is a well-seasoned humorist/stand-up poet from Worcester, Massachusetts. He is the author of five books of semi-amusing poems and essays: “Random Thoughts from a Curmudgeon “ (2023), “Pondering the Pandemic during The Rust years”(2021); “Hmm…That’s Different” (2020); “Three Score” (2014); and “The Lost and Found Essays” (2012), all available at local bookstores and Amazon. Joe’s musings have appeared in Damfino Press, Ballard Street Poetry, Worcester Review, Asinine Poetry, Soul Lit, and the naughty ezine Clean Sheets. He was a co-winner of the Jacob Knight Poetry Award in 2002 and was named Best Poet by Worcester Magazine readers in 1999 and 2002. Joe is a Humor columnist for Worcester Magazine and the last Worcester Mega-Slam winner in 2017. He features at bookstores, libraries, clubs, and coffeehouses throughout Central Massachusetts and Belgium. He is the host of The Poetry Extravaganza at Redemption Rock Brewery and The Richard Fox Poetry Series at Root and Press Café and Books in Worcester.Joe has taught “Humor 101” for high-school students at Gateways Academy in Shrewsbury and for adults at the Worcester Senior Center, Eisenberg Assisted Living, Notre Dame Assisted Living, The Residence of Orchard Grove, Overlook in Charlton, Hillside Village in West Boylston, and Christopher Heights Assisted Living.
Dina Stander is a western MA based poet, End-of-life Navigator, burial shroud maker, and practitioner of radical kinship. Her work has been published in Naugatuck River Review, Silkworm, Breath & Shadow, and a variety of places online. She has published two books: Old Bones & True Stories (2018) and Housewife Blues (2021), both with Human Error Publishing. You can learn more about her projects at www.dinastander.com.