Best Poetry-Reading Outfit

Meg Wade (left) and Maggie Wells Photo: Eric England

If the idea of poetry readings still conjures images of serene beatniks sipping coffee in a smoky haze, you haven’t checked out Be Witched, the poetry-event engine powered by Maggie Wells, Meg Wade, Dana Poole and Richard Harper. The group organizes events with a more-is-more approach — like sculptures of toes and shrimp cocktail hanging from the ceiling, a Barbie chandelier, an arm-flailing tube man — and a mix of local and out-of-town poetry readers. Every event ends in a dance party with Wells (aka Blasé) at the turntable. ERICA CICCARONE

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