Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.

Poetry Event Review

Anne Gorrick and J. J. Blickstein at R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, Feb. 17, 2007[From Bob Wright] Anne Gorrick is the host of a relatively new poetry series at R&F Handmade Paints, a large, older building at 84 Ten Broeck Avenue in Kingston, just off Albany Avenue near Broadway, where they manufacture what seem to me …

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Multi-Media Concert Review

WAMC Auditorium, Albany, Feb. 16, 2007[From Therese Broderick, her blog entry titled “Day 434–Tomber,” at http://poetry.blog-city.com] “Tomber” is French for “to fall.” Tonight at the Linda (the WAMC Linda Norris Auditorium) in Albany, a multi-media concert by Nicole Peyrafitte and Pierre Joris dramatized the aphorism, “where anything falls, it lies; where anything lies, it falls.” …

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Mary Panza on The Edge

Albany Poets’ own Mary Panza will be on The Edge – 104.9FM this Sunday night (February 18) at 10:00PM for the weekly Capital Underground show with host Ralph Renna.  Mary will be talking about the Albany poetry scene, the 2007 Albany Word Fest, upcoming Poets Speak Loud and Albany Poets Presents events, and more.  She also reads a couple …

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Sage Colleges and Albany Poets Black History Month Poetry Reading

On Thursday, February 15 at 7:00PM Albany Poets and The Sage Colleges will again come together to present an evening of Black history-inspired poetry at the Opalka Gallery Lecture Hall featuring The Poet Essence and others from Albany Poets and the Sage College community. This event is free to the public from 7:00 – 9:00PM.  …

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Poetry Event Review

Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, Feb. 7, 2007[From Therese Broderick] The few hardy poets from Albany who braved the frigid weather to drive to Caffe Lena’s poetry open mic on February 7th were amply rewarded. The first reward was that not a single person mentioned the Super Bowl. (Sigh of relief.) The second reward was that …

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