On Sunday, June 24, the Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic series will be closing its season with a very special performance from featured poet Bernadette Mayer. Great news! BERNADETTE MAYER is coming to Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic on the 24th of June at Old Songs. She is our clean-up hitter to finish our Fourth […]
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A couple weeks ago when I was writing about some of my favorite slam poets I did not realize that one of the poets on that list was coming to the area for a reading. Next Monday Jon Sands, one of the finest poets / writers / spoken word performers in the country right now,
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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
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Let’s take a look at the week ahead as we make our poetry plans. We have a new open mic series starting on Monday at Ben & Jerry’s on Lark St. to work in concert with the St. Poem Series at the UAG. Should be a dynamic evening of music and spoken word. Then on
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The official list of the 72 poetry slams that are going to be gathering in Charlotte in August for the National Poetry Slam was posted the other day on the PSi website. As we were looking over the list, noticing familiar names and cities that we have traveled through and performed in, I thought about
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Friday, June 29 is shaping up to be a busy night for poetry and spoken word. A couple of weeks ago there was a big hole on the calendar for that date, but now with the new Between The Lines poetry open mic series in Troy starting and this reading event from the New Surrealist Institute
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There has not been too much poetry happening in Troy, but it all changes in a couple of weeks. On Friday, June 29 local poet (and Nitty Gritty Slam #14 winner) D. Colin is kicking off a new monthly poetry open mic series called Between The Lines in Troy. This open mic for poetry and
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The Bright Hill Literary Center, celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, continues the Word Thursday series this coming Thursday with featured poets Ryan J. Browne and Neil J. Shepard. Host Bertha Rogers send along the following: Word Thursdays to Feature BHP Poetry Book Winner Ryan J. Browne, Madison, WI & Poet & Editor Neil J. Shepard On Thursday, June 14, Bright Hill will
Last week at Nitty Gritty Slam #19 we introduced the world to Team Nitty Gritty. Shannon “In The Money” Shoemaker, Elizag, Kevin Peterson, and Poetyc Visionz will the poets representing Albany at the National Poetry Slam in Charlotte in August. We also announced a few changes to the Nitty Gritty Slam with a new banner,
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Dan Wilcox has a busy summer coming up with the Poets in the Park series beginning in July and his monthly Third Thursday Poetry Night. Dan has a great feature scheduled for the June edition of the long running open mic series at the Social Justice Center, Anna Eyre. Local poet Anna Elena Eyre will
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Next Monday, June 18, poetry will be returning to Lark Street at the UAG Gallery as local poet ~ writer ~ host extraordinaire R.M. Engelhardt brings us another edition of the Saint Poem reading series. This month the reading is happening at its normal 8:00pm time. Here is the information from the Facebook event page: BE VISIONARY … WARNING:
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We had a great week of poetry and spoken word in the area last week and we are not skipping a beat going into the next week. There is no poetry at Art on Lark this year, but starting on Sunday we have another full week of events to look forward to. Sunday, June 10
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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.
