Join "Where Your Mouth Is for a night of acoustic music & poetry with Pamela Means, Bill MacMillan & Jessica Dalzell at Quinsigamond Village Community Center (16 Greenwood St.) on Thursday, May 26th. Tickets are $15 donation/$10 with student ID. All profits benefit AIDS Project Worcester. For more information & directions, please see our web site, above.
Pamela Means is a Boston-based Out (spoken), Biracial indie folk artist whose "kamikaze guitar style" and punchy provocative songs have worn a hole in her guitar. Armed with razor wit, poetry and irresistable charm, Pamela Means' "stark, defiant songs" (New York Times Magazine) set the status quo and the stage afire. Her many honors include being named Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's #1 "Most Wanted New Artist", and both Wisconsin's "Folk Artist of the Year", and "Female Vocalist of the Year".
Currently, Pamela performs over 150 shows a year at clubs, coffeehouses, colleges, and festivals across the country, most notably the Newport Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, South by Southwest Conference, Southern Womyn's Fest, and Michigan Womyn's Festival. Pamela is also a favorite at innumerable regional Gay Pride events, Take Back the Night rallies, and Black History Month celebrations. Pamela has shared the stage with artists including Ani DiFranco, Joan Baez, Neil Young, Shawn Colvin, Richie Havens, Patty Larkin, Melissa Ferrick, Violent Femmes, Pete Seeger, Janis Ian, and Holly Near.
Bill MacMillan is the founder of the Worcester Poetry Slam and co-founder of the Worcester Poets Asylum. He has toured throughout the eastern half of the U.S., and has done lectures and workshops on poetry. In 1996, Bill was a member of the Providence Slam Team that won the national championship. He is a member of the 2002 Worcester Slam Team as well. He lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, with his wife Sou (also a performance poet), and a future poetry powerhouse, their son, Liberty.
Jessica Dalzell lives in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 2004, she received her Master's degree in English from Clark University. She is a member of the Shakti women's writing pact and a regular at the Poet's Asylum.