Jack Prelutsky is the inaugural winner of the Children’s Poet Laureate award from the Poetry Foundation. The announcement was made at the third annual Pegasus Awards ceremony last night on
There are a couple of special poetry and spoken word events coming up in October. Tuesday, October 10 at 8:00PMWize WordsWAMC Performing Arts Center, Central Ave., AlbanyWAMC sponsors an evening
From the Upstate Artists Guild: The Arts are alive in Albany! 1st Friday September brought almost 400 people to Lark Street to see the openings of 4 new art shows.
WAMC’s RoundTable program this morning is asking listeners to call in and tell who their favorite local artist, musician, or artist, alive or dead. It is about time that people
Documentary on Music Legend Gram Parsons Makes Capital Region Debut at The Sanctuary For Independent Media; Local Musicians To Present Music Tribute On Tuesday, September 19, 2006 some of the
Are you too busy to read your favorite novel? Well, here is a service where you can have novels emailed to you a little bit at a time. There are
The Mop & Bucket Co., the area’s oldest improvisational theatre troupe, will stage its season premier at Steamer 10, 500 Western Avenue Albany, on Sept 29 and 30 at 8
Another little resource for writers. I have never heard of some of these websites, but it seems like they may be good jumping off point for aspiring writers. “They offer
Here is a great website with a huge list of resources for writers who are self-publishng their work. Self-publishing has long been the only way that poets can get their work published
Here is a website featuring recordings of poets from all over the world. It looks like this is a great resource for teachers and students for research. According to their About Us
Autum Ashante has been mentioned on the Albany Poets BBS recently concerning the controversy surrounding her poetry and background. “A 7-year-old prodigy unleashed a firestorm when she recited a poem
Poetry can turn up anywhere these days, which is great to see. According to an article from Indianapolis, Indiana TV station WISH, “Thirty-nine Indiana poets will have their work displayed on
