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Worcester poet Tony Brown to receive Stanley Kunitz Medal

Worcester Poet Tony Brown s unconventional road to the Stanley Kunitz Medal included punk rock, poetry slam and prolific online publishing. ....

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'The best joke about Worcester I've ever heard': Comedians share their favorite jabs at the city most of them love

Comedians share their favorite jabs at the city most of them love
Worcester Magazine
“Welcome to Worcester,” said poet Bill MacMillan, hosting the Worcester Poetry Slam from the stage of the now-defunct Java Hut, “the city that means well.” To be fair, MacMillan used the joke for other cities, too – mostly Providence – but for poet, humorist and generally funny guy David Macpherson, that s still the joke that best sums up the city. “It s a classic,” says Macpherson.
And it s true: For all that Worcester is said to have something of a self-image problem, the fact is the city has a great sense of humor, and takes itself far less seriously than, ahem, the larger city to its east. Perhaps then that s why that, as the pandemic begins to abate, the comedy scene has been one of the first ones to come out swinging with some really big shows, including Orlando Baxter Friday and Saturday at the WooHaHa and Bob Marley (the other one) at Rascals May 12 and 13. With ....

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