This edition of the Third Thursday Poetry Night was on the eve of the Summer Solstice, with a full complement of regular community open mic poets & our feature Glenn Werner.
Third Thursday Poetry Night, June 20 Read More »
Harmony Cafe is a weekly reading and open mic, quintessentially Woodstock. It was good to make the trip, hang out with old friends and poets.
Poetry Night at Harmony Cafe, June 10 Read More »
A day of parades, the Pride Parade in Albany, & the Flag Day Parade in Troy where this reading happened in spite of it all. Nancy Klepsch & me, DWx, the hosts, readers & listeners. I was first up with a clutch of new poems, the first perhaps goes on, “Counting Moons” then “Delete this
Poetry + Prose: 2nd Sunday @ 2, June 9 Read More »
As you can see, this was not a “Slam” but a S.L.A.M., but 3 of Albany’s finest poets performed in another of Saratoga’s problematic “Arts Festivals.” This was held on the patio of Sperry’s Restaurant on Caroline St. The problem here being Caroline St…
SLAM! – Saratoga Literary Art and Music, June 8 Read More »
Poets Speak Loud!, May 27 This series is held on the last Monday of the month & so each year it falls on Memorial Day in May. Today we gathered in spite of (or because of) the Holiday in the back room of McGeary’s, our busy, attentive waitress was Victoria (a real cutey) & our
Poets Speak Loud!, May 27 Read More »
The house was packed for today’s featured poet, Jill Crammond, with a long list of open mic poets, introduced by Edie Abrams. I’d gotten there early before the doors were even open, with a carload of Albany poets, including the perfectly coiffed featured poet, so I ended up at the top of the sign-up sheet.
Sunday Four Poetry, May 26 Read More »
Now that the Slam team has been selected, nominated, whatever, this was a wide-open slam for anyone to give it a shot & it was refreshing to not see all the same faces. But 1st K.P. (Kevin Peterson) served as host for the open mic. First up with a love poem in rhyme (“High Wire”) was
Nitty Gritty Slam #45, May 21 Read More »
This is just an open mic, no featured reader, held most months of the year at the Arts Center of the Capital Region on River St. in Troy, NY for writers of prose & poetry. The hosts are Nancy Klepsch & me, DWx. Brian Dorn has gotten brave & signed up first, & started with
Poetry + Prose: 2nd Sunday @ 2, May 12 Read More »
There were actually about 5 more folks in the living room of the Pride Center in addition to the poets that read this night, so the cozy was getting crowded. As always our host was the straight-friendly Don Levy, who had touted this as “Haiku night.” The featured poet was Tess Lecuyer who goes back
Live from the Living Room, May 8 Read More »
I was away last month & missed the open mic but had to be here tonight for the featured poet Mary Panza, whom I’ve known since she was a young poet (& I guess I must’ve been younger then too) making her poetic debut on stage at the QE2 open mic. I had no idea
Caffè Lena Open Mic, May 1 Read More »
One of the rare 5th Tuesday Slams at Valentines & the visage of il papa Thom Francis has yet to surface from beneath the pile of diapers & extra laundry, but somehow the Slam goes on. Christopher the Poet was the host for the open mic while the rest of the gang rounded up judges
Nitty Gritty Slam #43, April 30 Read More »
This was a benefit held at historical Caffè Lena in Saratoga Springs to support the Mt. McGregor Arts Fund, providing poetry workshops for inmates at Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility. The program was introduced by Gordon Boyd & Cara Benson, who runs the poetry workshop. Cara talked about her experience with the poetry, & politics, of
Inside Out: Poems & Music from Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility, April 23 Read More »
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
