Tiffany JonesThis event was at Tierra Coffee Roasters in Albany, right where I started the Third Thursday readings at the former Cafe Web, lo on these many years ago. This was a reading by writers of both poetry & prose (& polemics, as befits …
Inaugural Reading of the New Surrealist Institute, June 29 Read More »
This was a great week for Albany Poets as we held our first in what we hope to be many live broadcasts of Poets Speak Loud at McGeary’s with featured poet Alicia Ortiz. We are bringing the equipment with us to Valentine’s this coming Tuesday for 21st installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. Speaking of
Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of July 1, 2012 Read More »
I can’t be in 2 places at once, but I tried to be at 2 different readings on both ends of the evening. Conflicts happen because we have here in the Capital District of New York State a very diverse, active local arts scene, & probably more poetry …
Jon Sands Reading & …, June 25 Read More »
ALBANY (June 26, 2012) – Nitty Gritty Slam today announced that it been named an official slam venue and will send a team of poets to The National Poetry Slam, held in Charlotte, NC this coming August. This summer will feature special events and fundraisers to fund the trip. Held the first and third Tuesdays
I am sitting here in a great house on the Cape. This is a tradition my family has carried on all my life. We take a week, pack up 20 or 30 bags of groceries and head off on 28South. This tradition has been going on way before I was born. It is actually rumored (and the timing
Housewife Tuesday – Vacation Read More »
The Nitty Gritty Slam is turning 21! It’s time to celebrate and what better way to do that than a good, old fashion poetry slam at our favorite local rock and roll bar. Last week we completed Team Nitty Gritty by welcoming D. Colin and ILLiptical after our “blood sport” competition at Valentines. They are
Nitty Gritty Slam #21 at Valentine’s on Tuesday, July 3 Read More »
In the last Thom’s 10 Things… I began running down the list of the other slam teams that will be competing at the National Poetry Slam with Team Nitty Gritty. This time around I am picking it up with teams 11 – 20. Some of these teams do not have much information readily available on the internet,
Thom’s 10 Things… The Other Poetry Slams Going to NPS, Part 2 Read More »
Sadly our featured poet, Anna Eyre, at the last minute could not make it tonight, but that only meant that the “one-poem rule” became a license for 2 poems for the open mic poets. But before that, the invoking of the Muse, tonight the painte…
Third Thursday Poetry Night, June 21 Read More »
This was the last in this marvelous series until September, & it got off to a bang with Bernadette Mayer, the featured poet, reading her poems “Helens of Troy”. They will be published as a “pamphlet” by New Directions in January. What Bernadette …
Sunday Four Poetry, June 24 Read More »
We are launching a new feature here on AlbanyPoets.com by broadcasting our readings live! Tonight’s Poets Speak Loud open mic is live from McGeary’s with featured poet Alicia Ortiz. Stay tuned. We will be starting soon. We will be back next week on Tuesday, July 3, for Nitty Gritty Slam #21
Poets Speak Loud…Live Read More »
There has been a recent change in the rules here, allowing poets to read in both the open mic & the Slam, of which no one took advantage tonight. Avery began the open mic with his piece in praise of dance then sat down; open mic host Mojavi brough…
Nitty Gritty Slam #20, June 19 Read More »
We had a great week of poetry and spoken word in Albany this past week. Now let’s take a look at what is coming up in another busy week in Poetryland. Sunday, June 24 3:00pm – Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic Old Songs Community Center, 37 South Main Street, Voorheesville Open Mic for poets and
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