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.
We are back at Valentine’s on Tuesday, October 1 for the 55th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam, continuing the third season of Albany’s only poetry slam series.
We are back home at Valentine’s on new Scotland Ave., Tuesday night, September 17, for Nitty Gritty Slam #54, the second slam of the season.
We are kicking off Nitty Gritty Slam Season Three at Valentine’s with all of the points reset to zero so everyone is on a level playing field.
We have some great things planned for Nitty Gritty Slam Season Three including new themes, awesome poetry, exciting featured poets, and more.
The crowd at Valentines tonight was such that the poetry had to be moved upstairs. Tonight, the open mic hosts were Avery and Kevin Peterson.
Nitty Gritty Slam is marking the end of its second year on Aug 20 with The Night of Champions where we invite all of the winners from Season Two to compete.
Join us at Valentine’s on Tuesday, August 6 for Nitty Gritty Slam #51, the last slam before Team Nitty Gritty heads off to Boston for the National Poetry Slam.
We’ve made it to Nitty Gritty Slam #50! In September 2011 we had no idea what the future would hold for Albany’s poetry slam. Come out and celebrate with us.
Nitty Gritty Slam is going to the National Poetry Slam! But, in order for us to take the world by storm, we have to get there and that’s where you come in.
The clock is ticking & we’re getting closer to the National Poetry Slam, but that doesn’t mean that we’re taking a rest from bringing poetry to Valentine’s.
What a great show we have lined up to kick off July at Nitty Gritty Slam. We are very happy to announce the return of The Poet Essence to our
Just because we are preparing for the National Poetry Slam in August, that does not mean that we are taking a rest from turning up the summertime heat at Valentine’s.
