Poets Speak Loud is a monthly open mic for poetry and spoken word with a featured poet hosted by Mary Panza. This long-running series is held on the last Monday of each month at McGeary’s (4 Clinton Square, Albany) in downtown Albany. Sign-up for the open mic is 7:00pm, start time is 7:30pm.
This months Poets Speak Loud open mic will be a week early because of Halloween falling on the last Monday.We will be gathering at McGeary’s on Monday, October 24 for this special edition of Poets Speak Loud with Anthony Bernini as the featured poet who will be signing his copies of the brand new book, […]
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The Don Levy Roast! with some startled open mic poets scattered in the mix, & the host was, appropriately enough, Mary Panza.
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Anthony Bernini’s second volume of poetry, has been released. This 72-page bound paperback volume, produced with exacting care by The Troy Bookmakers, includes a discerning preface by Selma R. Burkom, past professor of English and American literature at San Jose State University. Anthony Bernini now lives and works in Brunswick, New York. His poems have
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On Monday, September 26, we return to McGeary’s (4 Clinton Square, Albany) for another edition of Poets Speak Loud, but this month we have a very special treat…The Celebrity Roast of Don Levy! Roastmaster Mary Panza just sent out the following: POETS SPEAK LOUD HERE’S WHAT IS COMING AT YOU!!!!!! Monday, Sept 26th BRING THE
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Bless was the featured poet for the July edition of Poets Speak Loud. He performed a couple of his pieces and then handed the mic to a new poet to the area, Ben Golden. Before and after there was an open mic with local poets Dan Wilcox, Dain Brammage, Todd Fabozzi, Tess Lecuyer, Jessica Fisher-Smith,
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Albany Poets will celebrate the sixth anniversary of its open mic, “Poets Speak Loud,” at McGeary’s on Monday, January 31, 7:00 PM. The event will also commemorate Tom Nattell, local poet and community activist, who died the same day the poetry open mic began, January 31, 2005. Tom had been scheduled to be the first
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Tomorrow night is the night we all have been waiting for…the return of Poets Speak Loud! It has been five months since the last time we all got together at the Lark Tavern and on Monday, September 27 we are hoping that everyone will be a part of the launch of the new Poets Speak
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Yes, you read that right, Poets Speak Loud is returning on Monday , September 27 at McGeary’s (4 Clinton Square, Albany) in downtown Albany. As many of you know Tess Collins is coming on board at McGeary’s to manage the historic bar/restaurant in the beginning of September and one of her first orders of business
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POETS HELP NOW! A BENEFIT FOR TESS AND THE STAFF OF TESS’ LARK TAVERN! For over five years Tess’ Lark Tavern has been the home of Poets Speak Loud. What started out in January 2005 as a monthly open mic for poetry has become much more than that, it has become a family. Through the
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As you may have heard, the local arts community suffered a major setback yesterday morning with the fire at Tess’ Lark Tavern. The damage was extensive, but the structure of the building is still in tact. Due to that tragic event, we at Albany Poets have decided to suspend our open mic POETS SPEAK LOUD.
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We just posted some new podcasts to the site for everyone to download and take a listen to. Go to www.albanypoets.com/audio to download the mp3’s or listen using the player on the page. These podcasts were recorded at the Poets Speak Loud 5th Anniversary Open Mic / Tom Nattell Tribute reading on January 25, 2010
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Poets Speak Loud is coming back to Tess’ Lark Tavern on Monday, April 26with monthly open mic for poetry and spoken word with featured poet Jason Crane. Jason Crane is a jazz broadcaster and writer. He’s a husband and father. And he rides a bicycle. Jason hosts the online jazz interview show The Jazz Session,
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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.
