April 25: Ron Goba Features at Stone Soup Poetry

Stone Soup Poetry meets every Monday from 7-9 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery, now at its new location at 541 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square Cambridge, Massachusetts. On May April 25, we are happy to have a special reading with Ron Goba to close out National Poetry Month.

Ron Goba is the author of such collections as The Music Box, The Custom of Quoting Someone, and Collage As Silkscreen. For several years, he was known as the doorman for the weekly Boston Poetry Slam at the Cantab. In 2011, he released Swan Song, a small collection of poems, to coincide with his reading at the Cantab on the eve of his birthday. In 2012, his work was included in Songs of Innocence and Sam Adams, a collection of poems co-authored by Prabakar T. Rajan. Since the passing of his beloved wife Susan, Ron has featured at Arts at The Armory, Stone Soup Poetry The Cantab Lounge and elsewhere performing poems specifically crafted for each feature commemorating her life and influence. The poems for April 25 will be made available to the audience.

August 17: Alfred A. Zuñiga Features at Stone Soup

Moving forward, Stone Soup Poetry meets every Monday from 7-9 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery, now at its new location at 541 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square Cambridge, Massachusetts. On August 17, we head closer to the end of our summer series with a feature by a poet who deserves wider recognition, Alfred A. Zuñiga.

Several years ago, Alfred participated in Somerville Open Studios to debut a collection of works titled Modest Machinations of An Intrepid Insomniac. From that point on he discovered a new world in poetry: Wednesday nights at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, advanced workshops with poet Tom Daley,the  Poetry Salon with Ron Goba (a serendipitous reunion, as Ron had been a teacher at his high school). This led to the recent publication of his first pieces, “The Sea, Parts 1, 2 and 3” in Crow Point Living Magazine by N2 Publishing earlier this year.

His early work was raw and a bit naïve (at the time obsessed with rhyming), but his poetry has since flourished under Tom’s tutelage, and through sharing with a diverse community of poets and friends. There is a constant reminder posted over his desk, written in beautiful calligraphy: “A poem is an event, not the record of an event.”

Alfred is a Fine Art Handler for an art transportation company based in Boston, Massachusetts. He has a BA in Animation and Film Theory from University of Massachusetts at Boston. He lives in Dedham with his wife, Beth, and their two French bulldogs and cat.