Review Of The 2nd Annual Albany Book Festival
The Albany Book Festival served as a soiree for creators and bibliophiles alike, featuring prominent literary legends, & brilliant authors.
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Event Reviews
Selected Shorts in the Spring
Selected Shorts is a popular travelling series and podcast produced by Public Radio International. Stories by new and old writers alike are read by a variety of actors and actresses. The broadcast is aired on over 150 different stations and the podcast is popular on iTunes.
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Stories with Strangers
The gorgeous garden patio of Lucas Confectionery offered a lovely backdrop for some of Upstate’s most creative minds to showcase their talents.
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Looking For “Love”
Ana Williams from the NY Writer’s Compendium had the privilege of attending a NYS Writers Institute event titled “Writing Love”.
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A Word on Respecting Your Creative Community
On Friday, February 16th, SUNY Albany hosted four renowned creative artists/authors in the University Art Museum and Brandon Alpert was there.
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A Place to Feed Your Soul…and Your Belly!
NY Writer’s Compendium’s Ana Williams attended Poetic Vibe, an AMAZING weekly event hosted by D. Colin at Troy Kitchen.
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UAlbany 2019 Martin Luther King JR. Celebration – Featuring Rev. Dr. William Barber II
He continued on with this intensity saying that “we are a nation in crisis” and that we can’t just continue to pass the blame. Dr. Barber said the wall our current President wants to build is a symptom of our identity crisis.
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NOAH DAVID ROBERTS: “SLIME THING [AND OTHER POEMS]”
VOICE LESS readings is an open mic that began in March 2017 and is held every Thursday night at the Green Kill Gallery in Kingston, NY. VOICE LESS seeks to “give those who feel like their art is not heard, a place where they can share, listen, and become inspired.” According to host Noah David Roberts, the open mic is “a place for those without a place.”
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We’re Already Looking Forward to 2019 with the Troy Poetry Mission!
The poems were affected by a turbulent year filled with protests, prosecutions, and personal strife that gave the atmosphere a somber mood, as well as glimmers of hope, with interludes from the hosts R.M. Engelhardt and James H. Duncan.
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We’re Already Looking Forward to 2019 with The Troy Poetry Mission!
Jeff Doherty from NY Writer’s Compendium went to the last Troy Poetry Mission open mic of 2018 with featured poet Nancy Dunlop.
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Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman Visits the University at Albany
Raisman had trained her entire life for the Olympics. Raisman was the team captain of the U.S. Women’s Olympic Gymnastics team in 2012 and 2016, and a six-time medalist. She was also one of the 156 women who testified against Olympic Doctor Larry Nassar in the largest case of sexual abuse in sports history.
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In Loving Memory…
Sharkey’s original conception for the prize didn’t start as a memorial to DiBiase. “When I conceived the idea of having a contest, first of all, the main driving force was that I wanted to give something back to the local writing community,” Sharkey said. The ground rules for the prize were different from other poetry contests. There are no specified line limits or page limits.
