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We're back on March 19th at an awesome new location! The Mill is right off Rt 190, has a spacious parking lot, serves delectable apps, entrees, and desserts with a full bar. We'll have a seperate room for our monthly shenanigans. Admission will still be free.
The Poetry Extravaganza (PE) will now be the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8;30 pm. Sign up for the open mic at [email protected], Five minute maximum/There are no language restrictions.
Speaking in the 3rd person, our 1st feature to kick off the new venue will be Worcester County humorist/stand-up poet, Joe Fusco Jr.
Lewandowski Painters will still sponsor our event and we'll have some Free snacks to celebrate the return of PE.
Join the Fun on March 19th! (St. Joseph's Day)
Joe Fusco Jr. is a well-seasoned humorist/stand-up poet from Worcester, Massachusetts.
He is the author of five books of semi-amusing poems and essays: “Random Thoughts from a Curmudgeon “ (2023), “Pondering the Pandemic during The Rust years”(2021); “Hmm…That’s Different” (2020); “Three Score” (2014); and “The Lost and Found Essays” (2012), all available at local bookstores and Amazon.
Joe’s musings have appeared in Damfino Press, Ballard Street Poetry, Worcester Review, Asinine Poetry, Soul Lit, and the naughty ezine Clean Sheets. He was a co-winner of the Jacob Knight Poetry Award in 2002 and was named Best Poet by Worcester Magazine readers in 1999 and 2002.
Joe is a Humor Columnist for Worcester Magazine and the last Worcester Mega-Slam winner in 2017. He features at bookstores, libraries, clubs, and coffeehouses throughout Central Massachusetts and Belgium. He is the host of The Poetry Extravaganza at The Mill in West Boylston and The Richard Fox Poetry Series at Root and Press Café and Books in Worcester.
Joe has taught “Humor 101” for high-school students at Gateways Academy in Shrewsbury, and for adults at the Senior Centers of Worcester, Lancaster, Millbury, and Auburn, as well as Eisenberg Assisted Living, Notre Dame Assisted Living, The Residence of Orchard Grove, Overlook in Charlton, Hillside Village in West Boylston, and Christopher Heights Assisted Living. He taught ‘Humor 102’ for WISE at Assumption University in 2024.
He is the Vice-President of Programming for the Worcester County Poetry Association.
Joe has lived in lovely Worcester with his better-half Cyndi and their large family for forty years. He is a registered Independent and sleeps with one eye always open.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Mill , 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston, United States
