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.
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Poetry Event Review

Poets Speak Loud, Jan. 29, 2007 [From Dan Wilcox; see his blog at dwlcx.blogspot.com.] “Poets Speak Loud” is the monthly open mic for poets held at Tess’ Lark Tavern in

Photo Exhibit and Book Release on February 2

There will be a photo exhibit and book release party for the new book, “Vietnam: Our Father Daughter Journey” as a part of Albany’s First Fridays gallery show series on Friday, February 2, 2007

Dan Wilcox Has a New Blog

Albany poet, photographer, activist, open mic host, and all around good guy, Dan Wilcox, has started his very own blog.  In a recent annoucement on his email list, Dan says: “I knew

Free Writing Workshop in Albany on February 3

Free Writing Workshop at Social Justice CenterFebruary 3, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM and Poetry Reading at 4:30 PM Suzanne Rancourt will conduct a free creative writing workshop on Saturday,

Poet Jennifer Hecht to Read on February 2

Poet Dr. Jennifer Hecht will read from her work on Friday, February 2nd at 7:30 pm at the poetry coffeehouse of FUUSA, the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany. Admission

Dr. Martin Luther King’s "I Have A Dream"

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 Returns to Red Square

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

Albany Poets BBS

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 With Tim Verhagen

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