On Tuesday, September 4, we will begin Season Two of the Nitty Gritty Slam, Albany’s only poetry slam series. Believe it or not, it was a year ago that Albany Poets, UGT, and Frequncy North got together and decided to host this great new event for poets and spoken word artists on the 1st and […]
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Matthew Klane and company will be kicking off the new season of the Yes! Reading with featured readers Colie Collen, Douglas Rothschild, and Michael Peters on Friday, August 31 at the Social Justice Center (33 Central Ave., Albany) starting at 8:00PM. This is one of the great poetry / spoken word series in the area. The good
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Our very good friend (and Nitty Gritty DJ) Daniel Nester just announced the schedule for the upcoming Frequency North Reading Series 2012 – 2013 season. Again this year, Daniel has pulled together an amazing list of talented writers to come speak at Saint Rose. Frequency North, the visiting writers reading series at The College of Saint Rose, returns with
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On Thursday, August 23, Word Thursdays, Bright Hill Literary Center’s longest-running program, will offer a special edition evening as part of its 20th anniversary celebration: a dinner and discussion with poet, translator, playwright, scholar, novelist, and essayist Alfred Corn, followed by an open mic and a reading and book signing by Corn. The evening begins
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There is a great poetry reading happening tonight at the Spotty Dog Books & Ale (440 Warren Street) in Hudson featuring poets Philip Good, Jen Karmin, Bernadette Mayer, and Deborah Poe. They will be reading from their newest work as part of the Spontaneously Luminous Series, a roving reading series meant to provide space for writers to perform
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Team Nitty Gritty is back from Charlotte and ready to celebrate the end of the first year of the Nitty Gritty Slam on Tuesday night at Valentine’s. But that is not the only poetry event in town. We have a lot going on as always in the upstate New York region. Here’s is a look at the week
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Today we celebrate our 1,000th post on the Albany Poets website with new poetry from one of the great poets who has been a part of our community since the beginning. Shannon Shoemaker has been coming out to open mics and events for a while and we have been bugging her to send in some of her
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Tomorrow night, August 16, 2012 (7:00 sign up; 7:30 start), the Poetry Motel Foundation presents the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY with an open mic before & after the featured performer . There is a $3.00 donation, suggested; more if you got it, less if you can’t. This great, long
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It is not very often that you can combine livestock, amusement rides, carnival games, fired food, and poetry, but up here in the capital region we try to fit poetry into everything that is going on. For the 26th year, local poets will be representing the art of spoken word with special readings throughout the afternoon. The long
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We return to McGeary’s on Monday, August 27 for another edition of Poets Speak Loud with this month’s featured poet L-Majesty. Luis Pabon has read at many of the local poetry open mics over the years, most recently at Nitty Gritty Slam #22, and if you were at the 2012 Albany Word Fest open mic,
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This week the WordXWord Festival is going on in Pittsfield. This year the festival is packed with readings, slams, events, films, and workshops for poets and writers of all ages, interests, and abilities. The 4th Annual WordXWord Festival – a celebration of the power of words – will run from Saturday, August 11 through Saturday,
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Poet, writer, and host R.M. Engelhardt will be back at the UAG Gallery this coming Monday night for another edition of the Saint Poem Reading Series. According to Rob, this event is “An Open Mic For ALL Poets & Writers To Share Your Work” and that there is “no agenda”. Engelhardt has been one of the
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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.
