Dan decided to venture out to the slam and take his chances on stage, particularly since this the “Inappropriate Slam” and everyone knows I have plenty of inappropriate poems.
Nitty Gritty Slam #56, October 15 Read More »
Dan Wilcox decided to check in on the slam, even signed up to compete. The rules allow poets to read at the open mic and perform in the slam.
Nitty Gritty Slam #54, September 17 Read More »
Nitty Gritty Slam #52: Season 2 Night of Champions was delivered to us like Monday night wrestling, only not quite (but almost) as scripted.
Nitty Gritty Slam #52, August 20 Read More »
The crowd at Valentines tonight was such that the poetry had to be moved upstairs. Tonight, the open mic hosts were Avery and Kevin Peterson.
Nitty Gritty Slam #51, August 6 Read More »
What a great way to kick off the summer season with NGS #46 Tuesday night at Valentine’s. We had a full room of poets, performers, and an audience ready to soak it all up. Taking over the hosting duties for the first part of the show once again was Team Nitty Gritty captain and Albany Poets
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Now that the Slam team has been selected, nominated, whatever, this was a wide-open slam for anyone to give it a shot & it was refreshing to not see all the same faces. But 1st K.P. (Kevin Peterson) served as host for the open mic. First up with a love poem in rhyme (“High Wire”) was
Nitty Gritty Slam #45, May 21 Read More »
One of the rare 5th Tuesday Slams at Valentines & the visage of il papa Thom Francis has yet to surface from beneath the pile of diapers & extra laundry, but somehow the Slam goes on. Christopher the Poet was the host for the open mic while the rest of the gang rounded up judges
Nitty Gritty Slam #43, April 30 Read More »
It was the WordFest edition of the regular Nitty Gritty Slam, a special Haiku slam, & perhaps one could also say the “Jackie Robinson Slam” (42 being his number). My kind of Slam — hard to make a Haiku last 3 minutes. But first the open mic, hosted by Christopher the Poet, as effervescent as
WordFest 2013, Day 3 — Nitty Gritty Slam #42 Read More »
It was with fear & trepidation that I went to this Slam, nervous that someone would read one of my poems, that I had missed the obituary, but then, even dead, no one would probably read my poems, & no one did, not even me. Kevin Peterson, getting used to being the MC at poetry
Nitty Gritty Slam #39 – Dead Poets, March 4 Read More »
Jessie & Alex get ready How could I not be there? All women poets in the Slam! But first an open mic (the only way I could read my poems tonight) hosted by Mojavi. Brian Dorn was here for the 1st time testing the waters, starting off with a love poem about a smile, then
Nitty Gritty Slam #38 – The Women of Albany Poetry Slam, February 19 Read More »
What started out as a very slow night at Valentine’s ended up being a great evening of poetry and spoken word at NGS #36. It was an unusual 5th Tuesday event for us and we are all still getting used to the new Season Two schedule, but everyone who showed up had a great time
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Writing for the Slam (Alex Sherman-Cross) Always funky, always raucous, not usually contentious, but now & then egos erupt. Our fill-in host for a while was el presidente, Thom Francis, who began with a poem written about another contentious poet, “Walk Away” (good advice). Carolee Sherwood was back after a hiatus for school & other
Nitty Gritty Slam #35, January 15 Read More »
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