Poets at the Arboretum, August 13
September 4, 2021
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Dan Wilcox went out to the Pine Hollow Arboretum for a rare (in these pandemic times) in-person poetry open mic.
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Dan Wilcox went out to the Pine Hollow Arboretum for a rare (in these pandemic times) in-person poetry open mic.
Dan Wilcox took another virtual trip to Bennington for Charlie Rossiter’s 2nd Tuesday Open Mic and was treated to some great poetry.
Poets gathered to celebrate the life of Tom Nattell, as we have since his passing in 2005, with Dan Wilcox handling the open mic hosting duties.
Charlie Rossiter, our host, welcomed us to “Bennington” with his rap-inspired open mic welcome chant, and off we went.
Albany poet, Therese Broderick, invited me on Facebook to this Zoom event from Amesbury, Massachusetts, hosted by the current Amesbury Poet Laureate, Ellie O’Leary.
That is, “Rest in Punk.” It was sad to read in the Times Union of the closing of The Low Beat, another victim of the COVID-19 virus pandemic.
Dan Wilcox reports on his new Thursday night appointment viewing – The Nick Bisanz Show – that features local musicians, poets, & artists.
Dan Wilcox was able to host one Poets in the Park reading this year with featured readers Austin Houston and Sarah Giragosian.
Recently retired from government service Tim Verhaegen has attended some Zoom poetry meetings & got the bug to take the leap to organize his first open mic.
Trio House Press hosted a special reading via Zoom featuring Bradford Tice, Artess Bethany White, and Michele Battiste.
On May 14 FFAPL held a stay-at-home online version of the Meet the Author event, with a reading and talk by Elisa Albert.
Poetic Vibe is one of the first regular venues that jumped on the Zoom flying saucer to take us into whatever you call this strange event happening in my house.
