Dan Wilcox is one the busiest guys in the local poetry scene with all of the events that he hosts on top of all of the readings that he attends (and writes about). His flagship reading, The Third Thursday Poetry Night, returns to the Social Justice Center on June 20 with featured reader Glenn Werner. […]
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They packed the house tonight at the Social Justice Center for the second standing-room-only event of WordFest. Of course it helped that there were 18 featured poets, students from the Poetry in Performance class at the College of St. Rose. But there were also 17 poets signed up for the open mic, loyal regulars, some
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It was a slow-starting night, but by the time the crowd gathered we had 11 open mic poets, plus our featured reader, William Seaton. But first I invoked the Muse, tonight the sadly recently-gone Jayne Cortez with her wonderful, rhythmic, amusing poem,…
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Sylvia Barnard is a very busy poet these days. She has been featured at the Live From the Living Room series and the Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic as well as being part of many of the open mics in the area each and every month. She also found the time to have a book of
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Poet William Seaton will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 7:30PM. William Seaton directs the Poetry on the Loose Reading/Performance Series and teaches at the College of Poetry, both in Sugar Loaf, NY. Seaton’s “Dada Poems from the German” has just been
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This coming Thursday will be the last Third Thursday Poetry Night of the year 2012 at the Social Justice Center (33 Central Ave., Albany). Host Dan Wilcox will be welcoming featured poet Marilyn McCabe. Marilyn McCabe’s book of poetry Perpetual Motion was chosen by judge Gray Jacobik to be the Hilary Tham Capital Collection selection by The Word
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Thursday evenings seem to be the hot night for poetry and tomorrow night is no different. We have Frequency North at Saint Rose, The Safe Haven downtown at The Book Club, music and spoken word at the Hudson River Coffee House, and one of the longest running poetry open mic series taking place at on
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at the Social Justice Center, competing with a couple other poetry events in Academe the same night, we still had 5 poets in the open mic & a number of non-readers who came to hear the featured poet, Cara Benson. But first I invoked the Muse, the …
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Yesterday we told you about the Frequency North kicking off it’s new season on Thursday, but as we mentioned, there are a few other readings going on at the same time. Our good friend and longtime local activist and poet Dan Wilcox is hosting the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center (33
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at the Social Justice Center, with the tour bus circling the block looking for a parking space, we had enough poets to begin & few enough to read 2 poems each (if you wanted to). Our muse for the night, in honor of our featured poet, George Wallac…
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Tomorrow night, August 16, 2012 (7:00 sign up; 7:30 start), the Poetry Motel Foundation presents the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY with an open mic before & after the featured performer . There is a $3.00 donation, suggested; more if you got it, less if you can’t. This great, long
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at the Social Justice Center. A lovely summer evening with poets & audience gathering early for the open mic & eventual arrival of the featured poet, Mojavi. But to start us off I invoked the Muse of the late poet/activist/fiction writer Grac…
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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.
