Wake Up and Smell the Poetry
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This series is for the merging of minds and souls of poets, musicians and other performing artists... as well as those simply coming to listen. We provide a forum for a variety of talented writers and performing artists to share their words and get people awakened and excited about the diversity of voices, perspectives and insights expressed through the art form of poetry, song and spoken word. This program is offered jointly by myself a host/ producer and by HCAM Station Manager Jim Cozzens. Admission is free but there is a passing of the hat for the features. There are very talented poets and musicians on board for this coming season. You can sign up for reserved seating and open mic below. Open mic slots are limited and available on a first come first serve basis. (More info) - Cheryl Perreault   Contact Us
No, they don't gather in some hip little cafe crowded with creatures of the night. But all the passion and prose of a fervent literary event can be found at the free Wake up and smell the poetry sessions held on Saturday morning each month at the HCAM-TV Studio in Hopkinton. --The Boston Globe, October, 2009 |
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A Morning of Humor - Saturday, February 18th at HCAM Studios in Hopkinton with guest features Joan Kimball , Peg Espinola and Alicia Churchill (bios below)
Open mic line-up to follow. Bring your funny material for this program if you wish!
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 Peg EspinolaPeg Espinola is a clinical social worker who raised a family in Sudbury, where she still lives, and who is still working part-time at her profession. Peg started playing guitar at 15 after meeting the younger siblings of Pete Seeger (Peggy and Michael) at a high school square dance, but she did not start writing her own songs until 7 years ago, in her 60's,while a student of Bob Franke's at WUMB's Summer Acoustic Music Week. One song led to another and another and eventually there were two CD's, reflecting her sometimes poignant, sometimes absurdist take on marriage and widowhood, parenting and grandparenting, middle- (and older-) aged dating, the perils of Googling, retirement phobia, toys in the attic (and cellar), politics, and much, much more. Peg has enjoyed playing back-to-back gigs with her singer-songwriter son both in Massachusetts and New York, and recently opened for the Work of the Weavers at Amazing Things in Framingham, which brought her full circle to her songwriting roots. One of Peg's songs placed 3rd in the Boston Folk Festival songwriting contest in 2007. |
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 Alicia ChurchillAlicia Churchill teaches art- based research methods, creative process, and assessment of prior learning at Endicott College and freshman writing at Northern Essex Community College. She has written her memoir on how to break into ethnographic research as a toddler, which pastries taste best during a military coup, and how to smuggle art internationally by wrapping it in dirty laundry. |
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 Joan Alice Wood KimballJoan Alice Wood Kimball of Concord, Massachusetts, has worn many hats: librarian, title searcher, editor, teacher, bookstore manager. She and her husband in their retirement, moved to Massachusetts to be near their two daughters and five granddaughters. She became a founding member of the Concord Poetry Center, and a member of the Powow River Poets. In college, Kimball took fiction writing classes and wrote closet poetry. It wasn't until nine years ago, that she began sending out poems she'd stashed away. To her delight, her poems have been accepted by a number of journals, including Atlanta Review, Comstock Review, Measure, Spare Change News, Raintown Review, Avocet, Listening Eye, and online at The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form. She was a finalist for the 2010 Morton Marr Poetry Prize and for the 2011 Atlanta Review International Poetry Prize. |
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More Information on our program: Features Information: Open Mic Information: People come from near and far sharing poetry, spoken word and songs, some for the first time and some who are seasoned writers/performers. Regardless of experience, those who have performed at the open mic in the last three seasons have traditionally offered their best for this friendly and professional setting. This has resulted in a showcasing of a very special blend of impressive talents within each month's program so that most performances are included in either the monthly "Wake up..." series or the "All Open Mic" program. If you are interested in reserving an open mic spot or simply in reserving a seat to watch as audience, please sign up above. |
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