June 10: Another Stone Soup Open Mic Wednesday

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday, June 10, Stone Soup meets again for another all-open mic night.

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Join host Chad Parenteau this Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 897 9822 3870

Password: stonesoup

Email the host at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

June 3: Stone Soup Poetry Back Again!

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday, June 3, Stone Soup closes out our 49th anniversary month with another all-open mic.

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Join host Chad Parenteau this Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 859 3490 2667

Password: stonesoup

Email the host at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

May 27: Stone Soup Poetry's Open Mic Closer for May

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday, May 27, Stone Soup closes out our 49th anniversary month with another all-open mic.

Download the Zoom App for free.

Join host Chad Parenteau this Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 827 7631 1654

Password: stonesoup

Email the host at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

May 20: Stone Soup Open Mic is Back Again!

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday, May 20, Stone Soup continues to celebrate its 49th anniversary throughout the month of May. Please stop by for another open mic.

Download the Zoom App for free.

Join host Chad Parenteau this Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 815 3362 7560

Password: stonesoup

Email the host at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

May 13: Stone Soup Poetry's Open Mic Zoom Fest

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday, May 6, Stone Soup continues to celebrate its 49th anniversary throughout the month of May. Please stop by for another open mic.

Download the Zoom App for free.

Join host Chad Parenteau this Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 859 0806 4206

Password: stonesoup

Email the host at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

May 6: Stone Soup Poetry Open Mic Back on Wednesday

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday May 6, Stone Soup continues to celebrate its 49th anniversary throughout the month of May. Please stop by for another open mic.

Download the Zoom App for free.

Join host Chad Parenteau this Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 875-8805-5773

Password: stonesoup

Email the host at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

May 1: Stone Soup Poetry's 49th Anniversary Open Mic!

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. This has gotten an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Friday May 1, Stone Soup celebrates its 49th anniversary on the very date Stone Soup began its series back in 1971. Please stop by for an extra-extended open mic. There will be old friends, new readers, and definitely more than a few surprises.

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Join host Chad Parenteau this Friday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 818-3393-7483

Password: stonesoup

Email the host at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

April 22: Stone Soup Open Mic on Zoom! Fill in the Blank Space With Your Voice!

Stone Soup will be offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. The open mic will take place from 7:00 to 9:00 on Wednesday, April 22, and you can join us from the comfort of your own home.

Download the Zoom App for free.

Join host Chad Parenteau this Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET via this link.

The meeting ID is 814 9780 7540
Password: stonesoup

Email the host at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

April 15: Stone Soup Open Mic on Zoom! Fill in the Blank Space With Your Voice!

Stone Soup will be offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. The open mic will take place from 7:00 to 9:00 on Wednesday, April 15, and you can join us from the comfort of your own home.

Download the Zoom App for free.

Join host Chad Parenteau this Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM via this link.

The meeting ID is 820 1599 9880
Password: stonesoup

Email the host at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

April 8: Stone Soup Open Mic on Zoom as National Poetry Month Continues!

Stone Soup will be offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. The open mic will take place from 7:00 to 9:00 on Wednesday, April 8, and you can join us from the comfort of your own home.

Download the Zoom App for free.

Join host Chad Parenteau this Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM via this link.

The meeting ID is 762-459-026

Password: stonesoup

Email the host at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

April 1: Stone Soup Open Mic on Zoom! Celebrate National Poetry Month with Us

Stone Soup will be offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. The open mic will take place from 7:00 to 9:00 on Wednesday, April 1, and you can join us from the comfort of your own home.

Download the Zoom App for free.

Join host Chad Parenteau this Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM via this link.

The meeting ID is 287-429-693

Password: stonesoup

Email the host at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

March 25: Stone Soup Open Mic on Zoom! Fill Our Virtual Seats!

Stone Soup will be offering an online open mic via  Zoom for anyone interested. The open mic will take place from 7:00 to 9:00 on Wednesday, March 24, and you can join us from the comfort of your own home.

Download the Zoom App for free.

Join host Chad Parenteay this Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM via this link.

The meeting ID is 121-400-176

Password: stonesoup

Email chad at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com with any questions.

March 11: No Stone Soup Tonight or the Rest of March

Due to the recent State of Emergency, Stone Soup is cancelling tonight's open mic. Stay tuned for more detailed information on when Stone Soup will meet again.

May 27: James Van Looy Features at Stone Soup Poetry

Edit: This has been rescheduled to a later date when we can gather live.

Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 at our new location, the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant (free admission but donations for features are appreciated). On May 27, we conclude our 49th anniversary month with James Van Looy, who will perform Edgar Allen Poe's "A Descent Into The Maelstrom" using his trademark combination of poetry, mime, dance and song.

James Van Looy has been a fixture in Boston’s poetry venues since the 1970s. He performed with the Mirage Mime Theater from 1980 to 1987 during which time he also taught classes offered by Mirage. From 1987 to 1988 he was a member of the Collective Mime.  In the early 2000's, he was one-third to the performance troupe Cosmic Spelunker Theater alongside Ian Thal and Bill Barnum.

His poetry has been anthologized in Stone's Throw, Spoonful, Fresh Broth and Out of the Blue Writers Unite. He has run poetry workshops for Boston area homeless people at Pine Street Inn and St. Francis House since 1992 and regularly reads at Bay State Prison as part of their poetry program. Currently, Van Looy leads the Labyrinth Creative Movement Workshop and is the author of It's All One Thing, a weekly poem column for Oddball Magazine.

