The Word Fest is Albany Poets’ annual celebration of the poetry, art, and spoken word of Upstate New York taking place each April.
UPDATE April 12, 2013 – If you would like to donate to Albany Poets to help fund the Word Fest and other projects that we work on all year, please click on the DONATE link on the top of the page. Thank you everyone who has helped us so far with their time and generous […]
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In celebration of National Poetry Month, Albany Poets is proud to present the 2013 Albany Word Fest featuring the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York. This year’s event will take place on Sunday, April 14 – Saturday, April 20, 2013 “What a great way to celebrate National Poetry Month right here in Albany.
Mary Panza keeps it moving.One thing that has always characterized the WordFest since its inception has been the open mic. This year we were at the main auditorium of the Albany Public Library, a wonderful venue for community poetry. While certainly …
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The “etc.” was the final event of the semester in the Yes! Poetry & Performance series at the Social Justice Center, in Albany, NY. I was just passing through on my way to Urban Guerilla Theatre but caught part of the performance. This night comb…
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It was a dual/dueling event night, with the Yes! WordFest Communal Reading at the Social Justice Center & Live from the Living Room at the Pride Center. I had hoped to participate in both, but there were others using the store-front space at the S…
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The 2012 Albany Word Fest has brought us a great week of poetry, spoken word, and community so far. We have had a lot of fun and heard some great poetry this week at the Founders Reading, St. Poem on Monday, NGS #16, the Yes! Communal Reading, and last night Third Thursday Poetry Night. The
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Uh-oh, a call from Madame Vice-President (of AlbanyPoets.com) Mary Panza just as I getting ready to head down to the UAG Gallery for the Saint Poem series tribute to e.e. cummings (open mic) that the host, R.M. Engelhardt was under intestinal assault &…
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There is so much going on in Albany during Word Fest week this year and one of the hot spots is the Social Justice Center on Central Ave with poetry three nights in a row. Tonight is the Yes! Communal Reading Event, tomorrow is the Third Thursday Poetry Night featuring Christopher The Poet, and on Friday the
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The 2012 edition of Albany WordFest is a week-long heart attack of events, starting with this night’s reading by Albany poets who were there at the beginning: Thom Francis, R.M. Engelhardt, Mary Panza, Don Levy, Marcus Anderson, A.C. Everson, Mojavi, &…
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We kicked off the 2012 Albany Word Fest in grand style yesterday with Pitchapalooza at St. Rose in the afternoon and then we headed down to McGeary’s for the Founders Reading. This was a very special reading featuring performances from some of the poets who have been with Albany Poets since day one. Albany Poets
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On Tuesday, April 17, right in the middle of Word Fest week we will the holding the 16th installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. This time around we are ruight in the middle of the 2012 Albany Word Fest, continuing the poetry and spoken word throughout the week. The last slam at Valentine’s was a close contest
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The first 12-Hour Word Fest Open Mic took place at the 2009 Albany Word Fest. In an effort to give everyone an opportunity to share their word at the annual event, we held the open mic portion from 7:00PM Friday, April 17 to 7:00AM on Saturday, April 18. We began the night without any chairs,
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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.
