October 10 and 11, 8:00 PM

Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre, 820 Mass Ave in Central Square
Tickets: $11 in advance, $12 at the door

Come join the Boston Firefly Project for a night of art, poetry, and activism as we raise awareness around the issue of poverty worldwide. Local artists, poets, and writers will be presenting and displaying their work on Thursday, August 14th from 7-9pm at the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy on 113 Brattle Street in Cambridge, a short walk from the Harvard Square T stop. Come meet other activists in the area and take part in the convergence of art and human rights - snacks and beverages provided!

You want to see how it is done. Doug Holder writes that you can see Bagel Bards poets in action at the Au Bon Pains in Davis and Central Squares on Saturday mornings (they alternate each Saturday; he provides the specific schedule).

Boston-area poets PLEASE SUBMIT POEMS to LOCUS POINT by May 30 to .

LOCUSPOINT IS:
A community-centered approach to poetry publishing: Each edition of LOCUSPOINT is built on a set of cities or regions. Guest Editors in each location are tasked with locating poetry community within their areas to whatever extent or degree they experience it by selecting seven poets whose work they want to highlight. Each poet contributes five pages of poetry to the city. The Guest Editor writes an introduction to his or her selections to comment on the poetry scene where they live.

Jack notes the demise of public readings in Cambridge:

... The Middle East will host no more poetry. Just this week, another Central Square venue, the Green Street Grille shut its doors, with no warning, on Demolicious, the last monthly series in the Boston area that typically featured an open mic as well as a spotlight on accomplished out-of-town readers. ...

But he adds that John Mercuri Dooley, co-curator of Demolicious, hopes to lead an effort to find new venues for readings.

Chad says the venerable Stone Soup Monday night poetry readings in Cambridge need your help:

... If you're a poet in the area with nothing to do on Mondays between 8 and 10 in the evening, it would be great if you could come down and catch a reading. If you'd like to be a feature, well, that'd be even better. ...