Worcester lost an incredible community member this past weekend, who was a friend to so many, including the Gerund for over a decade.

Isaac Pineau was a gifted artist, exemplary friend and rock n roll king; a beacon of light in our community.

We would like to invite anyone and everyone to come and join us this evening for a space to share words about him, or just be around folks while processing this immense loss.

Open mic list is up at 8pm, show to kick off at 9 ; slots for first and second half, alongside a waiting list. Each person on the mic is allotted approximately 6 minutes, please respect this and donate any extra time forward to the next person so that we may give as many community voices a chance to speak or share a poem tonight as we can.

Link for Isaac’s burial cost fundraiser

OUR FEATURE: Ilse Ruizvisfocri is a Mexican artist born in the state of Colima. She graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Colima with a B.A. in International Business, knowing a lot about business but not enough about life. At first, using writing, photography and filmmaking as a way free herself from her feelings, Ilse found inspiration not only in big classic writers but around her community in Boston. Eventually illustrating the complexities within her own reality, Ilse has found poetry to be a medium that brings to light the simplicity and beauty of emotion within the human experience. She participated in the 2024 North Beast Regional getting second place with “Sin Nombre” team, won Boston Poetry Slam Adams September edition, and she’s a regular at the Cantab Lounge, opening her heart to the people every Wednesday night. We are so excited to have them on our stage !