Urban Guerilla Theatre, Albany Poets, and The Frequency North Reading Series are proud to be bringing slam back to Albany! The Nitty Gritty Slam is back for Round Two tomorrow night at Valentines (17 New Scotland Ave., Albany). We had a great night of poetry and spoken word two weeks ago and we are ready […]
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2011 Poet Laureate of Smith’s Tavern, Howard Kogan has just released his new book of poetry, Indian Summer, through Circle Square Press. Howard J. Kogan began writing poetry in his twenties, but set it aside to pursue family life and a career as a social worker and psychotherapist. In his sixties he returned to writing
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Hudson Valley Writers Guild Newsletter, September 15, 2011 In This Issue Guild Announcements: October Writing Conference, Albany Community of Writers, Dates to Save for Upcoming Guild Events, Facebook Announcement, Member Announcements: Anthony Bernini, Djalloul Marbrook, Area Announcements: Writers Institute Readings for Fall Begin at UAlbany, Sunday Four Reading Series in Voorheesville Resumes, Yes! Reading Series
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Another great week of poetry and spoken word this week in Albany. We kicked off the week at Professor Java’s for Keith Spencer’s monthly Wide Open Mic. This time around we were moved to a different, smaller room, but we made it work for the evening that featured music, poetry and comedy. Speaking of Keith
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The “Pinata Queen” of Albany is a very busy local artist who has been a featured poet at many of the events (Albany Word Fest, LarkFest, Poets Speak Loud) over the years and usually brings a special pinata to mark the occasion. She even made a special one for last year’s Roast of Dan Wilcox.
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Bob Sharkey has been a part of the Albany poetry community for over a decade now. In that time he has been a featured poet at many of the open mics and events in the area and has had his poetry published in a number of journals, websites, and magazines. Bob Sharkey started on the
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Last week was the debut of Nitty Gritty Slam at Valentines and here is video of our first slam winner, Tammy Lopez. Not only did we have Tammy as our first winner at the first slam, we had a couple other “firsts”. Dan Wilcox got the first zero score. And at the other end of
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Anthony Bernini’s second volume of poetry, has been released. This 72-page bound paperback volume, produced with exacting care by The Troy Bookmakers, includes a discerning preface by Selma R. Burkom, past professor of English and American literature at San Jose State University. Anthony Bernini now lives and works in Brunswick, New York. His poems have
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On Monday, September 26, we return to McGeary’s (4 Clinton Square, Albany) for another edition of Poets Speak Loud, but this month we have a very special treat…The Celebrity Roast of Don Levy! Roastmaster Mary Panza just sent out the following: POETS SPEAK LOUD HERE’S WHAT IS COMING AT YOU!!!!!! Monday, Sept 26th BRING THE
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Here is a video of Avery reading at Poets Speak Loud open mic at McGeary’s in 2010. More Videos
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Join Albany Poets tonight for the Wide Open Mic, hosted by Keith Spencer, at Professor Java’s Coffee Sanctuary on Wolf Road in Colonie. As the name suggests, the Wide Open Mic is an open mic for music, poetry, comedy, spoken word…just about anything. Get there early, because seats go quick. The coffee and tea are
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Albany Poets is very proud to be a part of the Living Walls project on Saturday, September 17 at the Clark Auditorium in the New York State Museum starting at 2:00PM. Living Walls: Albany is a project designed to raise awareness about the use of public space. It is about exploring options that a smaller
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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.
