Do you write haiku? Do you want to battle other haiku-ers to find out who is the best of the best? Well, if you are then we have the event for you. Our friends over at the WordXWord Festival in Pittsfield are holding a special Head-to-Head Haiku event on Tuesday, May 29. This event is […]
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Some people love them. Some people don’t care for them. Some folks don’t like the idea of poetry as competition. Some performers thrive on the rush of being on stage. Anyway you look at it, slam poetry is one of the most dynamic and exciting literary spectacles around. Poetry slams have been around since November 1984 when Marc
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On Tuesday, May 15, we storm back into Valentine’s for the 18th installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. Can you believe that it has been 9 months since we started this thing? At NGS #17 we had new faces claim the top spots with Tenesha Smith, Kat SoPoetic, and Algorhythm. Who will return to defend their
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We have a lot of poetry events coming up next week. In fact, there are seven full days of open mics and readings going on the upstate area starting on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13. Sunday, May 13 2:00pm – Poetry + Prose The Arts Center of The Capital Region, 265 River Street, Troy, NY
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On Monday, May 21 we will be hosting a special edition of Poets Speak Loud at McGeary’s. For this one night only poetry and spoken word will be mixed with the music of the Rambling Jug Stompers. This month our Featured Poet at Poets Speak Loud on the the Albany Poets website is Carlos Garcia
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This coming Monday, May 14, starting at 8:00PM, Albany Poets presents the monthly Wide Open Mic at Professor Java’s Coffee Sanctuary on Wolf Road in Colonie hosted by Kevin Peterson. Sign up starts at 7:15 with the open mic starting at 8:00PM sharp. There is a donation jar near the sign up sheet for anyone who wishes to
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We kicked off the month of May with Nitty Gritty Slam #17 at Valentine’s and in the process crowned a new champ. We also had some new faces step up and take the other two top spots. But, before the slam, Mojavi hosted the open mic and welcomed some local poets who have yet to take part in the
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Coming up this weekend, Phillip Levine will be hosting the monthly Woodstock Poetry Society reading at the Colony Cafe in beautiful Woodstock with featured poets Bobbi Katz and George Nicholson. This is a great series in one of the finest poetry venues in the Hudson Valley. Hers is the information on this weekend’s reading from
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Tonight UGT president and open mic host of the Nitty Gritty Slam Mojavi will be the featured poet at Don Levy‘s monthly Live From The Living Room open mic at the Pride Center on Hudson Ave. Live From the Living Room is a featured reading/open mic series held the 2nd Wednsday of the month @
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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 Philip Fried (NYC) and Julian Stannard (England). Host Bertha Rogers send along the following: On Thursday, May 10, Word Thursdays will feature NYC Poet Philip Fried and Southampton, England Poet Julian Stannard. They will read
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Tonight Dan Wilcox and Robert Milby, two of the hardest working poets / organizers in the area, are going to be the featured readers at the Calling All Poets series at the beautiful and historic Howland Cultural Center in Beacon. Both of these guys work each and every month to make sure that poetry lives and strives
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Our friends at The Adirondack Center for Writing have a lot going on up in the North Country region of New York. Here is some information that we received on one of the great literary events that is coming up. Join us at the Old Forge Open Mic to share your writing on stage. Local writer Glenn
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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.
