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Poetry Extravaganza with Art DuBois
March 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Join us at The Mill in West Boylston on March 18th.
The Mill is right off Rt 190, has a spacious parking lot, serves delectable apps, entrees, and desserts with a full bar. We have a separate room for our monthly shenanigans. Admission is still free. All of the Tip Jar proceeds go to the Feature.
The Poetry Extravaganza (PE) is the 3rd Wednesday of the month, except for July ,from 6:30-8;30 pm. Sign up for the open mic at jfjr6969@gmail.com.
Five minute maximum, Please!
There are no language restrictions. We are not kid-friendly!
Our Feature Poet on March 18th is the iconic Art DuBois
Mark Lewandowski of Lewandowski Painters sponsors our event. That’s how we pay the poets!
Join the Fun on March 18th!
Art DuBois is a 69-year-old career clinical social worker who has worked as a psychotherapist, in the Public Defender’s Office, and in management positions in the human services field. He is an amateur nature photographer and intermittent poet. Clearly, these two interests overlap for him. He counts Mary Oliver as his main inspiration, and his own poetry is heavily influenced by his mindfulness practices and his work with helping others.
Art is married to Susan, and they have three adult children. Art resides in Uxbridge. He has written poetry throughout his life. Over the last several years his poems have become increasingly impacted by the work he has done helping others, and then, even more so, by his own efforts to find the balance between his own natural inclination to joy and the emotional baggage he himself carries. He shares his poetry articulating common life struggles to maintain peace with the ethos that we are all in this together.
Art is an active participant in a plethora of poetry open mike events throughout Worcester County and Northern Rhode Island. He credits this activity as making him feel young again in a truly delightful way.