at McGeary’s Tavern on Clinton Square, especially when we are roasting el presidente of AlbanyPoets.com, Thom Francis, we are not only LOUD but out-fucking-rageous. Of course, led on by our host Mary Panza. But first she had to clear out the room o…
Last week we told you about the a series of interviews that the The College of Saint Rose has on their English Blog with Carolee Sherwood. This week the “What
Dan Wilcox forwarded this an email from the folks at Wellspring House in Ashefield, Mass about their new fall and winter rates. Need to boost your creativity? Wellspring House, Artist
We are gearing up for another big week of poetry and spoken word in the area by welcoming John Survivor Blake to the Nitty Gritty Slam on Tuesday evening as
There are a lot of stories on the web about poetry and spoken word from all over the world. Here are a couple of articles that caught my eye today.
Many of us local poets have wanted to have our work published, but only to realize that it is very difficult to find a publisher willing to take the chance
Occupy Albany teamed up with AlbanyPoets.com & touring performance poet Jared Paul to present a high-spirited evening of performance & politics at the Social Justice Center in Albany, NY.To start off the night & to represent to the gathered…
The next Poetry on the Loose reading will be taking place on Saturday, October 6 with featured poet Eileen Van Hook at the beautiful Seligmann Estate in Sugar Loaf. Eileen has
As part of the NYS Writers Institute’s fall season of visiting writers, Paul La Farge, novelist, essayist, and short story writer will be presenting both a seminar at 4:15PM and a reading at 8:00PM this coming
After the Banned Books ReadOut Saturday morning in Troy it’s time to get on the road and head down to one of the great independent bookstores in the Hudson Valley.
The one-two punch of poetry and spoken word on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the month continues the night after NGS #27 on Wednesday, October 3 with the Caffe
With tornado warnings hitting the news, rain pouring down, and bluegrass playing downstairs, the poets still came out to Valentine’s for Nitty Gritty Slam #26 last Tuesday. We were joined by some