April 22: Genie Santiago Features at Stone Soup Poetry

Update: Cancelled due to COVID-19-related gallery shutdown. New date to be announced.

Stone Soup Poetry now meets every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 at our new location, the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant (free admission but donations for features are appreciated). Join us on April 22 as we welcome noted performer Genie Santiago to our venue.

Described as spiritual and sensual, Genie Santiago is a Boston based singer, poet and visual artist. Her art draws from her experience growing up in poverty as a Queer Latina. Genie is unafraid to empower others to overcome trauma, decolonize the mind, promote sexual freedom, and stray from the ideals of self-hatred that society places upon us. She can be found blessing many stages performing originals from her EP, Know Your Worth, and her newest single, "Spirit Party".

April 18: Stone Soup Joins the Cambridge Poetry MashUp

Update: Postponed due to COVID-19-related gallery shutdown. New date to be announced.


On April 18, Stone Soup Poetry joins Toni Bee to take part in the Poetry MashUp at the Cambridge YWCA on 7 Temple Street. There will be an open mic and workshop, along with a host of other readers.

Please join Toni Bee on any of the dates below. Let her know you're coming on the event's Facebook page and consider joining donating to the GoFundMe to help fully realize this month-long event.

COME & ENJOY The Cambridge Poetry MashUp during National Poetry Month. The MashUps are a series of FREE events celebrating diverse poets living & engaging in our City. We are Supported by YWCA Cambridge & The Cambridge Arts Council.

POETS in THE LINE UP: Ashley Rose / Chad Parenteau / Black Byrd / Gilmore Tamny / Charles Coe / Jason Wright / Jean Dany Joachim / Cole Rodriguez, and many others.....!

Toni Bee is Founder & Curator of the MashUp. She's also a Cambridge Poet Populist emeritus & Poetry Ambassador. Bee says, "These are important times when a host of Artistic Voice & Expression need to be heard."

 SHARE WITH US!

FOUR EVENT DATES:
WED. April 8, 6-10PM, The Poetry MashUp @ The Middle East SONIA

SAT. April 11, 12-4PM, MashUp @ The Moses, The Moses Youth Center

SAT. April 18, 3-6PM, The Open Mic MashUp @ YWCA Cambridge

THUR. April 30, 5:30-8:30PM The MultiLingual MashUp @ Cambridge Public Library Main Branch

HEAR poetry/songs/rap/storytelling from Youth, teens, adults, and elders, Of all cultures, genders, & languages. ENJOY Poetry with US. 

March 18: Pam Rosenblatt Returns to Stone Soup Poetry

Update: Cancelled due to COVID-19-related gallery shutdown. New date to be announced.

Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 at our new location, the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant (free admission but donations for features are appreciated). On March 18, we welcome Pam Rosenblatt back to Stone Soup's stage on the eve of her new chapbook, Simply Poems, being published.

"As a poet, I write poems about a diverse topics that range from the philosophy of words to a doe that leaps to abstract art to a letter to the U.S.A. When I am not crafting a poem, I practice on my acoustic guitar or sketch on a sketchpad. I have worked as an arts editor for an online literary magazine, as arts reporter for local weekly newspaper and as assistant editor for an international literary editor. My poetry and articles have been published online and in poetry journals. Besides Simply Poems, I wrote two other chapbooks: On How to Read - The Manual (Ibbetson Press, Somerville, MA, 2008) and And the birds still fly (Eden Waters Press, Boston, MA, 2012)."

March 4: Skoot Mosby Returns to Stone Soup

Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 at our new location, the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant (free admission but donations for features are appreciated). On March 4 we welcome back the talented Skoot Mosby, who has continued to support Stone Soup on stage and behind the scenes as our talent scout.

Skoot Mosby is a heavy hitting poet. As the Poetry Club president and the face of Roxbury Community College, he has created many successful events, such as No Filter, Man vs Police,” and What That Mouth Do. Skoot is taking the poetry world by storm with his freestyle abilities on the mic. Skoot has featured at Rapping With The Writers, Comic Con, Roxbury Rocks, Art is Life Itself, Hope Inc., Verbalization, Lizard Lounge, and Stone Soup. In a major addition to his features, Skoot has been a 3x Semi finalist National Slam Team. Skoot has also served as a member of the Compassionate Poets and an assistant facilitator for Writers Without Margins.

February 27: John Lane Features at Stone Soup Poetry

Updated with New Date due to Scheduling conflict!

Stone Soup Poetry Normally meets every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 at our new location, the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant (free admission but donations for features are appreciated). This coming Thursday, on February 27, Stone Soup welcomes local poet John Lane, who will be celebrating the release of his newest collection, dry stick prayer.

A keen explorer of the juxtaposed words of life's mundane sacraments, John Lane has observed poetry to follow him at the discrete distance of a mocking cloud.

A now sober elf, there is no need to offer him drink or food; he had an apple on the train.

February 19: Black Byrd hosts All-Open Mic at Stone Soup Poetry

Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 at our new location, the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant (free admission but donations for features are appreciated). On February 19, join us for a special all-open mic as hosted by local poet on the rise, Black Byrd

More information coming.