December 9: Welcome to Stone Soup, L.U.C.C.I.

A couple of years ago, I came to know the performer local poets have now come to know as L.U.C.C.I.  He was new to the scene and very enthusiastic to the point where he even listened to me ramble off my years of alleged knowledge (I'm sure he's found better guidance since those days).  In recent months, I've been able to see him work the mic.  It's a great feeling to finally give him his Stone Soup Feature tonight.  If you can't give see how far he's come like I have, then hopefully I can recreate for you the thrill I had from seeing him on the mic for the first time.

Sick

Sorry for the week away.  Here come updates.

CALL TO POETS: PROSE AND POETRY PROGRAM AT BOSTON CITY HALL

The theme of this installment of the Mayor’s Prose & Poetry Program will be a response to the tragic event that happened at last year’s Boston Marathon.

In one of the city’s finest moments, Bostonians pulled together, in spirit, and showed the rest of the world how great our city called Boston can be.

DEADLINE: December 16, 2013

Selection Process

• Poet Laureate Sam Cornish.

Please submit the following

3 poems or excerpts (a maximum of 200 words per poem or excerpt).

·         Resume or brief description of your writing experiences. 

·         One-paragraph summary about the type of work you are presenting.

·         Electronic submissions are encouraged, john.crowley@cityofboston.gov

·         Please submit a suitable self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) if you would like your proposal/support materials returned to you. (The Mayor’s Office of Art’s, Tourism & Special Events is not responsible for loss of/or damage to support materials that are not accompanied by suitable SASE)

EMAIL OR MAIL COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO:

John Crowley, Curator/Exhibition Coordinator

Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism, & Special Events

Boston City Hall, Room 802

Boston, Massachusetts 02201

john.crowley@cityofboston.gov

 

Phone: 617/635-2368   Fax: 617/635-1850

 

Stone Soup Back from The Holidays

And it couldn't have happened soon enough for me.  Let's get things going for the last month of 2013 with a feature by Ben Mazer.

And if  you haven't already, check out his work on the latest Stone Soup Servings column from Friday's edition of Oddball Magazine. 

Added bonus: Workshop before the show.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope all y'all enjoy yourselves today.  For the first time, I'll be spending Thanksgiving with my girlfriend's family.  To let my family know I'm thinking of them, here's a video of footage I compiled and threw together last year.

Happy 50th Birthday, Lee Litif

A now, a selection of bits from the Fifth and Sixth Horsemen at Stone Soup.  Lee Litif along with longtime performing partner, Chris Robbins.

December 2: Welcome Ben Mazer to Stone Soup

We're at the home stretch of 2013 features for Stone Soup.  I can guarnantee a strong finish for the year.  You'll find that this is one of the most diverse of the year as well.  To see the proof, come down this Monday and see Ben Mazer have his first Stone Soup reading.  He should have copies of his new collection New Poems available as well.

If My Facebook Were More Honest

"I am tired. Everyone's tired of my turmoil."  Robert Lowell

A Very Special Zig Zag Open Mic This Tuesday Night

With guest host Tony Toledo!

Stone Soup Tonight

Off to host Tim Gager's Stone Soup feature tonight.

But first, my workshop.

And BTW, Tim, thanks for the post on Friday.

The rest of you check out his poem from Friday's Stone Soup Servings.

happy Birthday, Lediana Stillo