Poets In The Park 2012

The “Dean of Albany Poetry” Dan Wilcox just released information on the Poets In The Park series for this year. The Poets In The Park reading series has been bringing some of the best poetry and spoken word to the people of Albany in Washington Park for a number of years and this years line up looks no different.

The series begins on July 7 and continues every Saturday in July at the Robert Burns statue in Albany’s historic Washington Park.  This years lineup is a great representation of the local / regional poetry community with a couple local open mic mainstays, two guys with similar names, and a member of Team Nitty Gritty.

Below is the information from Dan Wilcox himself:

Poets in the Park 2012

Saturdays in July at the Robert Burns statue, Washington Park, Albany at Henry Johnson Blvd. & Hudson Ave.

July 7, 7PM
Adrianna Delgado and Howard Kogan

July 14, 7PM
Donald Lev and Don Levy

July 21, 7PM
Women Poets of Willett St.: Sylvia Barnard and Carolee Sherwood

July 28, 7PM
Kevin Peterson and Tenesha Smith

Free! & open to the public (just like the park). Bring a chair or blanket to sit on.
Rain site: the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany

Sponsored by the Poetry Motel Foundation and the Hudson Valley Writers Guild

For information on the series call Dan Wilcox at 482-0262

About the author: Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.