Albany Poets

Whether it is at an open mic, on a website, or in print, Albany Poets strives to integrate poetry and spoken word into the Capital Region.

Albany Poets Presents, Tuesday, Feb 3

Albany Poets is returning to Valentines on Tuesday, February 3 for our monthly open mic for poetry and spoken word. This month, in addition to all of the great poetry,

Forum Follows Function

In this weeks edition of Metroland, there is an article about the local small press  poetry scene.  Thom Francis, Mary Panza, Dan Wilcox, Chris Rizzo, Rachel Zitomer, Matthew Klane and

Capital Region Poets React to Inauguration Poem

Albany Poets own Mary Panza and Dan Wilcox are featured on the Times Union site reacting to Elizabeth Alexander’s poem at President Obama’s inauguration. “She was speaking about the immigrant

Small Press reading at UAG This Saturday

The folks that brought you the very successful small press fair at the UAG Gallery (247 Lark Street, Albany) for First Friday a couple of weeks ago are coming back

OTHER:TEN is Coming…

You read that right.  OTHER:TEN, the long awaited tenth issue of Albany Poets’ magazine will be available during the small press open house at the UAG Gallery that was mentioned

Small Press Poetry at UAG

First Friday, January 2nd, 5-9pm at the UAG Gallery, 247 Lark Street. The Upstate Artists Guild (UAG) Gallery, as part of their January “New Beginnings” show, will be hosting a

Happy Holidays From Albany Poets

Happy Holidays from all of us here at Albany Poets! We will return to Tess’ Lark Tavern, Monday, January 26th for our Anniversary/Beret Toss/Tom Nattell Tribute. Our host for that

The Hometown Stage at LARKfest 2008

It is that time of year again…LARKfest!  And again this year Albany Poets will be a part of the event bringing poetry, music and spoken word to upstate New York’s

OTHER: Wants You!

First of all, we want to thank everyone involved in WORD FEST 2008. The audiences were great, the performances were stellar and the UAG was once again so generous in