Here is some information on slam poet and teacher Taylor Mali coming into town for a reading at the Frequency North series at St. Rose. Frequency North, the aggressively eclectic visiting writers reading series at The College of Saint Rose, rolls on with slam poet Taylor Mali, a former teacher who uses his artistry with […]
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The first Third Thursday of the new year and what a way to kick things off. The phenomenal Nicole Karas is the feature poet this month. Here are the details from Dan Wilcox. the Poetry Motel Foundation presents Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center (33 Central Ave., Albany, NY) Thursday, January 15,
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Northampton Poet Laureate Lesléa Newman, The Florence Poets Society, and the Northampton Arts Council will host an open poetry reading on Tuesday, January 20th starting at 6:30 p.m.at the Yellow Sofa Café (24 Main Street, Northampton, MA) to celebrate the election of President Barack Obama. Poets are asked to write an inauguration poem celebrating this
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The Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic returns this Wednesday, January 7 with featured poet Mary Cuffe Perez. Mary Cuffe Perez is a writer and amateur naturalist living in Galway, New York. She has a poetry book, The Woman of Too Many Days, published with Calyx Press and most recently, a children’s novel , Skylar (Philomel
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First Friday, January 2nd, 5-9pm at the UAG Gallery, 247 Lark Street. The Upstate Artists Guild (UAG) Gallery, as part of their January “New Beginnings” show, will be hosting a Publisher’s Open House for many of the poetry small presses producing books in Albany, NY. Across poetics, aesthetics, and institutional status, contributing presses will include:
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This month sponsored by the members of the Story Quilt Committee of the Galway Public Library Philip Memmer is the author of two books of poems, most recently Threat of Pleasure, which was published in June 2008 by Word Press. Word Press also published his Sweetheart, Baby, Darling in 2004. He is also the author
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This is from our friend Carol Graser: Dear Friends, I recently started running poetry workshops at Tryon Girls Center, a New York State juvenile detention center. I’ve been impressed with what fluid, expressive writing they produce and how much they love poetry. These girls have a lot of difficulty in the classroom but they sit
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Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival as part of the Woodstock Arts Consortium is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock “Second Saturdays” Art Events. For a full listing of “Second Saturday” events, see: www.woodstockartsconsortium.org. Roberta Allen and Naton Leslie will be the featured readers when the Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival meets
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It is that time of year again…LARKfest! And again this year Albany Poets will be a part of the event bringing poetry, music and spoken word to upstate New York’s largest arts festival. Albany Poets will also have a table with information about our organization, the open mics and poetry events in the area, local
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The following is the announcement from our friend Daniel Nester about the new season of Frequency North at St. Rose: Mark your calendars! David Rees of “Get Your War On” fame and Rachel Shukert, a Nerve/Salon/Heeb columnist, will come to The College of Saint Rose to kick off the 4th season of the Frequency North
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The next Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic is on Wednesday, August 6 with featured poet Steven Huff. Steven Huff is a poet and fiction writer, and the Director of Adult Education and Programming at Writers & Books. He teaches creative writing at RIT and the Eastman School of Music, and is the voice of “Fiction
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Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival, as part of the Woodstock Arts Consortium is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock “Second Saturdays” Art Events. For a full listing of “Second Saturday” events, go to: www.woodstockartsconsortium.org. Poets Baron James Ashanti and Bertha Rogers will be the featured readers when the Woodstock Poetry Society
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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.
