The Word Fest is Albany Poets’ annual celebration of the poetry, art, and spoken word of Upstate New York taking place each April.
As you’re all aware by now, we are in the thick of the 2013 Word Fest and this poet is making it a point to attend at least one event every day for the entire week. Not only that, but at these events I will be scribbling poetry (as so many of us often do) […]
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The Albany Word Fest will be coming to a close on Saturday, April 20, the Word Fest with the inaugural Word Fest Invitational Slam at Valentine’s (17 New Scotland Ave., Albany) starting at 6:00 pm with a very exciting event bringing poets from all over the state together. For the first time ever, poets from Albany’s very own Nitty Gritty Slam will be
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Word Fest week just keeps on going with two events on Friday night, April 19. Kicking off first is the annual Word Fest Open Mic at the UAG Gallery on Lark Street. Then at 9:00pm, just up Central Ave. at The Linda, Urban Guerilla Theatre is presenting “Skit Happens, Too.” Urban Guerilla Theatre is a
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Friday night features two poetry events with the annual Word Fest Open Mic taking place at the UAG Gallery on Lark Street while UGT will be happening at The Linda on Central Ave. The annual Word Fest Open Mic, hosted by Albany Poets’ very own and Metroland Reader’s Poll 2013 Best Poet Mary Panza, returns home to the
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One week from tonight we will be deep into Word Fest week and for day five there are two opportunities for poets and spoken word artists to get on the stage. The first reading takes place at the Social Justice Center for Dan Wilcox’s Third Thursday Poetry Night with a very special group of featured poets from
On Wednesday, April 17, for day four of the 2013 Albany Word Fest, we are heading to The Linda for a screening of Louder Than A Bomb, a documentary chronicling the lives of the kids who are getting ready to compete at the “Louder Than A Bomb” youth poetry slam in Chicago. Louder Than A Bomb is
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With only a couple of days until the start of the 2013 Albany Word Fest there are already over 100 poets and spoken word artists scheduled to perform throughout the week. Poets from Albany, Woodstock, Saratoga, Binghamton, Buffalo, Syracuse, and Suffern will be taking part in the annual celebration of the poetry and spoken word of upstate
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With it being Word Fest week and all, we thought it would be nice to have a little fun and try something different at NGS. And what better way to have fun than a good old fashion tournament of three line poetry? For 42nd installment of Nitty Gritty Slam we are holding our first ever Haiku Battle!
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We are very proud to be kicking off the 2013 Albany Word Fest at McGeary’s (4 Clinton Square, Albany), the home of our monthly open mic, Poets Speak Loud, on Sunday, April 14 at 6:00pm. This event will be the official kick off party for the annual Word Fest plus the launch of Albany Poets’ brand new
We are now within two weeks until the 2013 Albany Word Fest, our annual celebration of National Poetry Month and the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York. This year’s event will take place on Sunday, April 14 – Saturday, April 20, 2013 at seven different venues in and around Albany, NY. The week will
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On Monday, April 15 we are at the UAG Gallery for day two of the 2013 Albany Word Fest featuring a special evening with Band of Bards, a poetry / spoken word group from Binghamton, NY. Their performance program, Poets Against Fracking, will feature six poets spreading the word and educating about the threat of hydraulic fracturing in New
The 2013 Albany Word Fest is just a month away and we have some exciting updates to tell you about. Here are a few news updates about this year’s festivities including Open Mic sign up, new event added, new featured poets, teams participating in the Word Fest Invitational Slam, and how you can help make this event
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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.
