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.

Live From The Living Room With Roberta Gould

Live From The Living Room, a featured reading series with an open mic afterwards is held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Capital District Gay & Lesbian

A Behind the Egg Reading Double-Header!

Behind the Egg: A Reading Series presented by Tool A Magazine and Unpleasant Event Schedule Most events take place at 4pm. All events free of charge (with a suggested small

Saturday Poetry Series in Saratoga Springs

Here is our schedule for National Poetry Month poetry readings held every Saturday from 1-3 p.m. on the porch of the Artworx Fine Art gallery (74 Beekman Street, Saratoga Springs).

Poetry Brunch in Voorheesville

This is an event that is going to take place at the Voorheesville Public Library hosted by the Every Other Thursday Night Poets. You are cordially invited to join the

Memories of the Q

Almost 20 years ago Tom Nattell began a poetry open mic series at the QE2 (now the Fuze Box) on Central Ave. This was a time when there were not

2007 Word Fest Open Mic Sign Up

The online sign up for the Word Fest Open Mic is now open for all poets and spoken word artists who wish to perform at the 2007 Albany Word Fest

Bob Wright Live From the Living Room

Live From The Living Room, a featured reading series with an open mic afterwards is held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Capital District Gay & Lesbian

Albany Poets Presents…Tonight at Valentines

Poetry, Music, and Spoken Word Open Mic TONIGHT, Tuesday, March 6, starting at 8:00PM Albany Poets is back at Valentines for a night of poetry, music, and spoken word tonight, March 6. Poets, musicians,

New and Improved Poetry Calendar

We have made some major changes to the Poetry Calendar on albanypoets.com in order to make this website a more complete resource for upstate poetry and spoken word. This new

Call For Entries – 29th Photo Regional

Call for Entries – 29th PHOTO REGIONAL of the Capital Region co-hosted by the Fulton Street Gallery and The Photography Center of the Capital District LLC, both located in Troy, NY JUROR:

2007 Albany Word Fest

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