There is so much going on in Albany during Word Fest week this year and one of the hot spots is the Social Justice Center on Central Ave with poetry three nights in a row. Tonight is the Yes! Communal Reading Event, tomorrow is the Third Thursday Poetry Night featuring Christopher The Poet, and on Friday the […]
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We kicked off the 2012 Albany Word Fest in grand style yesterday with Pitchapalooza at St. Rose in the afternoon and then we headed down to McGeary’s for the Founders Reading. This was a very special reading featuring performances from some of the poets who have been with Albany Poets since day one. Albany Poets
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On Tuesday, April 17, right in the middle of Word Fest week we will the holding the 16th installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. This time around we are ruight in the middle of the 2012 Albany Word Fest, continuing the poetry and spoken word throughout the week. The last slam at Valentine’s was a close contest
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The first 12-Hour Word Fest Open Mic took place at the 2009 Albany Word Fest. In an effort to give everyone an opportunity to share their word at the annual event, we held the open mic portion from 7:00PM Friday, April 17 to 7:00AM on Saturday, April 18. We began the night without any chairs,
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Thanks for joining me for another edition of Thom’s 10 Things… This week I am going to be talking about Word Fest, Jared Paul, upcoming shows, Word Fest, and a little mention about Word Fest. 1 – One of my First Albany Poetry Memories Unlike most folks who have been around the scene for a
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This was a night of pseudonyms as there were more folks on stage with alternate names than their given names. Actually there were a couple of poets who had a stage name for their stage name. Very confusing, but a good time all around for the 15th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam. First we had
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Closing out the 2012 Albany Word Fest on Saturday night, April 21, at Valentine’s will be Daniel Nester‘s Karaoke + Poetry = Fun. Nester says, “As part of the closing ceremonies for the week long poetry and spoken word festival, poets will read a poem, then sing a song. Singers will sing a song, and read
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UGT and Albany Poets are coming together for this special Word Fest edition of Urban Guerilla Theatre on Friday, April 20 at The Linda. UGT is mostly Known for it awe inspiring peformances from Poets, Song Stylists, comedians and The UGT BAND.What happens when you combine these performers within skits? You get funny featuring UGT’s
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The Writers Open Mic at the Pine Hollow Arboretum kicks off the new 2012 season this coming Friday at the Visitors Center with the great Phil Good as the featured poet. Here is all of the information on the reading and upcoming featured poets: The Writers Open Mic held at Pine Hollow Arboretum is beginning the 2012 Season
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The 2008 Albany Word Fest followed a similar format to the 2007 event, but without the midday performances on Saturday. We gathered at the UAG Gallery on a beautiful spring Friday night for the annual Word Fest Open Mic hosted by Mary Panza. We had poets perform from all over the east coast this year as Max
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The Writing Trance – Elevating Your Writing to the Next Level: A Writing Seminar on the creative writing techniques of Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Olen Butler featured in the book From Where You Dream Sunday, May 6, 12:45 PM Unity Church of Albany, 21 King Avenue Albany, NY This two hour seminar will be
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Ticket Please She brought too much drama, even for the man for whom all the world’s a stage. He was happier now as the usher, standing by the exit. Lights down, curtain up. All the rest is darkness. © 2012 Joseph Hesch
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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.
