With the passing of 2013’s National Poetry month, I mourn the random email notifications that there is a poetic happening within moments from where I’m standing, all of my poet friends engaging in a NaPoMo 30/30 (that’s when people commit to writing a poem a day for 30 days) , and most of all, the […]
April is National Poetry Month. There are a lot of exciting poetic happenings all over the state, but most exciting to me is the Olympic styled event of poetry slam. On April 18, the Providence Poetry Slam will run its semi finals, the second leg of competition in the process of picking out the team […]
It’s Tuesday night at Blue State Café on Thayer. Like any night, the staff is serving specialty drinks and pastries in a brightly lit room surrounded by the décor of a local artist, which expels the classroom-like feel created by the standardized tables and chairs. But tonight is different. It’s Tuesday night, which means it’s […]