From: pathways@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Pathways)
Newsgroups: alt.prose,alt.prose.d,rec.arts.poems,ne.general
Subject: poetry reading
Keywords: poetry reading, poets, psychosis, students, intrigue
Date: 18 Nov 92 19:02:39 GMT
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Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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POETRY READING POETRY READING POETRY READING POETRY READING POETRY READING


Worcester Polytechnic Institute's one and only creative arts magazine, 
PATHWAYS, is sponsoring a STUDENT POETRY READING. 


If YOU are a student attending a NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY and you 
would like to read some of your own ORIGINAL works is a relaxed and 
receptive setting please contact us.  WPI and other schools in the 
Worcester Consortium  have been holding readings together every couple of
months for the last year and a half.  Pathways, in deciding to help 
continue a developing tradition, has decided to open this opportunity
up to any student in New England.  Of course, we will have to limit the
number of readers due time constraints, but everyone who wants to come and
at least watch is invited and its FREE. 


MORE DETAILS FOR THE TRULY INTERESTED

Date: Tuesday DEC. 1st

Time: 7pm - Until we finish (approx 10pm)

Where: Gompei's Place on the WPI Campus (directions to follow later)

If you want to read:

We will be looking for approximately 30 people to read on the night of the
show.  We expect (or hope) that we will receive responses from more than 30
people.  We will be giving preference to Worcester Constortium students 
first, after that readers will be chosen on a first come (reply) first serve
basis.  So if you really want to read, reply quickly, BUT if you are 
associated with a Literary/creative Arts magazine at your school, get 
together and PLEASE reply as a group.  Another restriction we are imposing is
that there can be no more than four readers from one school - we trying to 
maintain a level of diversity and we don't want a group coming in and
dominating the mix (this doesn't quite add up in all senses, but that's 
poetic license for you).  Also, when you reply, PLEASE include the good,
trivial type of information we will need to make decent introductions (i.e.
names, majors, yr. in school, wahtever).  We also ask that you try to be
as firm as possible in your commitment.  We expect that some people will 
have to cancel out after we have made our final plans, but try and be sure
because you can't have a reading without poets.  

Each poet will be given approximately 5 minutes on stage.  That is not a 
whole heck of a long time, but we like to keep things moving.  If you 
don't spend too much time on stage shuffling your papers and your works
aren't tremendoulsy long, you can fit in 4 or 5 poems easily.  You will
not be clocked while you are reading, but we expect that everyone will
be fair to the other readers and present themselves accordingly. 

    
Once we have received enough responses we will create a list of readers for
the reading.  That and further media blitz type of stuff will be posted 
here and elsewhere.  Even if you don't get to read, we still encourage you 
to attend.  It should be quite a kick and readings are always the best place 
to make contacts regarding future readings (as if you didn't know that - seems
obvious, doesn't it?).

Directions:

From the East: 

	Take 495 (N or S, depending on where you're at) to 290 W.  Take 290 W
to exit 18.  At the bottom of the exit, there is a set of lights. Stop at the
lights if need be (i.e. red or *very* yellow light) and then when feasible take
a right off of the exit. About a whole 40 yards later, take another right and 
have some fun merging with traffic( you are now on salisbury st.)  Once you've
had your fill of that (it 
shouldn't take long)  you will come to a set of lights. Go straight through 
these lights.  You will come to another set of lights - go straight thru these
lights too. You will come to a third set of lights - go straight thru these.
You  will begin to ascend a small hill. There will be a park on the right
and a few brick buildings on the left (the wpi campus).  When you reach the top
of this hill take a left (on to west street).  About 100M later take a right
into the visitors parking lot.  Park there if you can find space.  If you  have
entered the visitors parking lot and succesfully parked whilst maintaining the
same orientiation with which you have entered the parking lot Riley hall should
be on your left. Gompei's is in the basement of Riley hall. 


From The West:

Take the Mass Pike to 290 East.  Take 290 east to the Lincoln Sq. exit.  There 
is a  set of lights at the top of the exit.  Take a left off the exit. Go 
straight through your next 5 sets of lights (you are on highland street, also
known as rt. 9). At the 6th set of lights, take a Right onto west st.  You 
will come to a  four way stop one block later. Go straight thru that.  Take 
your next left into the visitors parking lot.  See the above directions on how
to find gompeis from there.  

NOTE : Sanford Riley hall and Riley hall are the same building.


Well, i hope i haven't forgotten anything, though i  probably have.

If you have any questions, feel free to reply to this net address

pathways@wpi.wpi.edu

To reiterate:

WHAT : Poetry reading
WHERE: wpi, gompei's place
When: Tuesday, December first

Who : everybody
Why: for the heck of it

How Much:  FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE



thanks,

the editor in chief,
matt meyer (@wpi)