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.
What a great way to kick off the summer season with NGS #46 Tuesday night at Valentine’s. We had a full room of poets, performers, and an audience ready to soak it all up. Taking over the hosting duties for the first part of the show once again was Team Nitty Gritty captain and Albany Poets […]
NGS #46 Results – Kicking Off the Summer with Poetry, Spoken Word at Valentine’s Read More »
Nitty Gritty Slam today announced that it will be sending a team of poets to The National Poetry Slam, held in Boston, MA this coming August. This summer will feature special events and fundraisers to fund the trip. Held the first and third Tuesdays at Valentine’s in Albany, Nitty Gritty Slam held its first event
Nitty Gritty Slam Makes it Official: It’s Going to the National Poetry Slam in Boston Read More »
The summer is heating up and we are getting closer and closer to the National Poetry Slam coming up in August. In the meantime we are still doing our thing at Valentine’s every other week and this coming Tuesday, June 4 is no different when we return for the 46th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam! At
Nitty Gritty Slam #46 – Welcome to the Summer! Read More »
Now that the Slam team has been selected, nominated, whatever, this was a wide-open slam for anyone to give it a shot & it was refreshing to not see all the same faces. But 1st K.P. (Kevin Peterson) served as host for the open mic. First up with a love poem in rhyme (“High Wire”) was
Nitty Gritty Slam #45, May 21 Read More »
We are back at Valentine’s on Tuesday, May 21 with the 45th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam! Last week, at NGS #44, we had our Grand Slam and put together Team Nitty Gritty 2013 with Christopher The Poet, Daniella Watson, Algorhythm, Kevin Peterson, Poetyc Visionz, and ILLiptical. These incredible local poets will be representing Albany
Nitty Gritty Slam #45 – The Return of the Old School Slam Read More »
Next Tuesday, May 7, everyone will want to be at Valentine’s for the Season Two Grand Slam. The 44th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam will feature 10 poets who have competed all season and left it all on stage to make to this point. The winners of the Grand Slam will be the poets representing
Nitty Gritty Slam #44 – The 2013 Team NGS Grand Slam Read More »
The Grand Slam for Team NGS will be taking place on Tuesday, May 7, but before that we have to get all of the competitors lined up. On Tuesday, April 30 at Valentine’s, we will be hosting the Last Chance / Wild Card Slam with the top two poets of the night moving on to the Grand
Nitty Gritty Slam #43 – The Last Chance / Wild Card Slam Read More »
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
2013 Albany Word Fest – Saturday, April 20 – Word Fest Invitational Slam Read More »
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!
2013 Albany Word Fest – Tuesday, April 16 – Nitty Gritty Slam #42 Haiku Battle Read More »
Things are really heating up as we get closer to selecting the team to represent Albany and NGS at the National Poetry Slam in Boston. This 41st edition of Albany’s poetry slam series will be another special slam for the top nine points leaders battling it out in the second semi-final to be part of Team NGS
Nitty Gritty Slam #41 – The 2nd Team NGS Semi-Final at Valentine’s on Tuesday, April 2 Read More »
We don’t always have featured poets at Nitty Gritty Slam, but when we do, we like to bring in some of the most dynamic and powerful performers that we can find. So far this season we have welcomed John Survivor Blake, Meg Waldron, Robyn Bateman, Influence, and McPherson. For NGS #40 activist, educator, poet, musician Jared Paul is coming into town
Nitty Gritty Slam #40 Featuring Jared Paul – March 19, 2013 Read More »
Once a year we have a slam event that goes against one of the biggest rules that we have spent so much time telling you about. You have been told that in the slam you have to recite your own work, you cannot read other people’s poetry. Well, on Tuesday, March 5, that rule goes
Nitty Gritty Slam #39 – The Dead Poet Slam Read More »
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