Nitty Gritty Slam

Nitty Gritty Slam is the official poetry slam of Albany, NY, certified by Poetry Slam, Inc. and takes place on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each and every month at The Low Beat (335 Central Ave., Albany, NY).

NGS is sponsored by Albany Poets, Urban Guerilla Theatre, and The Frequency North Reading Series.

Mojavi at NGS 9

Nitty Gritty Slam #10 Tuesday, January 17

Come out and join us for the next installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam at Valentines on Tuesday, January 17. At the last slam, NGS #9, Elizag took the top

Ann at NGS #9

Nitty Gritty Slam #9, January 3

Like a punch-drunk fighter I keep going back for more, & signed up once again for the Slam. There were just 8 of us, so I was in. But first the open mic, which was worth the price of admission.

Dan Nester

Nitty Gritty Slam #9 Tonight at Valentines

The poetry slam thrives in Albany! Come on out and slam or check out some of the amazing poet-performer-MCs that make up the Albany slam community. Come out and join

NGS7

Getting Ready to “8-4-2” It Again

This Tuesday night we will be back at Valentines for the last Nitty Gritty Slam of 2011. This is the eighth edition of the new slam series and so far

one day i will turn around

I walked in the rain to Valentine’s. After a sentence like that, there should be no question whom I was going to see. The poets, of course! Only the poets go out in the rain and end up at a dive called Valentine’s. There was some amazing poetry. I love this shot of Shannon and […]

Dain Brammage

Scratchin’ my Head

I am sitting here wondering how many people showed up at Valentines last Tuesday expecting to find the Nitty Gritty Slam happening.  We have a general audience in the range

Dain Brammage

Anticipation, a message from Dain Brammage

I am really looking forward to tomorrow night, it is the night of the Nitty Gritty Slam of which I am the Slammaster and Mojavi hosts the open mic.  This

Nitty Gritty Slam

Slamming Back into Valentines

Tomorrow night we are coming back to Valentines for the next edition of Nitty Gritty Slam. This is the sixth installment of the new slam series in Albany and the

Collateral Brammage – Getting Serious

I’ve always created poetry and I blame it on Dr. Seuss. His books captivated me, taught me rhyme, meter and flow.  I guess it is because I am an ape,

Miriam Axel-Lute

Getting Down to the Nitty Gritty (Slam)

We have made it to our fifth slam! We are very proud to bring the Nitty Gritty Slam #5 to Valentines tonight. We want to thank everyone who has helped

Dain Brammage

Collateral Brammage – Nom De Plume

This is a blog about the Nitty Gritty Slams Slammaster Dain Brammage, or from the point of view of Dain Brammage, or from the point of view of the imagination