Event Reviews

William Kennedy

William Kennedy: Keys to the City

Professors, students, & avid fans of literature showed up in droves at Albany’s City Hall to celebrate the 90th birthday of William Kennedy.

2nd Sunday

2nd Sunday at 2, October 13

A beautiful Fall day and “Chowder Fest” in Troy, NY and Dan Wilcox and Nancy Klepsch still had a bunch of poets come out to the Arts Center.

F. Russell Hawkins

2nd Sunday @ 2, September 8

Dan Wilcox and Nancy Klepsch are back after the Summer off for the Poetry + Prose open mic at the Arts Center in Troy, on a lovely Sunday afternoon.

Poetry + Prose: 2nd Sunday @ 2, June 9

A day of parades, the Pride Parade in Albany, & the Flag Day Parade in Troy where this reading happened in spite of it all. Nancy Klepsch & me, DWx,

Elizag

SLAM! – Saratoga Literary Art and Music, June 8

As you can see, this was not a “Slam” but a S.L.A.M., but 3 of Albany’s finest poets performed in another of Saratoga’s problematic “Arts Festivals.” This was held on the patio of Sperry’s Restaurant on Caroline St. The problem here being Caroline St…

Mike Connor

Poetry + Prose: 2nd Sunday @ 2, May 12

This is just an open mic, no featured reader, held most months of the year at the Arts Center of the Capital Region on River St. in Troy, NY for

Poetry + Prose / 2nd Sunday @ 2, February 10

Nancy Klepsch was back as co-host with me, DWx, & a full list of open mic readers, some for the first time, some regulars.  George Guarino started us off with a hypnotic reading of his piece “What If,” setting the tone for the afternoon. …