Poets in the Park

The Robert Burns Statue in Washington Park in Albany, NY

Poets in the Park 2021

Poets in the Park is back for 2021 with scheduled readers Myanoe Aung, Jamiah Williams, Greg Wilder, Gretchen Primack, and Gordon Davis!

Robert Burns

30 Years of Poets in the Park

Poets in the Park is celebrating 30 years of bringing poetry in July to the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park, Albany, NY. 

Robert Burns

Poets in the Park 2018

Poets in the Park is celebrating nearly 30 years of bringing poetry in July to the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park, Albany, NY. 

Robert Burns

Poets in the Park 2017

Poets in the Park is celebrating over 25 years of bringing poetry in July to the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park, Albany, NY.

Robert Burns

Poets in the Park 2016

Poets in the Park, celebrating over 25 years of bringing poetry in July to Washington Park, kicks off the 2016 season on Saturday, July 9.

Poets in the Park 2015

Poets in the Park is celebrating over 20 years of bringing poetry in July to the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park, Albany, NY.

George Wallace

Poets in the Park 2014

Poets in the Park is celebrating over 20 years of bringing poetry in July to the Robert Burns statue in Albany’s Washington Park.

Dennis Sullivan at Poets in the Park

Poets in the Park 2013

Dan Wilcox looks back at the 2013 Poets in the Park season featuring Dennis Sullivan, Elizabeth Gordon, Melissa Tuckey, Tomas Urayoán Noel, and Jill Crammond.

Dan Wilcox

Poets in the Park 2013

The busiest man in the local poetry business, Dan Wilcox, just released information on the Poets In The Park series for this year. The Poets In The Park reading series,

Tenesha Smith

Poets in the Park, July 28

The final reading in the 2012 series was not held in the Park at all but at the Social Justice Center, our rain site. The weather had been so uncertain earlier in the day, & the forecasts reminded me of the newspaper picks for the daily races in S…

Carolee Sherwood

Poets in the Park, July 21

I like to gender balance my readings so since 2 male poets read last week (Don Levy & Donald Lev) I scheduled “The Women Poets of Willett St.” for tonight’s Poets in the Park. It was another fine Summer eve under the shadow of the Robert Burns sta…