&, man, did we ever have to this night, out in the dining area of McGeary’s rather than in our clubhouse backroom. We also shared the stage with the wonderful Ramblin’ Jug-Stompers, but that was a good thing. They are a blue-grass, old-time, blue…
Poets Speak Loud!, May 21 Read More »
A lovely evening, so nice that thousands of people were running through the streets of Albany in their underwear — actually, the annual Corporate Run. Our featured poet, Elizabeth Thomas, came all the way over from Connecticut, with another CT poet, …
Third Thursday Poetry Night, May 17 Read More »
This reading, hosted by Mimi Moriarty at the Pine Hollow Arboretum in Slingerlands, featured 5 poets published this year by Finishing Line Press.I am most familiar with Jan Tramontano’s Paternal Nocturne which she has been reading around at various ven…
Local Poets from Finishing Line Press, May 16 Read More »
Dustin Walker readingThom Francis, el presidente, was a busy man tonight, hosting the open mic, keeping score & slamming. The open mic offered a great variety of poems & poets, starting with Leslie Michelle doing a poem by someone else, then D…
Nitty Gritty Slam #18, May 15 Read More »
Some people love them. Some people don’t care for them. Some folks don’t like the idea of poetry as competition. Some performers thrive on the rush of being on stage. Anyway you look at it, slam poetry is one of the most dynamic and exciting literary spectacles around. Poetry slams have been around since November 1984 when Marc
Thom’s 10 Things… Favorite Slam Poets Read More »
Back on our regular day, the 2nd Sunday, at the Arts Center in Troy, me & Nancy Klepsch your hosts. It being Mothers’ Day there were some pieces on that theme, but in general a wide-ranging open mic like we are used to.No one signed up in the firs…
Poetry + Prose Open Mic, May 13 Read More »
Tonight at the recently refurbished Pride Center there were some folding chairs for the poets, but still no comfy couches — still better than sitting on the radiator, as some did last month.Waiting for the feature to arrive, our host Don Levy started …
Live from the Living Room, May 9 Read More »
My Mother had her bowling league. My sister has her “coffee clutch”. I have supper club. Supper club consists of me and three of my girlfriends. We meet every six weeks or so for supper, drinks and conversation. Our most recent meeting was at Café Capprico where the conversations start with books, movies and after some hardcore drinking,
Housewife Tuesday – I Am Not Dateable Read More »
Calling All Poets! is a popular name for a reading series (there is one over in Connecticut with the same name), this one held the first Friday of each month at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY. I read there a few years ago & the folks wh…
Calling All Poets! — Robert Milby & Dan Wilcox, May 4 Read More »
Through one reason or another the last time I was at Caffe Lena for the open mic was in February — it was good to be back. Our host, Carol Graser, started us off with a reading of Muriel Rukeyser’s poem “Boy with His Hair Cut Short” then on to the op…
Caffè Lena Open Mic, May 2 Read More »
This was a reading & book launch for Harry Staley’s long-awaited book, Truant Pastures, The Complete Poems of Harry C. Staley (SUNY Press). Harry is a UAlbany Professor Emeritus in English & a poet who has read in his heyday t…
Harry Staley/George Drew, May 2 Read More »
“Tell him ‘nice job with the yard.” Seems like a compliment but it was the snotty text my ex sent me the other day. He believed that someone else had been cleaning the yard. “Him” refers to the man he believes I’m seeing. The “Him” is me. Normally, I try to shy away from fighting with my
Housewife Tuesday – Yard Working Read More »
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
