This month the Caffe Lena Open Mic has two featured poets plus an open mic. Here is the info from Carol Graser: Timothy Mason has been actively performing poetry and promoting folk music since the 1980’s. He honed is performance style in the early poetry slams and at the fabled Kerrville Folk Festival giving the […]
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Just wanted to pass this announcement along from the poets in Voorheesville and their monthly poetry series at the Old Songs Community Arts Center. Old Songs Community Arts Center: Sunday Four Poetry–Frank Desiderio and Mimi Moriarty/ Voorheesville Frank Desiderio and Mimi Moriarty with an open mike Sunday Four Poetry Open Mike Hosts: Dennis Sullivan, Edie
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Here is information on the Hudson Valley Writers Guild Annual Writing Contest from www.hvwg.org (Thank you Dan Wilcox for sending us the info) HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS GUILD ANNUAL WRITING CONTEST Poetry Contest, 2009 1st Place: $150 2nd Place: $75 3rd Place: $50 Deadline: August 31, 2009 The Hudson Valley Writers Guild is pleased to announce
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This coming Thursday at the Social Justice Center on Central Ave.: The Poetry Motel Foundation presents Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY on Thursday, June 18 (7:00 sign up; 7:30 start) Featured Poet: W.D. Clarke W.D. Clarke is the author of “Soldier Ballads and Other Tales” (Infinity
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The Every Other Thursday Night Poets are artists as well! Or at least some of them are. They are hosting a reception on Thursday evening, June 18, from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Voorheesville Library (directions on Library web site). View art work by Tom Corrado, Barbara Vink, Mimi Moriarty, Philomena Moriarty, Alan Casline, Mark O’Brien,
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From our friend Phillip Levine, host of the Woodstock Poetry Society and the weekly poetry night at the Colony Cafe: Poet Judith Saunders presenting her poetry and poet William Seaton presenting a talk (Winged Words: Notes on the Oral Performance of Poetry") will be the featured readers when the Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival meets
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Busy week in poetry coming up. Things kicked off yesterday with Dan Wilcox’s annual birthday tribute and reading of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”. Here is some information on Tuesday’s Albany Poets Presents and Wednesday’s Caffe Lena Open Mic up in Saratoga. Albany Poets Presents, Tuesday, June 2 Albany Poets Presents, hosted by Thom Francis
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Forgot to add this to the list of upcoming poetry events. Sunday, May 24 is Open Stage day at Caffe Lena in Saratoga. Here is all the info: This Sunday, May 24, 7:30 PM, is Caffe Lena’s 5th annual Memorial Day Open Stage. The Saratoga Peace Alliance is co-sponsoring the event along with the Adirondack
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We have some annoucenments for poetry events and open mics that are coming up. Be sure to check these out, there is a lot of poetry going on in the area. And just a reminder, in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 25, we will not be having the Poets Speak Loud poetry reading
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Phillip Levine sent along the following announcement for this weekend’s Woodstock Poetry Society reading with Frank Boyer and Donald Lev. If you are in the Woodstock area on Saturday afternoon, this would be a great reading to check out. Poets Frank Boyer and Donald Lev will be the featured readers when the Woodstock Poetry Society
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Got this from Dan Wilcox about the upcoming 3 Guys From Albany tour and information on how you can watch it live on your computer. Ah, the combination of poetry and technology is fantastic! As part of our Colorado/Wyoming tour to get to Albany Wyoming as 3 Guys from Albany–our 12th of 18 U.S. albanys–This
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We took a week off after the Word Fest and now we are back with some news and updates for events that are coming up in the poetry and spoken word community. Here is an email that we received about an upcoming workshop with Bernadette Mayer. BERNADETTE MAYER & PHILIP GOOD invite you to participate
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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.
