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.

Community of Writers

Community of Writers: a reading sponsored by the Hudson Valley Writers Guild on Saturday, October 21, 2:00PM at Albany Center Galleries in the Albany Public Library (161 Washington Ave., Albany).

Farewell To A Friend

We are very saddened to learn of the recent unexpected passing of local poet, musician, and friend, Pat Covert. Pat had been a member of the local arts community dating

Pastan and Stern at Writers Institute

Linda Pastan and Gerald Stern will be reading at the Writers Institute on November 30th at 8p. Not to be missed. New York State Writers InstituteRecital Hall, Performing Arts CenterUptown

Reading CancelLation

I am sorry to say but the next scheduled reading of Live at the Living Room at the Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Center on October 11th has been

A barn raising for growing the arts

On Thursday, October 5, the Times Union ran an article about The Barn.  “…after nearly two years of organizing concerts, gallery shows and benefits with its sister organization Rock2Rebuild, the

Eat, drink, be merry. Now what?

 The Times Union had this article in the Sunday paper this weekend about the redevelopment of downtown Albany and how the scenery has changed in the past ten years, making

Ironweed Open Mic With Evan Greer

Open Mic on the topic of Occupation and Resistance with Evan Greer from Riotfolk Wednesday, October 25th at 8:00pm at 98 Grand St., Albany On October 25th the Ironweed House

Three New Podcasts Added This Week

We have updated the Albany Poets Podcast three times this week. You can now download the September edition of Poets Speak Loud featuring Pierre Joris with Mitch Elrod at the

Trashion Hits Troy This Saturday

Trashion Tickets on Sale Now!All proceeds benefit the Fulton Street Gallery and the Roarke Center. Saturday, October 7, 2006, Revolution Hall, 425 River St. Troy, NY. Doors open at 7pm.

Andrea Gibson at Caffe Lena

On Wednesday, October 4 Andrea Gibson will be the  Featured Performer at Caffe Lena’s first Wednesday of the month poetry open mic. Andrea is a powerful spoken word artist with a

Institute to present writers, their works

The New York State Writers Institute began its 2006 Fall Visiting Writers series last week with short story writer Amy Hempel (“The Dog of the Marriage”) and novelist Margot Livesey (“Eva Moves the