THIS JUST IN, The newly re-started School of Night is on hiatus. The scheduled poetry and spoken word open mic for this coming Thursday night at Ballingers has been cancelled until further notice. Host R.M. Engelhardt says that the long time open mic will indeed start up again, so stay tuned to albanypoets.com for more information […]
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Welcome back to our second edition of the Dan Wilcox Open Mic Commentary Round-Up, where we list the most recent poetry open mic and reading commentaries from Dan’s blog. Third Thursday Poetry Night, September 20 Another third Thursday at the Social Justice Center, with your fantastic (objectively speaking) host, Dan Wilcox — hey, that’s me.
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We hope you had a great weekend and were able to rest up because October is promising to be another great month of poetry. Tonight is Albany Poets Presents at Valentines, 17 New Scotland Avenue, Albany NY. 7:30 sign-up, 8:00PM start. Hosted by our own Fancy Leader, Thom Francis. Wednesday is Cafe Lena in Saratoga.
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English poet, painter, scholar and publisher Allen Fisher will be in Albany on Friday, October 12, 2007 for two events. 12:35PM: LectureHU 354, Humanities Building, University at AlbanySponsored by the Department of English, The University at Albany “CONFIDENCE IN LACK”Allen Fisher’s talk will address and skirt around the problems for poetics (and thus poets) with
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Did you know that there are many poets that are not only on the Albany Poets website, but also on the social networking powerhouse, MySpace? Here are some of the area poets and spoken word artists that can be found on MySpace. Marcus Andserson and Leo (Inkog and Mr. Gone), Marcus Anderson, Shaun Baxter, Dain Brammage,
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Since Dan began his blog where he features his thoughts on the open mics and poetry readings that he goes out to, many people have mentioned his “reviews” while on stage. With that in mind, we thought we would start a new feature here on the Albany Poets Blog where we would round-up the previous
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FootHills Publishing is pleased to announce the release of The Wild Twist of Their Stems a collection of poems by Carol Graser. “As a longtime home schooling parent of three, this work is inspired and informed by the many mothers I’ve spent afternoons with, talking about and observing the incredible strength and creativity it takes
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Poets and those who appreciate the art we out supporting poetry and spoken word at the California Poetry Festival recently with former US poet laureate Robert Hass, Victoria Chang, and Diem Jones. Over 100 people filled the seats on Saturday morning at History Park to listen to the poets discuss, among other topics, how poetry
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One of the Three Guys From Albany, Charles Rossiter, has a brand new book of poetry from FootHills Publishing. Here is the info from the press release: FootHills Publishing is pleased to announce the release of The Night We Danced With the Raelettes Occurrences In and Around College Park Maryland in the 1960s For the
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Two Hudson Valley poets with their own distinctive voices, Ken Holland and Mary Panza, will be the featured readers when Poetry at the Hudson meets at the Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 2 p.m. An open mike will be part of the event. Ken, who lives in East
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Palm Beach Poetry Festival, in partnership with Old School Square Cultural Arts Center in the heart of Delray Beach, Florida, is proud to present the fourth annual festival featuring six days of readings, lectures and workshops. From January 21 – 26, 2008 at the Old School Square Cultural Arts Center, a national historic site blocks from the
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The Poetry Motel Foundation presents Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY on Thursday, September 20, 2007 (7:00 sign up; 7:30 start). This month’s featured poet is Miriam Herrera with open mic for poets before and after the feature. There is a $3.00 suggested donation. Your “persistent” host is
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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.
