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Wake Up and Smell the Poetry
| Weekly Schedule | First Airing | Second Airing | Third Airing | Fourth Airing |
| Wake Up and Smell the Poetry | Friday. 5:00 PM | Thursday, 4:30 AM | Thursday, 12:00 PM | Monday, 7:00 PM |
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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. Limited open mic slots are available on a first come first serve basis. (More info) - Cheryl Perreault |
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Wake up and Smell the Poetry at HCAM-Studios Come and join for our last program of the 2018-2019 season. Our guest features will be poet Patrick Donnelly and folk singer-songwriter Tom Smith. An open mic will follow with contributions of poetry, story and song from seasoned as well as beginner writers and performers from near and far. Free admission and the public is welcome. Taking place at the warm and welcoming HCAM TV Studios, 77 Main St. in Hopkinton, MA. Doors open at 10:00 am and we get started at 10:30. Just sign up below if you would like to reserve a seat and/or sign up for open mic. With gratitude I believe that every program in our past season has offered a vibrant and inspiring community-rich fusion of sharing art with one another. Your host, Cheryl Perreault     |
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 Patrick DonnellyPatrick Donnelly is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Little-Known Operas from Four Way Books in 2019. About Donnelly’s most recent book, Mary Ruefle wrote: “The poems in Little-Known Operas delight me with their wit, pathos, expertly executed confusion, and their sincere and exuberant wondering.” Donnelly is director of the Poetry Seminar at The Frost Place, Robert Frost’s old homestead in Franconia, NH, now a center for poetry and the arts. Donnelly was 2015 – 2017 poet laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts. His other awards include the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature, and a 2018 Amy Clampitt Residency Award. More at www.patrickdonnellypoetry.com |
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 Tom SmithTom grew up in rural Pennsylvania in a family where music was part of the fabric of everyday life. As a young man living at the epicenter of the folk-quake that was Cambridge, MA in the 1960’s, Tom solidified what has become a life-long love of self-made music. Now a folk veteran of over thirty-five years, Tom performs at festivals, coffeehouses, schools, and concerts throughout the Northeastern United States to audiences large and small, young and old. For more information go to www.tomsmithmusic.com |
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More Information on our program: Features Information: Open Mic Information: This season, given our time- limited open mic program, first priority will be given to those who did not perform the previous month. Names of those who performed the previous month will be added to a wait list and notified of available spots by Wednesday before the event. The program is filmed before a live audience and later edited into weekly TV programs 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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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.
