Wake Up and Smell the Poetry

Weekly Schedule	First Airing	Second Airing	Third Airing	Fourth Airing
Wake Up and Smell the Poetry	Monday, 7:00 PM	Thursday, 4:30 AM	Thursday, 12:00 PM	Friday. 5:00 PM

HCAM News Re: Wake Up! NOW ONLINE 2013 Season 2012 Season 2011 Season 2010 Season 2009 Season	This series is for the merging of minds and souls of poets, musicians and other performing artists... as well as those simply coming to listen. We provide a forum for a variety of talented writers and performing artists to share their words and get people awakened and excited about the diversity of voices, perspectives and insights expressed through the art form of poetry, song and spoken word. This program is offered jointly by myself a host/ producer and by HCAM Station Manager Jim Cozzens. Admission is free but there is a passing of the hat for the features. There are very talented poets and musicians on board for this coming season. You can sign up for reserved seating and open mic below. Open mic slots are limited and available on a first come first serve basis. (More info) - Cheryl Perreault Contact Us No, they don't gather in some hip little cafe crowded with creatures of the night. But all the passion and prose of a fervent literary event can be found at the free Wake up and smell the poetry sessions held on Saturday morning each month at the HCAM-TV Studio in Hopkinton. --The Boston Globe, October, 2009
	5.18.13
	On May 18th, HCAM Studios will offer a special morning program of poetry, story and song with Boston poet, Jennifer Barber, oral-historian Ruth Edmonds Hill and singer-songwriter duo Chris and John Boehmer. There is an exciting line-up for open mic to follow. A few spots still open.Doors open at 10:00 a.m., the program begins at 10:30 a.m. and after the open mic, all are welcome to join for a little ala carte lunch and post-"Wakeup..." conversation at Waterfresh Farms Cafe (we have a big table reserved). Do come and join! your host, Cheryl Perreault

	Jennifer Barber Jennifer Barber is the author of Given Away (Kore Press, 2012) and Rigging the Wind (winner of the Kore First Book Award in 2002). She is founding and current editor of the literary journal Salamander and she teaches English Literature and Creative Writing at Suffolk University in Boston. She is the past recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Heinrich Böll Cottage Residency in Ireland, a St. Botolph Grant, and the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award. Recent poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Bellevue Literary Review, Cerise Press, Orion, Verse Daily, and Upstreet. She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
	Ruth Edmonds Hill Ruth Edmonds Hill is coordinator of oral history projects for the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, at Harvard University. Among them are the Black Women Oral History Project, Women in the Federal Government, one on the National Organization for Women, and currently one on Chinese American women. She has presented lectures and workshops for many venues in the United States and abroad, was the producer of a storytelling event for Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, and organized ten years of travels for “Women of Courage,” a photographic exhibition based on the Black Women Oral History Project. A longtime member of the Oral History Association, she has served on a number of committees, and on the editorial board of the Oral History Review. She authored the foreword to Keeping Family Stories Alive, by Vera Rosenbluth, and has contributed to Radcliffe Quarterly, Notable Black American Women, and African American National Biography. Personal comments: her husband is the noted storyteller, the late Brother Blue, and she is the great granddaughter of the Reverend Samuel Harrison, chaplain of the famed Massachusetts 54th Regiment in the Civil War.
	Chris Boehmer and John Boehmer The duo of John and Chris Boehmer came about when these two insightful singer-songwriters joined forces in 2012. They combine guitar, piano, ukelele and vocal harmony to create music that sounds both traditional and contemporary, and often share their original poems as well. Chris Boehmer's original songs reflect a broad range of musical influences, from Americana to the Great American Songbook. She also hosts the Fireside Coffeehouse in Norwood. John Boehmer's interest in poetry and song lyric was born out of his deep love of the English language and a desire to express the inexpressible. His love of classical music and jazz, combined with his love of New Orleans R&B and Celtic music fuse to create a style that is unique and accessible.

	Upcoming programs: June 15th: TBA

	More Information on our program: This venue welcomes participating artists from near and far as well as the general public who are interested in seeing this unique, monthly event honoring the art of poetry, song and spoken word. Admission is free and all are welcome. Most of our programs are available for viewing here. Features Information: Guest features for this program are selected based on their talent as both a writer and in their ability to deliver poetry, stories and songs as well as thematic content, diversity of style, audience appeal and genuine interest and ability to connect with the audience (both in studio and on air). We receive many inquiries regarding eligibility of feature spots and although most features are selected based on advance program topics and themes, interested applicants are welcome to email feature press kit and inquiries or to HCAM Studios, 77 Main Street, Hopkinton Ma 01748. (directions) Open Mic Information: HCAM Studios offers a supportive and professional setting for open mic where contributing writers and artists can share their words of poetry, song or story while being filmed before a live audience. There is a limited sign-up and a limit of four minutes per open mic contribution. Please bring material suitable for sharing on public television and sign a release form if you would like to be considered for inclusion on the televised program. Participants are encouraged to sign up in advance as open mic spots can be limited with attending audience ranging from 20-50 each month. People come from near and far sharing poetry, spoken word and songs, some for the first time and some who are seasoned writers/performers. Regardless of experience, those who have performed at the open mic in the last three seasons have traditionally offered their best for this friendly and professional setting. This has resulted in a showcasing of a very special blend of impressive talents within each month's program so that most performances are included in either the monthly "Wake up..." series or the "All Open Mic" program. If you are interested in reserving an open mic spot or simply in reserving a seat to watch as audience, please sign up above.

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