The Hudson Valley Writers Guild just sent out the following formation on this years writing contest. Every year the genre of the contest changes and this year it is something that we know a little about here at Albany Poets. The judging panel this time around looks like a very interesting group of poets, representing the diversity […]
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Thom’s 10 Things… a weekly look at Thom Francis’ thoughts on upcoming projects, Albany Poets, and the local poetry and spoken word community… 1 – What I am we are Missing in Woodstock and Kingston There is a lot going on downstate that I never seem to be able to make it to. Not because
We are taking a trip down Memory Lane this week as look back at the previous Albany Word Fest events. Yesterday we posted photos and an article that Dan Wilcox wrote about the very first Word Fest in September of 2001. Today we are heading back to Thatcher Park for the 2002 Albany Word Fest.
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We are feeling very nostalgic here at Albany Poets as we get ready for the Word Fest starting in just under four weeks. After talking with R.M. Engelhardt about the beginnings of the event, I decided to dig a little bit and post some photos from the first Word Fest in Thatcher Park in 2001. I also
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At the “unlucky” NGS #13 we found that sometimes less is more. Less staff, less poets, but still a great night of spoken word with at least one new friend on the stage. In the end, familiar faces came out on top with Kevin Peterson, Poetyc Visionz, and Shannon “In the Money” Shoemaker taking home
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On Sunday, April 15, after the Pitchapalooza event at St. Rose, we will gather down at McGeary’s for a Word Fest kickoff cocktail party and a Founders Reading featuring some of the poets that have been on the Albany Poets website since its conception. Poets performing at this reading will include Mary Panza, Don Levy, Marcus
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Our friends Matthew Klane and James Belflower who put on the amazing Yes! readings at the Social Justice Center (33 Central Ave., Albany) will be welcoming four guests at the next reading on Friday, March 30. Here is all of the information from the curators. Hello Yes! Lovers, Pull out your highlighters and light your calendars for
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The COW poetry/prose/performance series keeping moooving along every first Saturday of the month in uptown Kingston. On April 7, host and Chronogram poetry editor Phillip Levine welcomes Chris Wheeling and Robert Milby as the featured poets at the BEAhive. COW (Chronogram Open Word): Poetry/Prose/Performance is hosted by Chronogram’s poetry editor Phillip Levine, it runs on the first Saturday of every month at
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The 2012 Word Fest is getting bigger, better, and more exciting as we get closer to the big event in April. This week Matthew Klane and the good folks over at the Yes, Reading! series released the sign up for the Yes! Word Fest Communal Reading Event that will be taking place on Wednesday, April 18
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Thom’s 10 Things… a weekly look at Thom Francis’ thoughts on upcoming projects, Albany Poets, and the local poetry and spoken word community… This is the first in a weekly series of blogs about my thoughts on the local poetry community. I have been reading at open mics and events for 18 or so years
The next edition of Poets Speak Loud, Albany Poets’ monthly open mic for poetry and spoken word will be taking place on Monday, March 26 with a featured poet who is not known for speaking loud. Leslie Michelle, who just recently got her voice back from a bout with laryngitis, will be stepping up the mic
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The Beat Generation lives on. At least for a couple hours anyway next week at the UAG Gallery when R.M. Engelhardt will be hosting a special Bet Generation night at the Saint Poem Reading Series. This event is always a good time, reading the poets who introduced many of us to poetry and spoken word. Bring your
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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.
