6:30 SPOKEN WORD OPEN MIC
7:40 Musical Interlude: Stephany Merryshow
8:00 Features: Kevin Spak & Artie Moffa

Hosted by Dana Wilde & Tanya Rubins

Visual Artist: TBA

Born in the suburbs of Philadelphia, ARTIE MOFFA had parents who read him stories every night. He grew up happy, healthy, and well-prepared for almost any career other than slam poet. Obviously, that was a challenge too good to pass up. An unlikely graduate of Amherst College and an incongruous fixture at the Boston Poetry Slam, Artie's comic verse is preppy, puckish, and polished 'til it shines.

KEVIN SPAK was raised by wolves on a pirate ship. They were pirate wolves. Eventually their ship was caught in a freak storm and little Spak, then known as "Grrfnarr the Snarly" was lost at sea. Eventually he washed up in Boston, where he fights crime under an alias, and performs poetry under a different alias. He's performed shows and vanquished villains throughout the region, making audiences laugh, think, and yell obscenities at the top of their lungs. His poetry is wild, action packed, and punctuated with growls.

**Space for this event is provided by Thornes Marketplace & storefront ART (the artist residency and exhibition program of Commonwealth Center for Change), made possible with support from Art Angels and The Northampton Arts Council.

Commonwealth Center for Change is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that is facilitating a network of mutual support and collaboration that sustains and strengthen a dynamic creative community by offering affordable space and resources to local social mission organizations and artists. http://www.commonwealthcenter.org