Thom Francis

In honor of Martin Luther King, here is a link to the complete text with video and audio from his “I Have a Dream” speech that he delivered on August […]

JAWBONE, the University at Albany’s graduate student-run reading series presents the release of flim forum press’ Oh One Arrow on Friday, January 19th starting at 7:00PM at Red Square (388

We just want to take this time to remind everyone that the Albany Poets BBS is still online and ready for more new poetry.  This is the place to go to

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

There is a new initiative in town based at the Social Justice Center on Central Ave. The Actual Theatre Company’s mission is to create a sustained Playwright’s workshop to build

Tomorrow night, Saturday, January 6 at Red Square (388 Broadway, Albany) Alien-Nation Presents Beneath The Mire (R.M. Engelhardt, WMN3, and Kim 13) with local poets Josh Turner, Jason Dalaba, and

It is First Friday again and this month art will be shown at Visions Gallery, 215 Lark Street, Ambrose + Sable, Capital District Federation of Ideas, Froebel Gallery at the

Happy New Year!  Albany Poets is kicking off 2007 with an old school open mic for poets and musicians at Valentines tonight starting at 8:00PM.  Sign up for the open

Apparently, Charles Bukowski is taking a page from Tupac and Johnny Cash and beginnng to release albums from the grave.   The Temple Bookstore has just put out a new album recorded when

Here is an interesting story about how reading Shakespeare can be good for you.  I wish that I knew that back in high school.  I thought all along that my

In this article about a poetry and spoken word program from the Journal Times in Racine, Wisconsin, the reporter writes about the a program at the Racine Correctional Institution called the Scribe

Poets and performers in Fort Wayne, Indiana are coming together and putting on an incredible series of shows much like what has been going on Albany over the past few