Here is some information on slam poet and teacher Taylor Mali coming into town for a reading at the Frequency North series at St. Rose. Frequency North, the aggressively eclectic visiting writers reading series at The College of Saint Rose, rolls on with slam poet Taylor Mali, a former teacher who uses his artistry with […]
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The first Third Thursday of the new year and what a way to kick things off. The phenomenal Nicole Karas is the feature poet this month. Here are the details from Dan Wilcox. the Poetry Motel Foundation presents Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center (33 Central Ave., Albany, NY) Thursday, January 15,
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The folks that brought you the very successful small press fair at the UAG Gallery (247 Lark Street, Albany) for First Friday a couple of weeks ago are coming back for a special poetry reading this coming Saturday at the UAG. From 2:00PM – 5:00PM poets and representatives from Albany Poets, Flim Forum Press, Fence
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Just got this announcement from Phillip Levine about two upcoming readings at the Inquiring Mind Bookstore in New Paltz. These readings have pretty impressive lineups of poets, some have read in Albany over the years. Be sure to check these out if you are in the area. SUNDAY, January 11th from 5 pm to 7pm:
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Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival as part of the Woodstock Arts Consortium is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock "Second Saturdays" Art Events. For a full listing of "Second Saturday" events, see: www.woodstockartsconsortium.org. Please note: WPS&F is meeting at Woodstock Community Center (56 Rock City Road) for January 10th, February 14th,
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Came across this site today and found an article/review of the Jawbone series at the UAG. The author of the article writes about the November 14 edition with Ed Rinaldi and Chris Funkhouser, pointing out the differences between two poets and performances. He also mentions that fact that the reading did start on time, which
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Northampton Poet Laureate Lesléa Newman, The Florence Poets Society, and the Northampton Arts Council will host an open poetry reading on Tuesday, January 20th starting at 6:30 p.m.at the Yellow Sofa Café (24 Main Street, Northampton, MA) to celebrate the election of President Barack Obama. Poets are asked to write an inauguration poem celebrating this
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Ring in the new year with poetry, music, and spoken word as Albany Poets Presents comes back to Valentines on Tuesday, January 5. Sign up starts at 7:00pm and the open mic starts at 8:00pm. We will also have some copies of OTHER:TEN at the show as well for all of those who were not
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The Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic returns this Wednesday, January 7 with featured poet Mary Cuffe Perez. Mary Cuffe Perez is a writer and amateur naturalist living in Galway, New York. She has a poetry book, The Woman of Too Many Days, published with Calyx Press and most recently, a children’s novel , Skylar (Philomel
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Noted environmental leader and poet, Stephen Lewandowski will appear at the Voorheesville Public Library, 51 School Rd., Voorheesville, N.Y. on Sunday January 4, 2008 at 2 pm. He will discuss his bioregional and watershed interests as well as read a selection of his poems. An informal question and answer session will immediately follow his presentation.
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Came across this article on the Best American Poetry blog about Dan Wilcox and how he has been documenting the Albany scene over the years with his camera. As a relative newcomer to Albany–we moved here from Brooklyn in 2005 when I started teaching at The College of Saint Rose–I was curious to see what
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You read that right. OTHER:TEN, the long awaited tenth issue of Albany Poets’ magazine will be available during the small press open house at the UAG Gallery that was mentioned earlier. We would like to take this time to apologize to our readers and contributors for the delay on getting this issue out. Due to
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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.
