In celebration of National Poetry Month, Albany Poets is proud to present the 2010 Albany Word Fest featuring the poetry, spoken word, and music of upstate New York. This year’s event will take place on Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17, 2010 at the UAG Gallery (247 Lark Street, Albany). The 2010 Albany Word […]
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Poets Speak Loud poetry open mic is coming back to Tess’ Lark Tavern on Monday, March 29 with featured poet AVERY. POETS SPEAK LOUD takes place at Tess’ Lark Tavern (453 Madison Ave., Albany). Signup starts at 7:00PM, poetry starts at 8:00PM Avery Stempel has been writing poetry and reading at open mics for over
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This just in from R.M. Engelhardt regarding the next V0x at the Fuze Box this coming Friday. Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” ~ Leonard Cohen ++++++++++++ On FRIDAY, March 26th! VoX AT THE FUZEBOX Albany’s Open Mic for Poets Poetry & The
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The Albany Poets Kick it in Kingston at Half Moon Books Dan Wilcox is the host of the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany, N.Y. and is a member of the poetry performance group "3 Guys from Albany". As a photographer, he claims to have the world’s largest collection of
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Dan Wilcox recently traveled down to Washington, D.C. for the Split This Rock Poetry Festival. While he was there enjoying the work of some great poets including Martin Espada and Patricia Smith he also held a workshop on “how to build a poetry reading”. Dan has chronicled the entire weekend on his blog, talking about
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No place like home: The Literary Gazette calls for submissions The Literary Gazette, published annually by The River Reporter newspaper in Narrowsburg, NY, is looking for submissions to its 2010 issue. The theme of the issue is Home, and any poems, essays and short short fiction on this theme will be considered. There are many
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At 7:00PM on Thursday, March 25, Word Thursdays at Bright Hill Literary Center, 94 Church Street, Treadwell, NY will celebrate Women’s History Month with an open mic reading of some of American’s great women poets and writers, including Grace Paley, Willa Cather, Deborah Digges, Emily Dickenson, Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Bishop, Vickie Hearne, Gwendolyn Brooks,
Robert Kelly, one of America ’s most distinguished poets, will read his work at Warwick ’s College of Poetry on April 10 at 4:00 p.m. The College is located at 7 West Street , Warwick , New York . Admission is $10 for the general public but is included with tuition for guest poets enrolled
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This weekend Albany will be rocking with poetry! Here is the info from Daniel Nester about a great day of poetry, literature, small press, karaoke, and of course…fun! Attention Albany Lit Lovers! Start 2010 off right with all the literary magazines and books you can carry off from CAPITAL LIT, CLMP’s first-ever Albany Lit Mag
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Happy New Year! All of us here at Albany Poets wish you the best in the new year. Here is some upstate New York poetry news concerning some upcoming events and other things going on the community. TONIGHT, Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 8:00PM Albany Poets Presents NO GIMMICK OPEN MIC Valentines, 17 New Scotland Ave,
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Tonight we will be gathering around the fire, rather the stage, at Tess’ Lark Tavern (453 Madison Ave., Albany) for our monthly open mic for poetry and spoken word hosted by Mary Panza. This time around we are having a straight-up, old school, no-holds-barred, in between Christmas and New Years Day open mic with no
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Here is some information on some poetry and spoken word events and open mics coming up this week. It appears that this month’s VoX at the Fuze Box has been moved from the last Friday to this coming Friday for the holidays…mystery. Third Thursday Poetry Night Thursday, December 17, 7:00PM Social Justice Center, 33 Central
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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.
