Some good ongoing venues in Greater Boston:
Dire Literary Series One Friday (usually the first of) each month, 8pm, 106 Prospect St., Central Sq. Excellent, diverse voices; hosted by the never-dull Timothy Gager. Check site for details. One of the few venues for both poetry and short fiction! Feature and open mic.
[T directions below; same location as Stone Soup]
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Stone Soup Poetry Mondays, 8-10p.m. 106 Prospect St., Central Sq.,Cambridge. Get there at 7:30 if ya wanna sign up for the most famous, longest running open mic in MA. Hosted by Chad Parenteau.
[T directions: Red-Line to Central. On the corner of Mass Ave and Prospect (Starbucks on your right), take a right onto Prospect, walk a few blocks past a red-faced bar and Carberry's. The very blue and very funky Out of the Blue art gallery is the place.]
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