Martin Espada will be reading at the Kleinert/James Arts Center, 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY, on Saturday, November 22nd at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $12 and are available at the Golden Notebook Bookstore, in Woodstock, and at the Phoenicia (NY) Pharmacy. Martín Espada Called“the Latino poet of his generation” and “the Pablo Neruda of North […]
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The Hudson Valley Writers Guild and the Albany Institute of History and Art are sponsoring a workshop, “Writing from Art,” which will focus on poetry and other creative writing inspired by the exhibit Impressionist Giverny. Award winning Albany poet and teacher Therese Broderick will join with Erika Sanger, Director of Education of the Albany Institute,
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Richard Jeffrey Newman will read his poetry at the next program in the Poetry on the Loose Reading/Performance Series. The event will be held at Baby Grand Books at 7 West Street in Warwick at 4:00 p.m. on October 4. Following the feature, others are welcome to read original work. Admission is free. Poet, translator,
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Albany Poets in association w/ Flim Forum + Les Figues Press is hosting a special edition of Albany Poets Presents at Valentines (17 New Scotland Ave., Albany) on Tuesday, October 7th featuring Vanessa Place and Matthew Klane. Vanessa Place is a writer and lawyer, and co-director of Les Figues Press. She is the author of
Songwriter James Krueger and Poet Bob Wright will give a performance at Arts Upstairs Gallery on Saturday, October 4 at 7:30 PM. Hailed by judges as “an extraordinarily talented writer with a real talent for poetic imagery” Krueger is a two time honor award winner in the Great American Songwriting Contest. A founding member of
This month sponsored by the members of the Story Quilt Committee of the Galway Public Library Philip Memmer is the author of two books of poems, most recently Threat of Pleasure, which was published in June 2008 by Word Press. Word Press also published his Sweetheart, Baby, Darling in 2004. He is also the author
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Came across this website today that offers over 3,400 works by over 340 authors that you can read right in your browser. The site, Classic Reader, is ad supported but free to read and browse their huge library. Click the link below to check it out. Considering all of the rain and miserable weather that
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Two highly esteemed Hudson Valley poets, Lei Isaacs and Georganna Millman, will be featured when Poetry at the Hudson meets at the Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 2 p.m. An open mike will be part of the occasion. Lei was born in the famed Maverick Arts Colony in
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The busiest downstate poet and host Robert Milby has just sent in his October Poetry Events schedule. October’s Poetry Events: Thursday, October 2, 2008 7:00pmNoble Coffee Roasters3020 Rt. 207 Campbell Hall, NYFeatured: Lawrence Soehnel plus open mic$2 donation845-294-1056 Wed. Oct. 15th, 7:30pmMuddycup Coffeehouse, 129 Main, Beacon, NYFeatured: Robert Dunn plus open mic$2 donation Fri. Oct.
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This is from our friend Carol Graser: Dear Friends, I recently started running poetry workshops at Tryon Girls Center, a New York State juvenile detention center. I’ve been impressed with what fluid, expressive writing they produce and how much they love poetry. These girls have a lot of difficulty in the classroom but they sit
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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. Roberta Allen and Naton Leslie will be the featured readers when the Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival meets
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Have a lot of books laying around? Need some new books to read for the fall season? Well, on Sunday, October 19 from 9:00AM – 4:00PM you can donate your old books and pick up some new ones at the Old Chatham Quaker Meeting Books and Art Sale. Old Chatham Quaker Meeting is holding a
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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.
