THIS JUST IN, The newly re-started School of Night is on hiatus. The scheduled poetry and spoken word open mic for this coming Thursday night at Ballingers has been cancelled until further notice. Host R.M. Engelhardt says that the long time open mic will indeed start up again, so stay tuned to albanypoets.com for more information […]
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Albany Poets will be back at LarkFEST this Saturday on the Hometown Stage and in our very own Poetry Tent on the corner of Lark and Chestnut. The poetry starts at noon in the poetry tent with Chris Brabham and continues throughout the day. Be sure to come by and pick up your copy of
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After LarkFEST this Saturday, September 15, the Hudson Valley Writers Guild and New York Expressive Arts are hosting a special poetry and performance event with visiting poets Elizabeth McKim and Steve Cloreine starting at 7:00PM at 4 Central Ave., in Albany. An engaging poet-performer and teacher, Elizabeth Gordon McKim works out of the oral tradition
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THIS JUST IN, The School of Night, “Albany, NY’s Most Innovative Poetry Open Mic”, is returning, but this time to a new building. Ballingers will be the latest venue to host the “long running” open mic series hosted by R.M. Engelhardt with the band “Love is the D3vil”. The School of Night has previously been held
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Local poets Shaun Baxter, Debbie Bump (with John Weiler on guitar), Caffe Lena open mic host Carol Graser, John Raymond, and Erik Sweet will be performing their poetry and spoken word in the Poetry Tent throughout the day during LarkFEST on Saturday, September 15. Check back for information on more poets and artists that will be performing
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“Frequency North,” the visiting writers reading series at The College of Saint Rose, returns for its third season with another aggressively eclectic mix of award-winning poets, authors, essayists, and one comedian/playwright/actor/bartender. The 2007-08 series kicks off Thursday, October 4, with David Lehman, acclaimed author of several collections of poems and series editor of The Best
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From Confetti Stage: “The 3rd Annual Short Play Festival boasts 6 plays written, directed, and performed by Capital Region artists. These plays were chosen from 27 submitted works most written right here in the Capital Region. The Albany area is thriving with talented, writers, directors, and actors. Confetti Stage prides itself on giving these artists
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Albany Poets is returning to the Hometown Stage at LarkFEST on Saturday, September 1 5. We will be presenting poetry and spoken word from local poets and artists on the stage and in the poetry tent through out the day. More information on who will be performing at this years event will be announced in the
Albany Poets is proud to be a part of the 2006 LARKfest. For the second year in a row, Albany Poets will be bringing poetry and spoken word to this annual event, celebrating its 25th year. For this year’s event, Albany Poets will host an all day open mic poets and performers between the music
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Poets Speak Loud at Tess’ Lark Tavern on Monday, April 24, 2006 The post-Word Fest Poets Speak Loud was not just our monthly poetry and spoken word open mic at the Lark Tavern, but also day two of Paddy Kilrain benefit show. Paddy, a local singer/songwriter, was hit by a drunk driver in late March
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Albany Poets Presents returns to Valentines on Tuesday night, August 1 with a poetry and music open mic.Sign up starts at 7:00pm, show starts at 8:00pm. All poets and musicians are invited to come and share their work at this truly innovative open mic featuring spoken word, music, and more. There is a $3.00 suggested
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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.
