Thom Francis

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Albany Poets is proud to present the 2007 Albany Word Fest featuring the poetry, spoken word, music, and art of upstate New York.  This year’s event will take place on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21, 2007. The 2007 Albany Word Fest will start off on Friday night […]

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

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.”

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

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. 

Live From The Living Room, a featured reading series with an open mic afterwords is held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Center, 332 Hudson Avenue, Albany, NY.  The next reading is  February 13th, Valentine’s Day with Pierre Joris. Pierre has two new books of poetry coming out

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

Workshop by Suzanne Rancourt, Feb. 3, 2007 [From Therese Broderick] In her free afternoon workshop on Saturday, February 3rd at the Social Justice Center in Albany, poet Suzanne Rancourt, MFA, led a packed room (about 20 people) through three writing exercises–1) describe yourself and include one lie; 2) create a story about a photograph; 3)

It is that time of year again for the Metroland Readers’ Picks and again Albany Poets can be plugged into a number of categories in the Arts & Entertainment and Media sections.  Please remember Albany Poets when filling out your survey this year for Best Local Performing Arts Organization,   Best Local Arts Coverage, Best Local Website (arts),

Poetry, Music, and Spoken Word Open Mic Night on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 starting at 8:00PM Albany Poets is back at Valentines for a night of poetry, music, and spoken word on Tuesday, February 6. Poets, musicians, and spoken word artists are all invited to come out and share their work at this monthly event series. Open Mic

Jawbone Returns to Red Square on February 2 The next Jawbone reading will take place this Friday, February 2 at 7:00PM at Red Square, 388 Broadway in downtown Albany. The featured readers will be Aidan Thompson and Eric Keenaghan. Elaine Krautman to Read at Poetry on the Loose Elaine Krautman will read her original work

Dan Wilcox sent an message around to his mailing list about the National Peace Poetry Project.  Here is some information on what they are all about and how they help students through the art of poetry. “The Project’s purpose is to foster and nourish student’s creative capacities through poetry and art to reflect peace as