photo by Peter Vicinanza

Open Mike : A Tribute to Jack McCarthy
at the Chelmsford Public Library, 25 Boston Road, Chelmsford Center
Sunday, Feb 10th at 6:30 p.m.

Due to the pending snow storm we have rescheduled this event to Sunday evening at 6:30.
Please keep checking our website for any further details during this snowy weekend.

“…I don’t much care what happens in the immediate aftermath of my death… but ….please, don’t do anything sad… Let there be parties … but not the parties where men like me stand around silent because we can never think figure out when it’s our time to talk. Throw a party like an open mike, people sign up, wait for their names to be called and everybody sits and , sipping coffee and tea. Let there be jokes and , and music let there be poetry. But most of all let there be listening –let this be an interlude of with one person at a time speaking,
and everyone else listening….”
“When the Cholesterol Catches Up With Me” Jack McCarthy

Our good friend and performance poet Jack McCarthy passed away on January 17th.The Chelmsford Library is honored to present an Open Mike: Tribute to Jack McCarthy,"
This open mike begins at 6:30 p.m. Sign-ups at the door as time allows..

The MC for this Open Mike Tribute to Jack will be Hope Jordan. Hope is a poet, writer, teacher and fundraiser who lives in New Hampshire. She met Jack McCarthy after winning her first poetry slam at the Cantab in 1993. In 2007, she became the first official slammaster in New Hampshire and coached the inaugural NH Poetry Slam Team.

Read more about Jack McCarthy at http://standupoet.net